The warning systems are in their infancy. We're getting better and better at informing the public.

Could the Hurricane Center do a better job? Yes. ... But we're working within a resources available environment.

To hear complaints is tiresome to the miserable and the happy.

When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.

When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.

The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.