There is a clear difference between disaster relief operations and warfare. Our armed forces are designed to protect us from enemies, not protect us from fires, floods and hurricanes.

The Defense Department is very adept at mobilizing and moving large numbers of people and great quantities of equipment and materials very quickly. In the event of one of these catastrophes, those kinds of skills are going to be very important.

Most of the plans you read today are focused on process. But they don't identify what needs to be done.

Disaster assistance should go to the real hurricane victims, not people who try to cheat the system.

That first half was a disaster for us. That was the worst we played all year. We had our worst shooting night of the year at the worst possible time. And it was frustrating, because we were getting good open looks, we just couldn't put them down.

What's disconcerting about it is how close we came to a disaster I don't think any of us realize is possible, but it really is.