There were a lot of people who thought we'd never get to this day. There were a lot of people who hoped we'd never get to this day.

I've thought about it often. I haven't come close to an answer as to why the avalanche occurred that day, and not the day before.

A lot of people thought we were kind of crazy. When we came, it didn't seem like that area had changed in a very long time.

I'm very fearful. I think that there are several people who died that day and didn't realize that they died that day.

Here we have 40,000 people and if we had a day or two notice we could probably get everybody out if we had to evacuate the entire city, ... Every emergency plan presupposes one thing, that there will be infrastructure to work off of, a road to drive down, some way to get a generator going to get electricity. If your city is underwater, when you reach a disaster of that magnitude it simply overwhelms any plan.

Many Rhode Islanders have raised concerns regarding a proposed $5.8 million reduction in adult day services for people with developmental disabilities. I have heard those concerns and I am announcing today that I will not pursue this specific budget reduction.