We put life jackets on the fourth floor of the EOC and tethered boats to the roof.

One rule for the ferryman is to always give other boats the right of way. Never take any chances.

Any significant water that comes into this city is a dangerous threat. Even though I have to plan for it, I don't even want to think about the loss of life a huge hurricane would cause.

Jefferson has a couple of issues. No. 1, we're going to need to make some requests for commodities and/or fuel. We want to handle that through E-Team, Colonel?

This is what we've been saying has been going to happen for years.

We always were afraid the bowl that is New Orleans would fill quickly. Now with the water rising today, it appears to be filling slowly.