We want every one who can to come out and support our teams. Since we are the host we have teams already pre-qualified to participate at this stage in recreational basketball action.

We were able to respond to this hurricane and begin our support missions as quickly as we always have,

It was a tremendous outpouring of support from National Guards of other states,

I understand the dilemma and the risks I'm asking you to take. I'm asking you to support me and to allow me to run this office for one year the way I can maintain morale and keep two qualified people working. I can do that and meet your budgetary requirements, ... I can never do that and keep the courthouse happy. I don't try to do that. I've not tried that for 20 years. That's going to be impossible for me to do. I don't worry about anybody but my staff nor do I come in here and complain about what somebody else is getting. If you want to pay the folks in the clerk's office $60,000, I don't care. I'm talking about one person here and trying to sustain it for one year.

We possibly wouldn't have survived if it hadn't been for that loan. The support from the city is what's keeping us afloat.

The military police were there to provide support to local law enforcement , and the engineers were used for search-and-recovery mission support and evacuation support ,