We were getting a little nervous in February. It would have been grim if the storms didn't come back this year. But we've had a great winter.

During hurricane season our operations personnel are constantly monitoring storms in the Atlantic. The Friday before the storm hit, we were tracking the storm.

I can't see the political storms aligning to allow that, ... I wish them well, but the view from the man on the street is, 'Why rebuild something if it's just going to flood again? Why not let it return to nature?'

With this series of storms, it has been really rough. Very few boats have gone out since Christmas and it does not look like we are going out before New Year's Day.

[The 2-300 Artillery Battalion of northern Wyoming was deployed in February 2004 and returned in April. Part of their mission in Iraq was to protect five senior officials.] I salute you and you are valued, ... It's an honor to be surrounded by the Army National Guard.

It is always dangerous to make comparisons, but having lived through February 1986, this current pattern is beginning to have that look to it.