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As it is currently designed, the program is not achieving the outcome it should. We've asked FEMA several times if this program can be scaled back, and be run more upon need.
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This is also the time when surfers will go to the coast, and I will almost guarantee you somebody is going to drown this weekend. Again, use caution.
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We're going to have every pump, every sandbag out there. The only question is where do we put them.
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Max understands that his mission is not to produce the perfect forecast, but to change the outcome of the event.
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I don't want a system so rigid that the actual victims who need the help are penalized. It's almost like a no-win situation.
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The time of preparing is rapidly moving into time of action
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Florida feels we owe a great debt to our neighboring states.
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This important step puts us closer to getting this vital element of our 'culture of preparedness' plan into motion before the start of the 2006 Hurricane Season.
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Until we really understand why people ... don't prepare and what it takes to get that message across, then I think that's going to be our challenge.
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We did not have enough product reach the areas in the timely manner that we wished to occur.
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In the Keys, a lot of people are stubborn.
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This naturally occurring event has overtaken our ability to stop its progression.
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Many of the field hands who manage, pick and process these crops will be impacted through the loss of their jobs
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We'd be looking at what differences there is in the population, building codes. Is it construction or people action? Why did people evacuate in one part and not another? . . .
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The approaches to bridges are at the greatest risk of scouring from the storm surge. The National Guard is going to take a Hummer with satellite communications and drive all the way down to Mile Marker 0. They're just waiting for the winds to start dropping.
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Even if you have insurance, you should apply by Jan. 5 if your home or business suffered damage from Hurricane Wilma.
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I've heard comments made in other disasters that the first thing they did was throw the plan away because the plan was worthless. A plan should not be some requirement. It should truly reflect what your real needs are, and what your real resources are.
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The state does not have the capability to provide financial assistance to disaster victims.
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We will not wait for the winds to stop blowing, we won't wait for the sky to turn blue.
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All I can tell people in the Keys who are trying to ride this one out is one of these days your luck is going to run out.
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Even if you have insurance, you should apply by January 5th if your home or business suffered damage from Hurricane Wilma. You may find that you still have needs after your insurance settlement and you may qualify for financial assistance in the form of a low-interest disaster loan or grant.
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We're slowing the process down. A large-scale disaster will occur and there will be another hue and cry about why we were not able to get the aid faster.
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We haven't had any serious injuries or loss of life, and we'd like to keep it that way
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We do not want people to let their guard down. That's when we have the greatest number of deaths.