Mike Easley People Quotations

The State Highway Patrol has responded to more than 3,000 weather-related accidents since Wednesday, ... We still urge people to take care on secondary roads and in rural areas. And especially at night in freezing temperatures it will be very dangerous on the highways of North Carolina tonight.

We need people to pay careful attention to this,

Whenever you have the opportunity to create jobs for as many as 8,000 people who are unemployed, you don't miss it.

The damage assessment teams will follow essentially the same path Ophelia did, starting in the southern counties and moving north, ... This is a vital step in the recovery process, and one that will help provide our people the help they need to get life back to normal.

What people need to do is conserve what they have, .. There is a supply out there; we just need to conserve it. Going up and loading up your tank is not going to do that much. It's just going to deplete the supply, and the problem will eventually catch up to you.

We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other.

So far, the information we have is people are OK, ... That's the good news.

People in North Carolina are more used to these type storms. If you heed the warning and don't put yourself in peril, it makes everybody's work easier.

People in low-lying areas should anticipate flooding. People need to be prepared for power outages that last up to two days.

This is a slow-moving hurricane, and people are going to have to deal with those winds over an extended period of time,

What people need to do is conserve what they have, ... There is a supply out there; we just need to conserve it. Going up and loading up your tank is not going to do that much. It's just going to deplete the supply, and the problem will eventually catch up to you.