Laurie Johnson Quotations

The longer these flood waters sit there and toxic deposits build up that need to be cleaned up ... the longer the recovery line.

The speed at which existing pumps are reactivated and additional pumping capacity is added will determine how rapidly the flood waters are removed.

Without benchmarks, authorities have little experience to inform them of the levels of contamination to expect once the waters recede, or how long it will take before the region can be inhabited again,

The economic and insurance consequences of the 2005 Great New Orleans Flood will depend highly on how quickly authorities can respond to the event.

About half of the economic losses would be attributable directly to the flooding.