Shea Penland Quotations

Where we had subdivisions in the marshes, they will not come back. I can't believe they're sustainable.

We've been living in this bowl. And then Katrina broke channels into the bowl, and the bowl filled. And now the bowl is connected to the Gulf of Mexico. We are going to have to close those inlets and then pump it dry.

Pumping the water out - that's a lot of water. When the pumping systems are in good shape, it can rain an inch an hour for about four to six hours and the pumps can keep pace. More than that, the city floods.

They're all damaged. Grand Isle by itself had at least a $10 million hit. That would be my estimate.

It's not if it will happen. It's when.