Bill White Cane Quotations

If the hurricane comes in at a certain angle, ... being on the highway is a death trap.

Hurricane Rita on its present course poses a risk to Houston and the whole Houston region,

Hurricane Rita is dangerous, and Houston is well-prepared,

Use your common sense and (if) you doubt the capacity to withstand high winds, then we are asking you to evacuate, ... Few mobile homes, if any, could withstand some of the types of winds that may be characteristic of a hurricane that is of the projected magnitude of Rita. We are asking you to evacuate.

There is no good place to put a shelter that could take a direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane. I don't want anybody out there watching this and thinking that somebody is bound to open a local school for me on Friday, not with a hurricane packing these kinds of winds.

We are asking all residents in the Houston area and the greater Houston area that are in the storm surge area for a hurricane of this force and above to begin making their evacuation plans,

We are still well out from when the hurricane is expected to hit ... but people need to be making plans now so we're not dealing with freeway congestion.