Kathleen Blanco Rita Quotations

There will be plenty of soldiers in the city to handle whatever Rita dishes out.

That's in spite of the fact that Rita killed about four days of your work.

This country and its economy must have a vibrant commercial center at the mouth of the Mississippi River, its most important waterway, ... Katrina and Rita brought our economy to its knees.

While we will hope and pray that Rita does not gain strength and threaten our coast, the prudent course of action is to prepare for the worst, ... every available resource is being put into action to deal with this potential threat to our coast.

Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.

Katrina and Rita altered the fabric of our society,

We will pray that Rita will not devastate Louisiana, but today we do not know the answer to that question,

Rita has Louisiana in her sights. Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those.

Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,