Michael Brown Orleans Quotations

My first words to him were, 'Mr. President, it is my estimation ... at least 90 percent of the population of New Orleans has been displaced. He was truly taken aback by that.

I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level.

I don't want to alarm anyone that New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That isn't happening.

I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.