John Luther Quotations

What we're having a problem with is, where was the three-foot figure derived from?

We're simulating a real-life disaster to identify the types of situations we could potentially face.

Learn from the mistakes of others-you can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Our main concern is not to punish anybody, but to make sure people are safe.

We can open it up for Razorback games, the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting, whatever. If there's a bad storm coming through, we might just have a few ham radio operators in the building talking to our storm spotter network.

We're waiting to see if we get a call. We don't see any specific threats locally, but we're ready to help in other areas if we're needed.

We'll protect our own citizens first; but, if we can offer help anywhere else, we're ready to do it. There's always the possibility for severe weather when a storm that big gets that close to us, but we know for a fact that it's going to cause damage down in Texas.

We watch it (the weather) like a TV show.

We were looking at 2,500 square feet in a basic metal building there, and this is 10,000 square feet in a building that was designed as a hardened structure. There's no way a tornado could ever take this place out because of the design and location.

We went down there as they were winding down from Hurricane Katrina, and the day we got there, they were gearing right back up for Rita. That place was really hopping.

We could communicate by radio to Conway for re-enforcement, for example.

As long as there are strong communications, the command doesn't have to be on-site. What's done here by the decision-makers can be relayed to units out in the field.

This isn't to point our their weaknesses in a critical manner. We do this with an attitude of preparation so if they do have a weakness, we can correct it. If we have the opportunity to weed out weaknesses, it makes it more efficient and hopefully we won't have as many people injured, especially first responders.

It's pretty up there. It's a good visit for people to see the countryside.

Everyone did a great job today. I was able to see what plans were in place, and the facility was perfect for what we needed.

It's a new requirement that we have to meet every year. We'll be having a weapons of mass destruction training exercise.

I have no way of telling if they're sober or alcoholics. I don't discriminate against anybody.

Honestly, we've way outgrown that facility. It worked when we needed it, but we can do so much more with the bigger space.