Stacy Stewart Hurricane Quotations

Katrina could reach category-one hurricane strength before the center reaches the southeastern coast of Florida.

I suppose it is only fitting that the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season ends with a record-breaking storm.

Everyone should take this hurricane very seriously. This is going to be a potentially dangerous and potentially deadly situation and people need to get prepared.

Some people thought the hurricane season was over. It's not.

So, until the 2006 season begins, unless Zeta somehow makes an unlikely miracle comeback, this is the National Hurricane Center signing off for 2005. Finally.

Now is the time for folks in South Florida to get their hurricane plan back out and dust it off, because the season's not over. Unless the storm just gets torn apart, a landfall somewhere on the Florida peninsula seems fairly likely by Saturday.

This is going to be a large hurricane with all the nasty conditions, including strong winds and storm surge. No matter how you slice it, it's going to be bad this weekend.

They better take this hurricane dead-serious or they're going to be dead.

I really anguished over this a long time. I didn't want to throw something out there haphazardly just to make it a hurricane and set another record.

Because it's such a large storm, when center is near Cuba, we could see rain bands. It is a larger hurricane than we typically see.