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Ray Nagin
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Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.
Ray Nagin,
#History
#Nation
#Disaster
You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals and drugstores. They're looking for something to take the edge off of their jones, if you will.
Ray Nagin,
#Now
#Will
#Reason
#Walking
#Hospitals
We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane.
Ray Nagin,
#Time
#Learning
We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.
Ray Nagin,
#Feet
We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
Ray Nagin,
The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.
Ray Nagin,
#Time
#God
#People
#Night
If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.
Ray Nagin,
#Nothing
Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think.
Ray Nagin,
#Thinking
#Worry
Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before.
Ray Nagin,
#Ladies
#News
#Gentlemen