“They've been right eight years out of eight. I don't know if I'd take a bet on things going over. But it might, and it would be another thing to talk about for the history books.”
“I had a woman call me this morning in tears because her daughter was named Katrina, ... and she was traumatized practically to the point where she wouldn't go out of the house.”
“The August update to Atlantic hurricane season outlook called for 18 to 21, so I would hope it doesn't go any higher than that, but it's a possibility.”
“If we get up into that league, we'll have issues larger than naming these storms. The new phrase will be hurricane fatigue. Let's coin that right now.”
“It's got similar characteristics, except it's just a little lower in latitude. The issue is what happens when it gets out over the very warm waters of the central Gulf.”
“[One concern is that Rita will hit] the general area where all these folks from New Orleans have been evacuated, ... And there is enough hardship in that area as it is without throwing another hurricane at them.”
“The onshore flow of the winds tends to cause a lot of beach erosion, and because the storm is so stationary, this has been going on for at least four days.”