Yesterday the broken city was filled with the noise of Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters and its still partly flooded highways were filled with rescue crews in flat-bottomed boats, searching those sections of the city still believed to have people living in them. The sounds of New Orleans were jazz, people laughing, people eating a good meal, ... And now the sounds of New Orleans are helicopters and army vehicles. This is almost surreal.
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Hopefully we won't have another event, ... It's like your washing machine. First, Katrina was kind of the wash cycle. Rita seems to be the rinse cycle. I hope we get the opportunity to hang on the line and dry and not go through the spin cycle.Ray Nagin
Hopefully in about 90 days we'll have a fully vetted plan for the citizens of New Orleans,
Ray Nagin
We will have life. We will have commerce. We will have people getting back into their normal modes of operation.
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There are toxins in the water, gas leaks, we are fighting at least four fires... It is not safe.
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It's a sad day in the city of new orleans when a hero makes a decision like this, ... He leaves the apartment in pretty good shape and with a significant amount of leadership.
Ray Nagin
Every man in leadership positions must know when it's time to hand over the reins to someone else,
Ray Nagin
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