It's clear that the people are in desperate need, ... They have no food, no water, no power, no phone service. They're in danger of losing their lives trapped in their attics.
Quotes about attics (14 Quotes)
My biggest concern is the loss of life. We have a lot of people down there hiding in their attics, and I don't know if we will get to them fast enough.
Chimneys and attics are top choices for the moms to place their litters. Homeowners should home-proof now, to avoid conflict before the animals settle in.
They heard people taking their last breaths. They heard people holding children up in the peak of the attics, and dropping children in the water and watching them drown.
You know we've been going in getting people out of attics, off the top of roofs and trees. We've got to keep doing that. We think the worst places have been rescued, but we've got a lot we still can't get to,
If you get the order to evacuate, please take us seriously. We do not want to have to rescue people out of attics.
If we do things to discourage the independent inventor, then we strike at the very heart of what this nation is about, ... Virtually every important invention you can think of was created by people working on their own in garages, basements and attics.
There was a four- or five-day process when they were on their rooftops, sleeping on roofs and in attics trying to escape, ... Once it hit, you don't have any communication no cellphone, no e-mail, anything with your family. It took five or six days just to find some of my close family. They're OK right now, and we're grateful. Now it's a matter of helping people who are less fortunate than my family.
Outside openings to attics, crawl spaces and similar locations should be sealed off so rats and squirrels cant get into houses, garages or other structures. Pet owners should make an extra effort to keep their domestic animals free of fleas and avoid leaving out pet food where it can attract wild animals.
It could help assess whether there are people trapped alive in attics or upper floors, ... Once you've got them pinpointed you can send rescue teams in.
I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me.
Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?
I have too much stuff, ... It's all spread over different locations and attics. I recently moved out of London and had to bus 30-40 crates of toys to storage in Ireland. I'm not the kind to keep things in their packaging I have to have get them out, set them up and battle. For me this requires vast armies so I have to buy numerous multiples of most of the stuff. I have fond memories of digging Sarlacc pits in the garden and burying figures. A shame they didn't grow into trees 'cause I lost a lot of Boba Fett s doing that.
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.