Craig Fugate Quotes (31 Quotes)

It's easy to play the blame game, find a scapegoat, but no one person could be responsible for the challenges we face and the lives lost.

Even if you have insurance, you should apply by January 5th if your home or business suffered damage from Hurricane Wilma. You may find that you still have needs after your insurance settlement and you may qualify for financial assistance in the form of a low-interest disaster loan or grant.

As it is currently designed, the program is not achieving the outcome it should. We've asked FEMA several times if this program can be scaled back, and be run more upon need.

All I can tell people in the Keys who are trying to ride this one out is one of these days your luck is going to run out.

Also know FL is providing law enforcement. Need all you can send. Public safety major concern (looting etc.) Have used Dixie Co. body bags (250) got more

Do us a favor. Stay out and off the water, where the coastal hazards are extreme. Heed evacuation orders if it becomes necessary later on.

Many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, ... In some of these neighborhoods, till the water goes down, people are not going to be able to get back in their homes and start making repairs.

The time of preparing is rapidly moving into time of action,

To a lot of people that would be an insult. They have been publicly out looking at how many different names and everyone turned it down and they come back and ask you

We've got roughly four to six million people right now who are experiencing hurricane or tropical storm-force winds.

This naturally occurring event has overtaken our ability to stop its progression.

The earliest we're going to see significant impact from the storm appears to be Friday afternoon, but people should not wait, ... It's time to act.

That is a huge concern.

Unlike the public and business is prepared, government cannot do this alone.

We do not want people to let their guard down. That's when we have the greatest number of deaths.

We haven't had any serious injuries or loss of life, and we'd like to keep it that way,

This storm has some potential to it. The time to go is now.

Our recommendations have not changed since I've been here we need to get people to evacuate from storm surge, ... If you're not in that evacuation zone, the safest place for you may be in your home.

Many of the field hands who manage, pick and process these crops will be impacted through the loss of their jobs,

We will not wait for the winds to stop blowing, we won't wait for the sky to turn blue.

In Martin County, many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, and they're continuing to provide those services as we assess what the impact is, ... And really, some of these neighborhoods -- until the water goes down -- people are not going to get back into their homes and start making repairs.

The intent of the program was not to provide you a generator for free. We don't want fraud and waste in our programs.

I've heard comments made in other disasters that the first thing they did was throw the plan away because the plan was worthless. A plan should not be some requirement. It should truly reflect what your real needs are, and what your real resources are.

I implore people to understand that although this storm is not an immediate threat to any of the inland areas of the state, it is definitely a hazard for marine interests along the coast,

In the Keys, a lot of people are stubborn.

This is also the time when surfers will go to the coast, and I will almost guarantee you somebody is going to drown this weekend. Again, use caution.

We want to build an air bridge to Key West should the roads be compromised.

It needs to be an evolving document. We need to learn quickly and apply it to the next storm.

Until we really understand why people ... don't prepare and what it takes to get that message across, then I think that's going to be our challenge.

The last thing you would want is to have people housed in shelters, or later in trailers and mobile homes that would be the first things you have to evacuate in the event of another hurricane,

We'd be looking at what differences there is in the population, building codes. Is it construction or people action Why did people evacuate in one part and not another . . ..