Gregory Stone Quotes (15 Quotes)

If we don't get it now, folks, after two major events, we're not getting it, ... The harsh reality is that our delegation in Washington is incredibly weak.

We've undertaken lots of storm surge computer simulation during the last five years, and we've proven the effect of (restored islands and marshes) in retarding storm waves and surges,

If you can picture sort of a soup bowl, the city is located in the middle. And once the levees sort of the perimeter of the bowl are breached or overtopped, then that water gets in there and just can't get out.... It's like filling a bucket up with water. This is probably the worst-case scenario that we've all been very, very worried about for quite some time.

Many scenarios had been run prior to Katrina years ago, and with that type of storm, the scenarios should have been taken seriously.

The harsh reality is that our delegation in Washington now is incredibly weak. What we've lacked is federal funding.

In the fullness of time, the tsunami was just another bad day in the life of the coral reef. It will recover.

Chandeleur Island pretty much was erased by Hurricane Ivan and it was starting to recover,

Again, this is a fairly wide barrier island, ... It's in pretty good shape.

PELICAN ISLAND Pretty bad shape, ... It's been breached in several areas and there's not much sand there.

We're not sure of the amount of sand resources off our coast (that can be exploited), ... and that's a critical issue. This isn't just a beach-replenishment project. This would be a complete restoration of these barrier islands, a matter of substantially increasing their three-dimensional geometry so they can really do something to retard surge and erosion.

Steve helped us, like few teachers can, by nurturing the individual assets each student arrived with and guiding us into our respective careers and lives.

We can't hope to stop coastal erosion it's going to happen no matter what. The question on everyone's mind is Is it worth investing millions of dollars replenishing beaches If they have a great recreational value like Cancun, the answer is yes.

Certainly there's a lot less sand behind those breakwaters since Hurricane Katrina, ... But, having said that, it looks like it could have been a lot worse.

Obviously, this will have an effect on the health of Lake Pontchartrain, and it will take years for that lake to recover. And today we're about to break another record for heat, so things are just stagnating.

easy to state, but most of the time, as in this case, the evidence doesn't support it.