Peter Teahen Quotes (6 Quotes)

We are looking now at a disaster above any magnitude that we've seen in the United States. We've been saying that the response is going to be the largest Red Cross response in the history of the organization.

The nightmare we thought might happen before the hurricane hit appears to be developing.

As the water recedes there will be damage assessment. Family services go out to see what people have lost, helping to replace furniture, beds, etc.

This is the largest response in the history of the United States.

Friday night we had 63,000 people staying in shelters and we expect three to four times that many tonight,

Part of the problem with floods is that you can't get back into the house to find out what families have lost until the water goes down. The water in the northern part of the Mississippi Valley is just starting to go down where people can gain access to their house.