The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.
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We have to convince them to leave. It's not safe here. There is toxic waste in the water and dead bodies and mosquitoes and gas. ... Fires have been started and we don't have running water.Ray Nagin
If we get a storm like Ivan to hit us directly or come really close to us we could have a situation where we have 12 to 18 feet (3.6 to 5.5 meters) of water throughout the city.
Ray Nagin
I would like everyone to get out because it's a health risk. Mosquitoes that are biting dead people are starting to fly,
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I just can't wait for the rhythm of New Orleans and the sounds of New Orleans to come back.
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Now is not the time to change leadership. I ask the citizens of New Orleans to let me continue this important job of rebuilding our city.
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I feel like Sisyphus a lot of times, pushing a rock up a hill.
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