Hurricane Katrina was the largest disaster in U.S. history. It also occurred in a much-smaller state than Florida is. (Quote by - David Lenze)

I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it's going to be a disaster,. (Quote by - David Graeber)

Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing. (Quote by - Debra Lee)

First, it's the site where the bodies of the miners were recovered following the Christmas disaster and it's also the site where legendary UMW President John L. Lewis went underground only two days after the explosion. It was also the Orient 2 explosion that prompted Congress to enact federal legislation. On July 16, 1952, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act, after John L. Lewis testified before Congress about the disaster. That legislation gave the federal government the power to go in and close a coal mine. (Quote by - Bob Rea)

Today's disaster was a reason for the market to express its short-term fears. (Quote by - Tom McManus)

There were millions of Americans focused on animal welfare issues in the wake of the disaster, and we also know the bungled federal response to the animal crisis undermined the effectiveness of the human rescue mission. (Quote by - Wayne Pacelle)

With all these lights (in State Line) it will take forever to get anywhere. I just see disaster after disaster. (Quote by - Curtis Myers)

We do frequent disaster drills, but nothing will test the system like the real thing. We did this without a glitch. (Quote by - Cheryl Moore)

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. (Quote by - Carl Sagan)

India is one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world. (Quote by - Azmat Ulla)

It was a disaster from the talent perspective, because they lost the people they could least afford to leave. (Quote by - Wayne Cascio)

It's a disaster for Canada, for free trade and Canadian industry. (Quote by - Bill Graham)

We are prepared organizationally -- probably one of the best in the country. But in terms of responding to a disaster, we just don't have the infrastructure. (Quote by - Terry O'Sullivan)

The president's plan is a big change from what has been the traditional federal role in disasters. (Quote by - William Niskanen)

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. (Quote by - Sun Tzu)

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world. (Quote by - Isaac Asimov)

After watching [news of the disaster] on TV, we were just like, 'What can we do?'. (Quote by - Benji Levi Madden)

You see this? .. This is your story: American Red Cross disaster. (Quote by - Ann Brown)

Basically everybody is just waiting to see if we're going to get a presidential disaster declaration. But beyond that, there's just not a lot in our resources to do much else. (Quote by - Christopher Helgren)

Americans are depressed, angry and very worried about the economic consequences of the disaster. (Quote by - Andrew Kohut)

Russia deeply sympathizes with Americans, who faced a disaster of such a colossal scale, and is ready to offer necessary assistance,. (Quote by - Vladimir Putin)

Today's changing environment and recent natural disasters demonstrate the need for continuity plans for organizations of all sizes. (Quote by - Dan Nelson)

The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government,. (Quote by - Antonio Villaraigosa)

Our first request is that people send cash .. so we can buy materials closer to the (disaster) situation. It will also help the local economy rebuild. (Quote by - David Harding)

What's really reprehensible is that friends of the oil industry in Congress are using .. a disaster, which essentially pointed up our shortcomings in protecting public health and safety, to repeal environmental rules that are designed to protect public health and safety. (Quote by - Dave Hamilton)