Zitat des Tages von Russel Honore:
The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.
When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
I told myself I'd stay in until I reached major, and then go on and do something else.
I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter.
You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.
America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.
I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.
In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.
Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.
By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.
Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile.
This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.
You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.
Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.