As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

- Bobby Jindal

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

- Bobby Jindal

I grew up in the Northeast; I've seen hurricanes before and trees down and cars destroyed.

- Casey Neistat

This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002.

- Daniel Yergin

Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes.

- Debbie Stabenow

Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise.

- Eric Maskin

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.

- Earl Blumenauer

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall.

- James Van Der Beek

I have lived through many major hurricanes during my lifetime: Camille, Frederic, and Ivan, to name just a very few. However, never have I seen destruction, panic, and fear on this massive scale.

- Jo Bonner

I'd always thought hurricanes were romantic, with pretty feminine names like Celestine.

- Mark Shand

In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our nation has been put under considerable fiscal pressure.

- Paul Gillmor