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Ivor van Heerden Quotes
«When it comes to a storm like this, the pumps are mission impossible. Number one, they aren't safe for the operators and the second thing is that you need very powerful systems with a very good electrical supply, but the more robust [a storm] is, the harder it is to operate [a pump]. As soon as you start that pump, every bit of trash that gets into the canal gets sucked into the pump. And as soon as buildings start coming apart, the level of debris shoots up dramatically.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«My concern was that the focus was not on protecting Louisiana.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami, in terms of the damage and the numbers of people that can be killed.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«We would really encourage people not to come back [to New Orleans] for at least a week.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«It's going to be days before they get all that water out.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«Go home and identify all the chemicals in your house. It's a very long list.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«For people to feel confident about coming back again, they're going to have to rebuild the levee system.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«They should have been monitoring this and informed people all the way to the top, then they should have warned people.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden
«He tried the best that he could, under the circumstances.»
Author: Ivor van Heerden