Barack Obama

“ If this is how we respond to a situation where we've got four or five days notice of a hurricane coming, how are we going to respond it there was a dirty bomb planted in Chicago or New York or Los Angeles? How can we make sure that law and order is maintained? How do we make sure that communications systems are operable? How do we make sure that everybody, not just those who can leave on their own, but everybody is able to get to safety? ”

“ They just didn't have those resources available. And, so in some sense, they represented communities that had been abandoned before the Hurricane. And that's something that I think we're going to have to reflect on over the long term.
How do we close this divide between the wealthy and the poor? How do we make certain that those who don't have resources have the resources to respond to any crisis, not just this one. In the short term though we've just got a lot of work to do to help families get back on their feet. ”

“ In the state of Illinois we have already indicated that we are going to be accepting at least 10,000 families that have been displaced. We are identifying housing now and getting airlifts to bring people into Illinois. ”