“FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.” KnowsFirstsHandsLostNaturalFocusSecurityProgramResponseDisasterAgencyTrappedBureaucracyHomelandShortcomingsPreparednessNatural DisasterHomeland SecurityDisaster Preparedness Author:Alcee Hastings
“It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.” FeltPlansEconomicEuropeProgramDisasterCommunistGrandioseTakeoversMarshall Plan Author:W. Averell Harriman
“I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me.” EyeChristianFoundLiteratureReligiousCareersTelevisionProgramTraditionAbsolutesAimSeriesUniversityDisasterProfessorsHistorianEnglish LiteratureReligious Traditions Author:Karen Armstrong
“Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward.” WayStyleProgramBasesRelationRewardsDisasterHolocaustDay To DayComponentsSpectacularPursuedCultivatingPreparednessLife Style Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.” GovernmentCareSchoolBenefitsProgramDisasterVarietyReliefShelterHomelessElderlyFundingAfter SchoolGovernment FundingDisaster ReliefAfter School Programs Author:Tony Campolo
“If we die, do not mourn for us. This is a risky business we're in, and we accept those risks. The space program is too valuable to this country to be halted for too long if a disaster should ever happen.” IfsShouldLongCountryHappensDiesSpaceBusinessAcceptingRiskAcceptanceProgramValuableDisasterMournSpace ProgramRisky Business Author:Gus Grissom