Quotes by Bonnie Reed

“We are prepared but we are learning a lot from what happened. It puts us on notice to do a better job. You cant always depend on the state or the federal government to be there for you.”

“We need to identify those places where we could put large numbers of people.”

“We already had an advantage over New York and Louisiana. We have the ability to call in resources and get them in quickly.”

“Communications is always where you fail in any disaster. Its something we need to really focus on.”

“This an animal abuse case. This is pure and simple murder.”

“Oh, that was because they broke into my home, illegally without a search warrant. It happened very early in the morning before my mother and I even got up to take our medicine.”

“Oh my goodness, weve just been inundated. Since March 28, Ive assisted 53 people, and that doesnt count people who are calling in just to check.”

“Im having people come in every day. Ive seen three people today, all families with children, who came in for utility assistance whove never asked before, ever.”

“The thing thats really scary is now that were out of the cold weather rule, a lot of the people were seeing are coming in with average $600 gas or electric bills.”

“Were seeing people from different social groups whove never come in before, who dont know what to do, and theyre just frantic.”