Quotes by Larry Klein

“The base assumption for everyone is youre on your own for 72 hours.”

“The closest were ever to being ready is right after the last event, and never close again until after the next event. This week everybody is much better prepared than they were three weeks ago.”

“If you close your eyes and imagine an earthquake happened instead of Katrina, the image would be the same: collapsed buildings, no running water or electricity, displaced citizens, and vast devastation”

“It is easier to be ready before than to ”

“I think the city managers had too much influence on policy.”

“The default zoning for virtually everything in town is housing. We need to examine whether weve gone too far.”

“As we traveled to more than 20 countries to produce Rx for Survival, we recorded scenes that will break your heart -- and some even involved children in Africa, ... But what dominates these programs is the real-life, get-it-done individual heroism, the stuff thats usually on display in Hollywood.”

“This is intended to get peoples attention.”