Ann Thomas Quotations

We've always asked people to leave earlier, but because of Katrina, they are now listening to us and they're leaving as we say,

If they don't want to leave, they are staying at their own risk.

Please do not try to come back to the island. ... Hopefully, in the next couple of days, this island will be cleaned up and we'll get you home.

The real lesson (from Katrina) that I think the citizens learned is that the people in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi did not leave in time, ... We've always asked people to leave earlier, but because of Katrina, they are now listening to us and they're leaving.

We only see our public officials when it's time for a vote. The only time you see law officers is when they're making an arrest.

We like the integrity of this church's leadership, the wonderful sense of family and the warm welcome to new families. It's based in the Word of God and the Scriptures, and we also wanted our children to grow up in this church because of its wonderful children's ministry. And as our sons have grown up, they've wanted the same for their children.

Tuesday at 2 p.m., I will ask for a voluntary evacuation if the weather predictions remain the same,

I've lost my home, my car, my job. I have six grown children and five of the six lost everything,

they are staying here at their own risk.

It was quite a sight, ... We were able to put people on with their dog crates, their cat crates, their shopping carts. It went very well.

It's time to leave now, right now, and stay gone until we say it's OK to come back,

It's time to leave now, right now, and stay gone until we say it's okay to come back,

In the six years we've been doing this, this is the best turnout ever.

I just don't understand how it escalated and got this far. She's had a hard life. She grew up in the projects. I guess what she's seen between me and my husband, the verbal and physical abuse, affected her.

I consider it an honor to have a park in my neighborhood named after her, for what she stood for.

The city of Galveston has plans to exist without outside help at all for at least three days because New Orleans was cut off for so long, ... American Morning.