Donnie Smith Quotations

Most of those who were killed died in their homes.

I think what we're doing right now is evaluating the current statutes that are on the books and looking at the whole gamut of issues that continue to come up.

On Wednesday, we had four to five patients come to the emergency room with problems due to their running generators in closed areas.

Some of the original members of the agency said they can't remember anything as big as this all the way back to 1951. Even though this weather pattern is normal for Tennessee, it's just not this intense normally.

I think I'm up for the challenge. This team has a lot of potential. If we play good defense we can beat anybody.

We believe most of the victims have been processed and people who want disaster assistance have already applied (in West Tennessee).

What kind of training do the replacement workers have? As this goes on, you'd better believe passengers are at risk.

We've reached record numbers, particularly on last Wednesday and Thursday.

This will take a long time to get over.

The more we look, the more we find.

It's probably the largest weather disaster we've had in years.

That's still pretty high for this time of year. We usually average an 80 percent capacity in the summer.