“They were in a spot with little flood damage but tremendous wind damage, ... They asked us if we could hoist him and his four dogs. Finally he said he would come by himself, with a chainsaw, so he could help other people who needed it.”
“You see a lot of activity going on there. He's spent almost $800,000 on his renovation. He plans to have about 30 employees. My client believes he needs the (sign variances) to be seen from all lanes of the parkway.”
“Nothing prepared us for the scope of devastation down there. In the New Orleans area, just about anywhere you looked, you saw people on rooftops that needed help — or people waving things out of windows that needed help.”