Craig Fugate Professions : Former Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management Born : May 14, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Craig Fugate Florida feels we owe a great debt to our neighboring states. Craig Fugate debt florida states The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor. Craig Fugate team want needs In the Keys, a lot of people are stubborn. Craig Fugate stubborn keys people If you go back in history, the most deadly parts of the hurricane has been water. Wind is actually not as deadly as people think it is, although they tend to look at the wind field and look at that as a risk. What has historically killed people in past from hurricanes has been water, storm surge. That Hurricane Hugo's coastal flooding has been the leading cause of death. And that's why we're so adamant about getting people to evacuate. We spend a lot of time and resources to map those areas ahead of time. But it only works if people heed those evacuations and go to higher ground. Craig Fugate people past thinking Moving a lot of volunteers may not be a smart idea, so I think communities need to look to their current furloughed employees as their emergency workforce, there's a whole lot of people that just lost their jobs, and you can put them to work. Craig Fugate
