"Every four to six hours, new things happen. And it is difficult job. On the third day, March 15th, I cried. I cried three times there. And honestly, I became panicked. The situation is we do not have water, food, gasoline, and information. The information is limited. The information is not appropriately provided." 2

- Takashi Nagata

"The kind of privations people can endure in these settings where there are many survivors but the relief hasn't come yet, would be a week, two weeks." 10

- Jennifer Leaning

"Certainly, there is enough food; there is enough water; there is enough blankets; there is enough shelter or shelter materials in the region to supply these people that are displaced. It’s just getting them there and providing the logistical support to do so." 3

- Michael VanRooyen

"The onsite emergency response challenge is to take actions that involve very high worker exposure. And often, they’re ad hoc. They’re jerry-rigged solutions, made up on the spot. Clearly, if you have fire trucks and skid-mounted diesel pumps and hoses, you are in an operating environment that was never contemplated. There was never any rehearsal for it." 8

- Gordon Thompson

"This is a terrible set of tragedies that would challenge any government and any people in the world. And, to the people of Japan, and to the government of Japan, we really send our deeply heart-felt sympathy to everything that is going on there. And, at the same time, we are here, ready to provide whatever assistance might be asked for. And that’s at the technical level, at the social level, at the personal level." 10

- Michael Reich