I thought it was the end of the world. I have never felt an earthquake like that before.
Salamo Laumoli • The Director of Health Services at LBJ Tropical Medical Center, describing how it felt to be in Pago Pago, the capital of America Samoa, when the quake hit. The American-owned island’s governor, Togiola Tulafono, ranked Tuesday’s quake “right up there with some of the worst” natural disasters. • source
If that means that there is going to be disappointment with the level of details until we get it right, I will live with that disappointment because it is better than the alternative.
Timothy Geithner • Treasury secretary, who shrugged off the negative reaction to his bailout plan, which he announced Tuesday. • source