There are definitely going to be lessons we’ll be taking away from this,

Absolutely. We’re keeping score. At the very least…you kind of check off in your own mind, that’s how they did it, is our plan similar or different? Or (would) our plan have worked differently?

It’s coming out in a lot of places it really shouldn’t be.

Downstream from the river there are about 100 homes as well as downtown Taunton,

The next 24 hours are going to be the most crucial on this. The question will be whether we can escape this with just a minimal amount of rain or end up seeing some additional...

At the end of the day, he chose to make a leap of faith and go there. The philosophy in the Canadian program at that time was to create a one-size-fits-all. Unfortunately, that wasn’t going...

As of this morning, the situation has been described as stabilized. The water level continues to be reducing a little bit.

We could have had a lot more wind damage, certainly. And the rain, we ended up on the low end of the scale of what we could have gotten, around 2 inches around the state....

It’s basically bulging. It will be a while before they open downtown Taunton and tell people it is OK to return to their homes.

The crews almost got a free pass in terms of road cleanup on Sunday because they were largely alone on the highways.

we’ll roll with the punches.

It’s basically bulging, … It will be a while before they open downtown Taunton and tell people it is OK to return to their homes.

These weren’t life-threatening conditions. These were just things the staff on site thought needed more attention.

We came here to win medals; when my guys are in tears it’s tough.

They’re not talking major stuff yet. It won’t be anything like it was last weekend.

They are working upstream with dams that hold back other ponds and other lakes. They are trying to slow the other water down. But it is not going to be a solution because there is...

The ground is just not holding the trees up,

It isn’t like the last time where they said it’s going to be a day off. Don’t have any expectation that this will kick in again.

There are ongoing discussions that we think will lead to a settlement with the Department of Justice.

And the risks that we have feared all day are still on the table: the potential power outages, the coastal flooding from the astronomically high tides over the next two days. These haven’t gone away.

What the damage or impact [will be], nobody is even guessing.

If this were a Tuesday, we might be dealing with all sorts of trouble. But thankfully, residents can stay inside and just watch the white stuff from their windows — and that’s what we want...

The storm has arrived — finally.

Although we’re not totally through with this event, we’re certainly wrapping it up. Many of the rivers still are at or near flood stage … but they’re in the process of receding. We’re not expecting...

There’s the potential for all sorts of problems all over the state.

a lot of suspicious materials in it.

They want to vote on a plan and don’t have any idea of what it will cost.

It’s very, very dangerous. We want people to take this very, very seriously,

The best-case scenario is nothing happens. The worst-case scenario is it goes any minute.

Sports that haven’t been producing medals before are producing medals now.

We have to keep everybody sharp and ready. There’s a real possibility we could be mobilized again with little notice.

Most of the teams are really starting to grasp the concept of performance on demand rather than just showing up. I hope Canadians understand this is about performance. It’s about carrying the Canadian flag on...

This was the widest-spread flooding event we’ve ever had in the commonwealth. Literally every stream (and) small river at some point exceeded its banks.

The floodwaters have receded but it’s not totally over yet.

I think the colorful terms have made a difference in defining the sport as part of a revitalization of the Olympics,

They were knocked off their feet. People were clapping and cheering for them. There was weeping and hugging, all this emotion. There wasn’t a dry eye in the place.

[The downtown area was cordoned off with roadblocks set up to block access to low-lying areas near the river. Schools, downtown businesses and many government offices were closed.] It’s basically bulging, … It will be...

At the end of the day, the three best mogul skiers ended up on the podium. I’m happy for him, regardless of what flag he’s carrying, and I’m extremely proud of the way our guys...

Obviously, it’d be a challenge to move a ton of people off Cape Cod. But I don’t think a full evacuation of the Cape would ever be necessary.

I feel real bad for Marc-Andre. He did a great job. You could say there’s a bitter irony in this.

Big-term events, whether 9/11 or a hurricane — everybody learns from what went wrong or what went right.