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Everybody in town knew it was coming. It was hard to wake up in the morning and see an orange river, many of the locals in this region are probably going to experience a certain level of mourning. – Tom Bartles	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The river is basically closed so that shuts down all the rafting, they're losing all their revenue. – Andy Corra	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a really devastating spill, we've been hearing from rafting companies and other businesses that rely on the river that if they can't get clients out on the river in the next couple of days, they may have to shut down their doors. – Kim Stevens	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We came out here together, and we looked at the river and we cried. – Rosemary Hart	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have to protect this stretch of land, if we lose this river edge, where are all the proboscis monkeys going to go? Where are all the (300) orangutans going to go? – Birute Galdikas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We requested when he was out in the water, that he fish the river and Intracoastal (Waterway), he could go as far as the rocks and inlet. – Nick Korniloff	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We've both always said that they're just as comfortable on a boat and the water as they are on land. we requested when he was out in the water, that he fish the river and Intracoastal (Waterway). – Nick Korniloff	Found on CNN 8 years ago
An awful lot of attacks occur in river mouths, where there is silt and other material in suspension in the river -- people washing their clothes, people washing themselves. – Richard Peirce	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Magdalena River will transform Colombia, it's our salvation. – Carlos Nunez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Four bodies were seen floating on the river today as the search continues. – Morris Alagoa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a race against time to prevent the spread of cholera up the river Nile, especially during the rainy season. Our priority right now is reaching the most vulnerable children who urgently need clean water and vaccinations. – Jonathan Veitch	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s just such an amazing experience in that it forces this bonding that [guests] would otherwise not get, it’s not just that you’re in a really nice tent. The food is amazing, but appropriate for the wilderness. You’ve got activities from shooting guns to riding horses to floating the river, and you come back to the camping experience. Guests just go crazy for it. – John Romfo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Chimaek with friends on the Han River in the summer makes even the heat bearable, i like bicycling to the Han River, and spreading out a blanket on the grass, and getting chicken delivered in only the way you can get it delivered here in Korea -- directly to the park. – Kim Ji-ha	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I like bicycling to the Han River, and spreading out a blanket on the grass, and getting chicken delivered in only the way you can get it delivered here in Korea -- directly to the park. – Kim Ji-ha	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We believe there is enough water in the river for us to appropriate without hurting anyone. – David Weisenberger	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We somewhat cheated by learning from the bootleggers down by the river outrunning the revenuers, the recipe is tried and true, the only difference is we pay taxes ... We make the real thing and use mason jars, nothing fancy. – Trey Boggs	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Any additional rainfall will exacerbate already saturated grounds, which could quickly lead to dangerous flash flooding and extended river flooding. – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We're on the Mississippi River, so there's going to have to be geese and ducks that are contaminated coming down that flyway, even though we have very few chicken farms on the water, those birds are going to stray all over the state during hunting season. – Jim Watson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The river is already above flood stage and will continue to rise through today and tomorrow, the situation will get worse before it gets better. – George Teague	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Wok-fried Longjing tea with river prawns adopts something from the mountains and something from the water in Hangzhou, it's the dish to represent Hangzhou. – Colin Cheng	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too. – Colin Cheng	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The river is going to start to rise again, it is going to shift the previously inspected debris piles. – Kharley Smith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's devastating to see what I saw on the Blanco River when this tidal wave of water just swept away neighborhoods. – Texas Governor Greg Abbott	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are floating in a house that is now floating down the river, call Mom and Dad. I love you, and pray. – Laura McComb	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Everybody in town knew it was coming. It was hard to wake up in the morning and see an orange river, many of the locals in this region are probably going to experience a certain level of mourning.

– Tom Bartles

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The river is basically closed so that shuts down all the rafting, they're losing all their revenue.

– Andy Corra

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is a really devastating spill, we've been hearing from rafting companies and other businesses that rely on the river that if they can't get clients out on the river in the next couple of days, they may have to shut down their doors.

– Kim Stevens

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We came out here together, and we looked at the river and we cried.

– Rosemary Hart

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have to protect this stretch of land, if we lose this river edge, where are all the proboscis monkeys going to go? Where are all the (300) orangutans going to go?

– Birute Galdikas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We requested when he was out in the water, that he fish the river and Intracoastal (Waterway), he could go as far as the rocks and inlet.

– Nick Korniloff

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We've both always said that they're just as comfortable on a boat and the water as they are on land. we requested when he was out in the water, that he fish the river and Intracoastal (Waterway).

– Nick Korniloff

Found on CNN
8 years ago

An awful lot of attacks occur in river mouths, where there is silt and other material in suspension in the river -- people washing their clothes, people washing themselves.

– Richard Peirce

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Magdalena River will transform Colombia, it's our salvation.

– Carlos Nunez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Four bodies were seen floating on the river today as the search continues.

– Morris Alagoa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a race against time to prevent the spread of cholera up the river Nile, especially during the rainy season. Our priority right now is reaching the most vulnerable children who urgently need clean water and vaccinations.

– Jonathan Veitch

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s just such an amazing experience in that it forces this bonding that [guests] would otherwise not get, it’s not just that you’re in a really nice tent. The food is amazing, but appropriate for the wilderness. You’ve got activities from shooting guns to riding horses to floating the river, and you come back to the camping experience. Guests just go crazy for it.

– John Romfo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Chimaek with friends on the Han River in the summer makes even the heat bearable, i like bicycling to the Han River, and spreading out a blanket on the grass, and getting chicken delivered in only the way you can get it delivered here in Korea -- directly to the park.

– Kim Ji-ha

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I like bicycling to the Han River, and spreading out a blanket on the grass, and getting chicken delivered in only the way you can get it delivered here in Korea -- directly to the park.

– Kim Ji-ha

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We believe there is enough water in the river for us to appropriate without hurting anyone.

– David Weisenberger

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We somewhat cheated by learning from the bootleggers down by the river outrunning the revenuers, the recipe is tried and true, the only difference is we pay taxes ... We make the real thing and use mason jars, nothing fancy.

– Trey Boggs

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Any additional rainfall will exacerbate already saturated grounds, which could quickly lead to dangerous flash flooding and extended river flooding.

– Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We're on the Mississippi River, so there's going to have to be geese and ducks that are contaminated coming down that flyway, even though we have very few chicken farms on the water, those birds are going to stray all over the state during hunting season.

– Jim Watson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The river is already above flood stage and will continue to rise through today and tomorrow, the situation will get worse before it gets better.

– George Teague

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Wok-fried Longjing tea with river prawns adopts something from the mountains and something from the water in Hangzhou, it's the dish to represent Hangzhou.

– Colin Cheng

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too.

– Colin Cheng

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The river is going to start to rise again, it is going to shift the previously inspected debris piles.

– Kharley Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's devastating to see what I saw on the Blanco River when this tidal wave of water just swept away neighborhoods.

– Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are floating in a house that is now floating down the river, call Mom and Dad. I love you, and pray.

– Laura McComb

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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