Jimmy Carter actually said...

"It's let me and the Secretary of Interior and Agriculture... all see at first hand what the devastation is, which I could never have dreamed before I came here."

"This material is not toxic."

"Governor Evans asked this morning that I declare the eight counties in the panhandle region of Idaho to be an emergency area."

"My belief is, after talking to scientific advisers and others, that there is no major immediate threat to the health or safety of those in this region."