Here are two sentences:

" Allison just proves you don 't need to wait until August or September to have a disaster , " said Josh Lichter , a meteorologist with the Houston-Galveston weather office .

" Allison just proves you don 't need to wait until August or September to have a disaster , " Lichter said .
Are the two sentences saying the same thing?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes