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To: Naomi who wrote (107122)	9/25/2005 9:35:35 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

If there were only something I could add to your experience, I would, but you have described it as well as any author I've read. One does reach a point where there is no longer any urgency to load stuff that isn't really important. In my condo, I have a few paintings that are very important to me, but museums wouldn't cry if they were lost. After Hurricane Ivan (the hurricane of the century for Pensacola, or so they said) people returned to the ruin and cried for a day or so, and then cleaned up what Ivan had so brutally destroyed. There is no place on earth that is safe from Mother Nature...we must accept that and move on. Disasters are what bring out the best or worst in people...

To: Naomi who wrote (107122)	9/26/2005 8:57:30 AM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

Hey! I'm glad to hear you only had a temporary power outage. We never lost power. Most of the people in our neighborhood that had boarded up and evacuated called to see what the damage was. A few fences blown down, mine included, some debris from trees, that's it. I did see someone around 4am cruising our neighborhood with their lights out in a POS car. I had my .22 with me and let them know I had it. They left. Not too long after that, the police came by. They had arrested some people trying to break into houses in the next subdivision over. We were so very lucky. I think Houston and the surrounding towns did the right thing by telling people in low lying areas to get out because of the tract the storm was taking. We were spared but the poor people in Beaumont, Baytown, Sabine Pass area weren't.

To: Naomi who wrote (107122)	9/26/2005 10:37:37 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 225578

So true, NH! That is one thing I have noticed most since getting older, things are just things and attitudes change often about those things. We have enjoyed those "things" for each day we see them, because most of the "things" are memories of trips taken, or gifts given, etc....We also bought some of the things because we liked them, and we knew they would appreciate in value. And they have done that. But in the end, they are just "things", and really aren't that important. It's the memories that will remain with us.