, so I return to Edit it to the appropriate number] on the U.S. mainland, and a storm surge that traveled inland for one mile 
! In one area, a whole neighbourhood is under 10 feet of water! The only sign of there having been one there is the telephone poles . For us, it turned out to be "much ado about nothing" ~ however, for others, it was much ado about everything. Accounts like this are particularly sad, but the problem is that you just 'never know' ~ "In Louisiana, four evacuees died after being taken from their storm-threatened homes to safer parts of the state." Now, we have Jeanne coming; and I just heard/read that there's some fool named Karl, that just formed behind her! There's no longer even breathing room between them
. Here's something that captures your thoughts on it
:"People are just sick of it," groaned Dennis Mace, who as a handyman is one of the few Floridians benefiting after the third hurricane in five weeks assaulted the Sunshine State. Hunting for work in the wake of Ivan, Mace spotted a sign that summed up the feelings of many:
It read: '1 Charley, 2 Frances, 3 Ivan, 4 Sale.'
You'll never convince me, however, that California is in no danger ~ either with Arnie at the helm, or the earthquakes themselves. Sometimes, I fear for Leonard, and everyone in his world there, but try to dismiss those thoughts. I, also, hope that with my dismay regarding the deaths from this storm, that I am not misunderstood to be elevating their importance, or the tragedy of them, over the tragic loss of lives, in other areas of the world, as a result of Nature or man
.~ Lizzy
