Tuesday, September 6, 2005, 8:32:14 PM, Carol Kirschenbaum wrote: CK> Four hundred N.O. evacuees are scheduled to arrive in Fresno, CA, today. Goodness, they are spreading far and wide. (Or I should look at a map... ) CK> We CK> must be underestimating the degree of these folks' desperation. :) CK> On quite another note, I've been tearful and raging this weekend. True, CK> Saturday was my birthday, but this is more about N.O. and the Bush. CK> Desperation without a net. Has anyone else here been taking all this Katrina CK> aftermath viscerally and personally? I sense a lot of people in the US have, Carol. Judy -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html