I had a lot of friends who ended up swimming out of their houses. They're waiting for trailers now. I've got four families living with me.

People come and go voluntarily, some moved to friends' houses, others found a house, went to other parts of the country or any sort of arrangement. They need to feel home somewhere after what they experienced.

I had one in my office for a year and tested them in some friends' houses to make sure it worked.

I counted four houses down, and said, 'this is it, ... They said 'no, we're the fifth house, the fourth house that used to be there burned down.' I said, 'how about posting your address,' and they did. But just think if it had been police, fire or EMS.

Fires may have scorched the structures but they did not sear the spirit of the communities in which these houses of worship are located.

[Lawmakers in both houses of Congress describe Griffin in glowing terms, and his popularity smoothed NASA'S legislative path:] In large part the atmosphere has changed, ... We feel like we have an administrator who knows something about space.