Some of the people who bought tickets told us to keep the money.

Our donations are down by at least $10,000. We're hurting for money. I know there's a lot of donor burnout. We do appreciate all the food and personal items that people donate but we need money to stay open.

This is one of our best fundraisers. We usually have 40 to 80 people.

The insurance company won't give us any money until we settle. Once we do, it will take eight weeks to get up and running again. They won't give us business interruption insurance until we accept the settlement, but they are underestimating.

There's people in the Astrodome getting money, and their houses are still standing, ... People here, they don't have no homes to go to.

People sell the art I'm interested in because they need money and they don't want the rest of the world to know they need money. That's often true for pictures sold at auction.