The caring and compassionate spirit of Alabamians is truly awe-inspiring, ... I'm hearing from a tremendous number of Alabamians who want to volunteer and help others deal with this tragedy.

Hearing the human spirit stories of her experience was striking. She treated so many victims and they all had a story about so much devastation, and yet they were still appreciative and grateful for the treatment that they were being given.

don't feel like CDOT is hearing them. It may be the Department of Transportation, but they still think like they're the Department of Highways.

He was probably one of the most hard-working, caring people you'd ever meet. He had a great degree of perseverance. I was going to cut him, but didn't because I knew how hard he worked. He was always the first one there and the last one to leave.

We're hearing that database demand may be experiencing some negative pressure from the bursting of the Internet valuation bubble this year and its influence on database demand from so-called dot.com businesses. At the low end of the market, this tends to influence unit sales more than revenues, but it is a factor.

Roe has asked for an additional hearing because he wanted to get a little more information.