The hurricane flooded me out of a lot of memorabilia, but it can't flood out the memories.

we have an ongoing flood situation even as we're in the middle of recovering from the hurricane.

This is more cruel than the hurricane was.

Flooded vehicles are sometimes cleaned up by unscrupulous sellers without disclosure of flood damage. In most states, this is illegal, but unfortunately some vehicles will slip through the system.

For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?

May the memories of the one who has passed on fill the void that they left. There's another poem, by St. Augustine, that says, 'Don't cry for me but remember the most important things of my life and what I represented in my life and make that your memory of me, not my death.' I think that's important. We have grief. I'm sure I'll cry. I'll cry a lot before it's over.