They'll have to sustain flooding for a longer period of time. It's a tough call, a political decision I neither want nor am able to make.

With that termination of funding, (the council) made a decision to first decrease her hours to 10 per week. In the next meeting, that I did not attend, they determined that she would no longer serve as director.

The Corps (of Engineers) does not do docks.

No, it was more like you're kind of sitting there surprised. When somebody makes that decision you've got to respect it. That's it. We have to move on.

Usually, once someone makes the decision to come to the neighborhood, it just takes finding a home that suits them.

I spend my time in the administrative offices, which are in a completely separate location from the actual shelter. In truth, my contact with the residents is limited.