Those are some strong people, especially the grandmother who kept going in and out of the hospital, but yet would have the strength to bring in people in who needed a place a stay. And only once were we asked to not turn on our cameras.

Where we were filming, we would enter these beautiful buildings from the outside with great architecture, and then when you enter inside, there's this whole different world. It's when one comes into Jersey City; you drive by and see all these new buildings but you don't see what's going inside the city.

Filming her was a challenge. She's so active, and I had to constantly improvise with the camera.

They needed more people even if they had stayed here (in Southern California). Every one of these announcements hits them doubly hard. Even if they hadn't lost a soul, they were going to be shorthanded.

From the local mayor or sheriff all the way up to the president, it means people have a real distrust of their government.

It's one thing to bring in friends, people you are close to who are qualified for the job. It's another thing for people to be getting the job only because they are friends and they are not qualified for the job.