Jabber, we are so delighted to hear from you so quickly and to know that you had minimal involvement with the storm. What I saw on TV was terrible.

I am so happy that broken crane on 57th St in NYC has not fallen on anyone. And the amount of sand I saw on the streets in various reporters stories was amazing. I know sand storms -- wind blowing sand -- in the desert can be devastating and blinding. Not to mention landscape altering. Guess this was the same sort of thing, except with rain.

I hope for the fastest possible recovery for those involved. I saw on my local TV stations last night that power companies all over the Midwest were sending bucket trucks and workers into the area.

And I know a lot of local Red Cross workers are headed into the storm as well.