Dear Liz, Laszlo and Peggy, Thank you for sharing your stories. First hand information is so valuable in recording history, and you all have written so poignantly. So sorry you had to endure such difficult times. Hurricane Ike visited us one evening earlier in the week. We lost a branch off our favorite large oak tree, but north of us in Beaver Falls PA there was much damage, 85 mile an hour winds. I read where Ike extended into Iceland creating gales. Les, glad you will get some reprieve by visiting Buffalo. Last night as we sat outside on what was our first very cool evening, we watched a young deer eating the apples we had thrown over the fence for their benefit. Nature takes and it gives back in predictable ways. Marika **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)