I started this to Kristina to say sorry I missed your Instant Message, but thanks for the info on Williamsburg. But then, I read her message on the list... It's so hard to imagine all the little things/needs that greatly add to the hardships, when you're far removed and only see the big picture...IF even that is on the news...! It doesn't diminish our care and concerns for everyone involved...Prayers are said to meet all needs...even when we don't know what they are...God does!!!!! I'm sure most are still just in a state of stunned reality or shock. I've been blessed to have been spared when tornadoes...even the recent several in the Kansas City area, were literally circling my town, with warnings~it was coming this way...going through the BIG earthquakes while living in California with no damage to speak of...then two weeks after we moved, a much smaller one really damaging the house we just moved out of!!! Just missing damaging tornadoes by a couple months prior to moving to Texas and again about two weeks after we moved away! Even a tornado we missed by MINUTES as it swept through...IN California!!! I still remember my fear, as a child on vacation in Myrtle Beach JUST seeing the biggest water spout...that Thank God didn't come to land. I even remember being very little and how Hurricane Camille affected Virginia...Yet, truthfully, with all of this can't truly begin to imagine going through Isabel. I just rambled all that to at least say, my care, compassion and understanding are with ALL that experienced Isabel and every emotion and need You have. Nature is powerful and we may not know why things like this happen...but even in the midst of the hurts...some good does come out of it too. Even if it's simply a heart touched by a message...or a freezer's food cooked and shared! Being a Virginian or having "roots" that tie to the Old Dominion seem to demonstrate true caring hearts for others more than anywhere I've ever seen. I think this is extremely evident by all the messages on the VAROOTS list! I started out writing this to Kristina personally, because we've had off list communications going...but decided to send this also to the list, because it truly is meant for EVERYONE! As I say, in everything that comes into our lives FAITH will see us through and that certainly applies to Isabel! God Bless each of You that reads this...wherever You are! Debbie