Why the vitriol? This event is emotional enough. Let's calm down. Can you imagine if, on top of this, another natural disaster occurred on the heels of this, and a suitcase bomb exploded in New York? The hysteria here would ring out in a deafening way. We have a kind of kinship here and should try to treat one another respectfully, because tougher times may lie ahead and this net of information which is FreeRepublic depends upon our goodwill to one another.
I know you are near to Mississippi and must find this quite amazing, as well. V's wife.
The vitriol is becasues of the wrath I incured about two hours ago for merely saying I was skeptical of a story that relies on hearsay evidence with nothing to support it...told in a way to ensure mass hysteria in a certain block of my fellow FReepers.
You'd have thought I'd arrived and said "Hi I'm Skinner from DU...can I play?"
The thought police are in effect in here today...no devience from the "bodies every where hanging in the trees oh my GOD this is the end of the world" mindset is being allowed in here.