Search still works:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=terrifying%20five-day%20stay
I already pinged moderator five seconds after posting. Sorry if you are offended.
Search isn’t perfect.
A FRiend posted an article a couple of days ago with a title identical to the one I’d posted about 12 hours before.
When I did a FR search only his showed up.
I’m a bit more forgiving of redundancy now.