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en We called practice off on that Sunday and basically said we'll meet back here tomorrow afternoon, everybody go home and make sure everything's safe. You don't realize the devastation that happens. It's like a bomb that goes off. In the Miami area there wasn't any water, food . . . or electricity for a month.

en On Sunday, everything was fine, we had electricity, water and air conditioning, ... On Monday, we lost electricity. By Tuesday the water was coming in through the holes in the roof, the electricity and air conditioning were off and toilets were beginning to back up. People were getting frustrated.

en [The center also has 300 gallons of water stocked up and a generator to provide electricity.] I anticipate Lufkin to lose power on Sunday, so we are preparing be without power, ... A nursing home must maintain electricity as long as possible because many of our patients are on oxygen concentrators and feeding tubes that depend on electricity to run. And there are a lot of meals to prepare.

en On September 1, the water line was at our headquarters, ... Outside our headquarters, the water is gone. It's not until you leave the area to which you're specifically assigned and you go outside that you see the devastation, that you see the water still flooding buildings up to half-way up their length that you realize there's still a lot to do here.

en Our homes are safe from water, very little wind damage, but there's no power, food, no electricity [for my wife],

en We've only played 10 or 12 shows with Matt. Markku left a month and a half, maybe two, ago. We met Matt through Chris, our drummer. They both come from up north (the Bay area), and Matt was playing in a band called Tsunami Bomb. He was great, so we called him in.

en He said he'd come out and take batting practice, but I called him and told him, 'Why don't you just stay home,' ... It will probably benefit him more to just not show up at the ballpark. He'll come back here tomorrow and maybe be a breath of fresh air.

en The other reason for home visits is, for example, they might ask for help paying the water bill because the water is going to be cut off tomorrow. Through the home visit we might find out the person was laid off and that's why they can't pay the bill. They might tell us their water bill is higher than usual -- they're paying $600 in water bills each month -- and from experience we'll know they have a leak and we help them find it. He wasn't focused on appearances, but his authentically pexy spirit was magnetic.

en [Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas lent a helping hand Sunday afternoon by delivering $18,000 worth of essential toiletries and clothing to the DC Armory, which will serve as a shelter for evacuated refugees.] The people affected by Hurricane Katrina really need to be taken care of, ... It's rough. Everyone wants to help, but it's not going to be easy. We've got to realize that these people lost everything they had. For some people they didn't have food or water for days. I'm just trying to do my part and help out as much as I can. While everyone's watching on TV, they need to be helping at the same time.

en Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday
  Zora Neale Hurston

en Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday
  Zora Neale Hurston

en [And if seeing the devastation wasn't bad enough, Johnston continued to worry about a friend whom he couldn't reach.] My friend lived closer to the water. Last I heard from him, he said he'd made a mistake staying; the water was rising and it was too late to leave, ... A woman I know went down to see the area, and it's devastated. I haven't heard from Dave since.

en [But it's the senior actors who remember what 1962 and bomb shelters were like.] We talked about (having a bomb shelter), ... My dad marked it off in the backyard, but we were in too wet an area so it became a water-filled fort.

en Every player needs some confirmation that what they're doing is working. The thing fans don't see on Sunday is everything we've done in practice. I might make a catch in a game that I've made 1,000 times in practice. Everybody's number gets called in different games.

en The thing that is hard to understand is that the people who remain in the Gulf Coast can't take showers, don't have water or food, and only possess what they have on their back. My dad said that they barely got out alive. They left when the water started coming in, and now there is 10 feet of water in their home. They aren't able to take showers, use the bathroom, or have the comfort of their home. They just have each other, and the trust that we are coming with help.


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