Thanks guys. Actually my stress levels are surprisingly fine. This is so utterly and completely out of my control, that on some level it bothers me less than the little things that I do stress about because I believe, rightly or wrongly, that I can do something about them.
The part that does have me bothered is there is a scattering of friends and community. If the community takes a big hit, a big piece of those friendships will go with them. I mean people who have been in our house for a meal or a beer or ice cream twice a week for the last decade. People who, in the midst of trying to save stuff from their house, went to our house and completely loaded our pickup truck and drove it out for us, as if they didn't have enough to do. Those friendships will not be the same if we are scattered.
It's an interesting exercise in learning what you care about. Easy to say now, though, while I can still be in denial :-)
