By the end of the day, we were just numb. We lost a lot of good genetics, calves that died in the fire. That was pretty traumatic, to lose some of our well-established cow families.

They're giving up doing their work and their chores at their homes to come over here and work for us.

They said (Katrina) acted like a tornado, hit and miss. Some houses are there, and some are not.

What we try to do is prevent bad things from occurring. That's more important than just taking care of something after it's happened. That's the importance of having enough staff.

You just can't believe how big-hearted people are.

I was just running out of the house. They were already there to help. We ran out to try to save as many of the calves as we could.

I watch television and I cry, and then I watch television and then I cry, and then I go on.

He has responded extremely well to treatment. He will be out of hospital very soon.

We were convinced (Ashley) was dead. We came up here to regroup and go through this together. I'm probably the only mother ever to be proud her son was in jail.