User blog comment:ImtheSteve/STEVE SYSTEM OVERLOAD/@comment-13488655-20131119131548/@comment-25151516-20131119152837

The majority of them are alright, so far. An estimated 1200 people died. :'(

My mom's missionary companion had to swim 500 yards to get to a higher location with her family. When they were swimming, my mom's friend literally threw a roof of of her kids in a fit of adrenalin. They all got to safety with some deep cuts, but are otherwise alright.

Over 100 people, just from the Mormon Church, including myself, were at the Salvation Army event last Saturday, in Orlando, to help pack meals to be sent overseas. We went for about two hours until we ran out of vitamin packets and stopped. It was expected to take the whole morning and a bit of the afternoon. They expected only sixty people to show up. Surprise, surprise.