Comments on: Tragedy in Missouri Flood Waters

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:58:47 +0000

I agree that 65 isnt elderly. However I will say that Chrissy has been my best friend for about 11 years and I am quite aware of the health of her mother. She doesnt look like the average alive and kicking 65 year old, she uses a cane (which Chrissy made) to get around and always in and out of the hospital. I can swear there would have been no possible way she could have made it out of the window of the pick-up. Ive heard gossip about her everywhere I go, and some want to blame her for getting stuck by waiting too long to leave. There was no one that came by to evacuate them. They left on their own accord, and if they were to wait on the police to tell them to go there would be a much different headline to her story.
As far as the pets go, I am heartbroken about the loss of her animals. She is a vegetarian so even the chickens were pets. However the media exaggerated the details a bit (suprised?) and she still has several dogs and all of her horses’ love. I do know all of her cats are gone, and I think she still has a few birds that made it. No one could ever be a bigger animal lover than her.
If anyone wants to help her, instead of showing pity and reminding her of all that is gone, they should take advantage of the spring weather coming up soon and go for a carriage ride and give her a good tip. She is a wonderful person and after all that has happened in the last few days she remains outgoing and bubbly. Best of luck girl! LUV U!!

By: Patti Brown

Patti Brown — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:26:08 +0000

I was worried about this all day. I thought horses were in the trailer but other pets didn’t ease the pain any when I heard most of them perished. This was very sad. I understand the lady’s heartache at losing Bubba. I have many dogs dumped out at my house and would very willingly share one of my sweet dogs with her if that would help. It wouldn’t ever take the place of Bubba, but one of my pets may help ease some of the pain.

Yes, I agree with some other viewers; the older you get, the younger an age becomes. When more people are living to their nineties or hundreds, 65 is not elderly…not anymore. I am 54, and I don’t have a foot in the grave yet; I feel pretty good.

Thanks for your good work today…anyway.

By: richard bernstein

richard bernstein — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:00:39 +0000

Jeff, just finished watching your report on the floods in Missouri and got a kick out of your reference to the “elderly” 65 yr old women who had to be rescued.You seem like a nice “30 something “guy and ,of course,I don’t know you personally,but I,m still willing to bet that I could out hike ,out swim and out play you in any sport you might choose. I looked over to my wife, the mother of our 5 children,who still weighs the same as she did when we first met almost 45 yrs ago and asked: ” did you know that we’re elderly?” She juist smiled. By the way, she could probably outhike you too!

So continue the good work, stay out of the mud and away from the labels,people tend to believe them after awhile. If you ever get an interview with John McCain, you might want to choose another adjective.

We’ll continue to enjoy your work.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:18:21 +0000

After hearing this story on the news, as I live in STL, I couldn’t help but start to cry. This reporter showed such quality human emotion including this story of the woman and her dog. We need more reporters to include the human side of things in their stories. Hats off to this reporter and the let us remember they not only have to do their job, but sometimes run into difficult situations themselves.

Godspeed Jeff.