To each and every person affected by the storms?

Leave the questionup. If Yahoo! wants to take it down, let them. The first answer was right, technically no question was asked. You could throw another edit in to say "Have you been affected?" or something like that.

I am a New Yorker, from the city, who suffered little damage but witnessed much mor severe events. I appreciate your good intentions and the spirit in which it was written. SOme people, like Old School, can never do anything but criticize. I have never seen him answer a question with anything but remarks like"This is not a travel question." I do not know why people cannot accept a comment as it was intended.

And I also understand how an atheist can say "God bless."

Thank you for the support.

I have relatives in the US and I pray for their safety too. We believe in God and we trust Him in every respect.

I dont find this message a violation at all. I have had that problem too when I think what have I said to upset others? I just explain that I had no intention to hurt or upset anyone else. And then I dont hear anything else that probably means Im let off.

Thank you and the other Aussie for your kind thoughts. My parents live in New York and evacuated to my brother's home in Boston, where I also live. They are very worried about their home and friends who did not evacuate, but so far all seems well

Once again I thank you. Don't take too much notice of the negative replies. We are not all like that.

god bless them? that god created the hurricane and killed those people. now you want to pray to the thing that killed those people? sad.

and this is indeed a chat and not a question.