How sad is this

[malaise]

but I guess when you build on the beach, 40 years is a long time before the sea comes a calling.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2008/11/26/Coastal-home-destroyed-by/1227752391.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Really sad. 80 years old/ sold main home to live in the beach house.

[malaise]

2. That's the worst part of the story

and she wasn't able to save anything. :cry:

[elleng]

3. It IS sad.

but having recently returned from Florida, where father lives in a retirement community, I know how smart her generation is, and how many resources they have. The wise ones don't let such foreseeable crises wreck their lives.