We did have a lot of people from a lot of different places come in here. And whether they came here to run or just to winter, that's one of the things that really needs to be addressed. I know several of them didn't run very many horses.

I don't think you can pin it on one person or one factor. Next year I would expect everything to smooth out and go good again. I think this has been a good learning experience for everybody.

The biggest question is whether people are feeling confident enough to take a trip.

There are 5,000 great people for every jerk on Usenet. But that still is a lot of jerks. Proceed with caution and eyes wide open.

There are around 20,000 people in Gretna alone who have not evacuated. We're taking in ready-to-eat meals, mobile kitchens, food, water, building materials -- everything these people desperately need right now.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles. Thirty years later, there's still the same sort of excitement I get from it. It's still fun to inhabit different characters and play different things, so it's all in that panoply of acting.