See, the volume in my email account is unlimited and the search function is SO much more efficient than the alternatives, hence the insane email boxes. But I do hope to get a lot of it online, and outta my box. It's just... I haven't had the time to do that yet. I'm 6 weeks in, fighting against a behemoth of...something. Learning, writing up stuff that isn't written down, just trying to keep up.

I'm an advisory against internal jobs, I swear.

The evening news is comparing the SoCal fires to Katrina in terms of evacuees etc. But I'm betting no one will argue against rebuilding the neighborhoods that are in fire-prone areas. 'Cause those people have money.

'Cause those people have money.

And I really wonder about the illegals agros who are hopefully going to shelter, and not just ducking the fed presence and thus dying.

screw the folders and delete every email you can possibly delete.

I used to do this, but I got bit on occasion. Hard disk space is cheap. My feeling is never throw away any emails except spam and the most trivial. Keep em all. But keep em out of the way. Just make archive folder, and have an "I probably won't need this, but just in case" for each year, or quarter or month depending on volume. That way your folders just have the emails you know you'll need. Any yeah transfer all dates to calendars. But in a work environment, I'm against throwing out emails. Just get ones you probably will never need to look at out of the way of the ones you are likely to.

My dad is coming out with the Red Cross sometime in the next few days. Lots of people are homeless now. Makes me sad.

Three of my students have been evacuated and may lose their homes and everything left in them. I just feel awful for them. Money or not, a loss like that is so traumatic. I don't know if they'll rebuild or not, but I'm worried about them.

The evening news is comparing the SoCal fires to Katrina in terms of evacuees etc. But I'm betting no one will argue against rebuilding the neighborhoods that are in fire-prone areas. 'Cause those people have money.

Gee, you are so comforting. My parents, in their 70's, and one mostly in a wheelchair are in the path of the fire. I feel so much better that since they have money it will all be okay.

eta They paid $70,000 for their house when they purchased it. Keep in mind that many of the folks that are in the path of the fire have been in these houses for decades and the property value went up around them while they lived there, they didn't move into $750,000 home, they purchased $50,000-$100,000 tract homes.

Hard disk space is cheap.

But if you're not in charge of the bankbook, it mightn't matter.

I never bumped into a limit at my last job, but I exceeded the new place's limit in just a few months. Sometimes it's easier to get disk space not from the messaging guys, but as sara notes, searching begins to suck.

Yeah, emotionally, everyone can be equal. If it is one album and 500 sq ft or a harddrive and 5000 sq ft, it's a big loss.

Fire panics me that way. Around here, it's basically hurricanes, and low risk ones at that. But random fire is my worst fear.

The evening news is comparing the SoCal fires to Katrina in terms of evacuees etc. But I'm betting no one will argue against rebuilding the neighborhoods that are in fire-prone areas. 'Cause those people have money.

Gee, you are so comforting. My parents, in their 70's, and one mostly in a wheelchair are in the path of the fire. I feel so much better that since they have money it will all be okay.

But that's not what she said at all.

I'm sorry your parents are in a terrible position. I'm sure everybody here is. Fortunately, they're also in a position where the government gives a fuck about them.