Right now the U.S. poultry industry is under tremendous threat from H1N1 bird flu.

“Right now, working is actually the one thing that feels normal,” said Hobdy, 32, whose family has lived in Altadena since the 1970s.

“There’s so many things to do right now. People are overwhelmed with what to do with all this information. Everyone is so thankful, but it’s hard to even sit and read stuff. Like what do you do next? So I wanted to just bring people out of their reality and kind of just give them that ‘me time.’”

“I can’t really give much right now but my creativity,” she said, adding that she cried several times during the event as she connected with other victims, some of whom she knew.

All those questions are in my head right now.