Mizzwand, you are not going to believe...this afternoon, I wrote a big long post on your thread and just as I was getting ready to send it, lightning hit and knocked our electric off!
I am sorry that you are feeling down. I know exactly how you feel too. My mom always tells me not to watch the news all the time, but I am just used to having it on in the background. There does seem like there has just been so much with natural disasters. I sometimes wonder though with world wide coverage news and the internet, if we are seeing so much more than we ever did. Maybe a lot of things went on in the past too, but we never knew about them. I try to just balance things out, help when I can, and try to enjoy all that I have...imbibe the good things. It truly makes you appreciate how lucky we are when we see how quickly things can change.