Hoarders

     I had kinda hoped the rash of hoarders would slow down with the economy...that people buying and discarding less might translate into fewer people filling their homes with the leftovers of our consumer-driven society. Apparently not.
   Now comes the story from Illinois about another hoarder dead in her own trash filled home. If you look at the picture of the home, it's hard to imagine that nobody knew there was a problem. But Skokie officials say they were unaware...even though there had been numerous complaints and subsequent visits to the home.

"We did not have any indication as to what was going on within the home," said Dr. Catherine Counard, director of Skokie's Health Department. "Without any evidence we couldn't enter the home."

     Yea, I mean what could those doors and windows filled with junk mean after all?
      It was so bad rescuers had to cut a hole in the roof to retrieve the woman's body.
     CNN's report is here.