Hoping that our errant Brazilian star is doing OK. This is in her neighborhood.
"Brazil floods: Residents stranded on rooftops in Rio Grande do Sul" | BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68935249)
Last bit of news that I read is that Silver is, or was, in the US....Texas I think. An academic pursuit I suspect.
I have a dim recollection of the same. I hope she and her mother are OK.