worst hurricane to hit
louisiana since 1856 -- at present 300k un- employed in that state, so hard to rebuild lake charles, poverty rate 2x national avg. hit hardest: storm sparked a big-ass chemical fire; authorities sd “stay indoors w/door closed” while many homes lacked roofs. predicted storm surge 20 ft. high turned out only 9 ft.; “i wouldn’t be surprised if in the coming days people will be saying this was overhyped,” the hurricane historian sez: “hurricane amnesia”: we forget how bad the last one was: people know what they need to do, but it’s expensive time-suck, & how likely it’ll happen again, right? storms grow wetter, more intense each year -- & we’re only in the “m”’s . . .
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |