New Orleans It’s hard to find any good news in disasters. The Nepal earthquake has already counted more than 4000 deaths with countless homeless and crises abounding will leave that country in recovery for years, particularly in Katmandu. India and Chinese rescue teams were first on the scene and many are joining, though slowly it …
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Springfield Story: Do We Learn from Disasters?
New Orleans There’s a t-shirt coming: global warming gonna get your mamma! The spate of disasters from Japan to Joplin, Birmingham, Alabama to Springfield, Mass brings all the horror home again. Living in New Orleans and still in recovery from Katrina and weaker and wiser from the experience, I keep an eye on these things, …