https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans Storms around Labor Day get my full attention. Betsy hit hard in the fall of 1965 right after school began and took more than a week to get everything back in gear. Katrina in 2005 hit at the end of August and decimated …
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Thank Goodness for a Tropical Storm Barry “Nothing Burger”
New Orleans It was so quiet that it felt like living in the country. If there had been more stars and fewer houses, I might have thought I was stepping out of my trailer in Wyoming, rather than standing on my porch at 3AM to check on the Tropical Storm Barry. There was hardly a …
Puerto Rico: “Like Living in a War Zone”
Greenville Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico more than one-month ago. Few have missed the reports of devastation on the island and the continuing deprivation of its people. The majority of the island still lacks access to clean water and electricity. We have a many connections to the pain and problems of the island. Willie Cosme …