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Floods and Books

This is my third and last post about Montpelier’s flood, the first bonafide federal disaster I’ve ever lived in and witnessed first-hand. Seven weeks later, the flood doesn’t rate the national news anymore.  The early, fun photos of drowned streets, the flashy videos on TV, the press clamoring at...

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Notes from Disaster II: Skunks, Kayaks, Spiders

It’s been a month now, and we keep discovering new dimensions of the disaster.  We know our flood is not Kyiv under Russian bombardment, nor the Maui fire – but it’s bad. Our hearts go out to the people there with greater understanding.  But even as we come back,...

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