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“Natural” Disasters
“Natural” Disasters
“Natural” Disasters
As millions of Americans struggle to recover from this year's devastating hurricanes, we offer up this collection of stories about previous generations' ways of dealing with meteorological calamity.
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“Natural” Disasters
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The Cost of Coastal Capitalism: How Greedy Developers Left Miami Ripe for Destruction
Building on vulnerable coastlines isn't about ignorance or hubris — it's about profit.
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Andrew W. Kahrl
A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been
As Hurricane Irma prepares to strike, it’s worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.
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Michael Grunwald
The Human Nature of Disaster
A storm is never just wind or rain. Our natural problems are social problems. The solutions to them must be social, too.
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Maia Silber
Puerto Rico Can Blame Its Total Blackout on Predatory Companies and Poor Decisions in Washington
Hurricane Fiona hit the island as only a Category 1 storm. But thanks to bad management, the electrical grid immediately collapsed.
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Kate Aronoff
Willful Waters
Los Angeles and its river have long been enmeshed in an epic struggle for control.
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Vittoria Di Palma
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Alexander Robinson
Aftermath
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