Shortest story: I’m back home, with my savings and my fridge contents a lot lighter.
This hurricane season is not over, and there are lessons in it for all of us — no matter where we live.
The thing about hurricane season is every storm is completely different, but all you can do is use what you know about every other storm to get through this one.
Hurricane Ida was not another Katrina — but that’s because the devastation of Katrina on New Orleans was about human failure (the levee system breach), and not the wrath of Mother Nature.
The wrath of Ida on South Louisiana — from the River Parishes to Down the Bayou — is huge. And devastating. And I will keep talking about that.
But In 2020, five named storms hit the coast of Louisiana. The last one hit on October 28. So this may only be the beginning of the 2021 season.
Storms are getting stronger, and more frequent.
This, my beloveds, may be our new normal.
If you are from New Orleans, the first part of this note is for you.
If you are not from New Orleans, the second part is for you.
You can read both, of course.
There’s an extra bit at the end for all of us. Because we all have a part to play.