Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston on Nostr: "After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said that God was ...
"After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said that God was clearly “mad at America” for invading Iraq—and at black people for “not taking care of ourselves.” ...
...Inchoate as these plot lines may be, Nagin’s impulse—to inject meaning into chaos—was understandable. Narrative is the beginning of recovery. "
From Amanda Ripley's The Unthinkable, about disaster response.
Published at
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