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Climate change has been with us for a long time already. Read @MaryHeglar's haunting reflections on Hurricane Katrina. guernicamag.com/after-the-stor…
"I remembered the meteorologists explaining how hurricanes start off the coast of Africa and gather strength as they cross the Atlantic, following almost exactly the route of slave ships.

I wondered if Katrina was really a 14-year old boy named Emmett." - @MaryHeglar
"When the power came back on, we saw it all with our own eyes. We saw that the towns on the coast had been completely washed away. I can still hear Governor Barbour’s voice: 'I don’t mean they were badly damaged. I mean they’re simply not there.'" -@MaryHeglar
"The swamp reclaimed the city. Snakes and alligators and fish swam in equal terror through swallowed neighborhoods, only the roofs peeking out." - @MaryHeglar
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