Shelter and the Storm
The diaspora of Hurricane Katrina.
The diaspora of Hurricane Katrina.
Katherine Boo New Yorker Nov 2005 20min Permalink
Two ships, a supercharged hurricane, and one Coast Guard helicopter.
Tristram Korten GQ Oct 2016 25min Permalink
More Americans rely on Puerto Rico’s grid than on any other public electric utility. How one renegade plant worker led them through the shadows.
Daniel Alarcón Wired Aug 2018 20min Permalink
The story of a Puerto Rican family trying to get settled in Chicago after Hurricane Maria.
Martha Bayne Belt Dec 2017 25min Permalink
An oral history of Hurricane Harvey.
Texas Monthly Sep 2017 50min Permalink
The origins of the misunderstood agency.
Garrett M. Graff, Lily Hay Newman, Issie Lapowsky, Andy Greenberg, Ashley Feinberg Wired Sep 2017 35min Permalink
A 2016 investigation into why Houston wasn’t ready for the next big hurricane.
Neena Satija, Kiah Collier, Al Shaw, Jeff Larson ProPublica, Texas Tribune Mar 2016 40min Permalink
On the insurer’s insurer and calculating the risk of modern catastrophe:
Reinsurers are ultimately responsible for every new thing that God can come up with. As losses grew this decade, year by year, reinsurers have been working to figure out what they can do to make the God clause smaller, to reduce their exposure. They have billions of dollars at stake. They are very good at thinking about the world to come.
Brendan Greeley Businessweek Sep 2011 20min Permalink