This week, Nicole, a rare late-season Category 1 hurricane hit Florida. The last November storm was over 30 years ago. Now, Tropical Depression Nicole is wreaking havoc along the Northeastern Seaboard. The storm made landfall and left three people dead in Orlando....
The Pandemic has tested us in ways we didn’t know we could manage, but as tragic as Hurricane Katrina was, Black women survivors found ways to keep going and they have lessons to help us persevere too. Two things these women survivors did to press on after...
Recently, the Daniel A.P. Murray African American Cultural Association housed at the Library of Congress invited me to give a talk on Hurricane Katrina Women survivors. The Zoom session drew academic researchers, librarians, and those interested in hurricanes and the...
Before the next storm arrives, here are six (6) tips to know about water and flooding during hurricanes. 1) Water is the most dangerous aspect of a hurricane because forecasters can only estimate the amount of rain that will fall. 2)Rain can occur quickly during...
The CLEO Book Club invited me to give a talk on Mississippi Hurricane Katrina women survivors. It was a pleasure to meet this group of Black women readers in Centreville which is right outside Washington DC. I was delighted to see these women walk into the room with...