Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matarise. And before I get started with the episode today, I'd just like to take care of the usual housekeeping.

If you've been wanting to hear a particular disaster on the podcast, you can do so for a $25 or more donation to the podcast PayPal account at disaster area.com or the podcast Venmo at Disaster Area Podcast.

Just add the name of the disaster you'd like me to cover

to the notes on your donation and I'll add it to the list. Please bear with me. I am legitimately

terrible about responding to messages, but rest assured that if you send me your request, I will

add it to the list. And if it's been a while since you sent in your request, feel free to shoot me

an email

or a message just so I can double check and make sure that I didn't forget about you.

Now normally when I come to requests, I do them when and if I can, but this will mean

I will definitely cover the topic of your request as soon as I can finish all the research

for it and write it up.

Just please keep in mind that the bigger the disaster, the more

sources I may need to whittle down, the less well-known the disaster, the more I may need

to search for sources, and the more recent or ongoing a disaster is the more I may want

to wait until it's over so that the complete story can be told and all loose ends can be tied

up. So now is not the time to request the

coronavirus pandemic. The subject from this particular episode was requested by Kylie, and I'd like

to thank her for the request and for the donation. Now, if you'd like to help support the podcast

in another way, you can do so with a one-time donation through PayPal at disaster area

at mail.com or on a per-episode

basis through Patreon at www.com slash disaster area podcast. A part-episode donation of even

as little as a dollar an episode can help me do things like pay the rent and keep the lights on

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