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 will add it to the list.

Please blur with me.

I am legitimately terrible about responding to messages,

but rest assured that I will add your request to my to-do pile.

And if it's been a while since you sent in your request,

feel free to shoot me an email or a message

for me to double check and just make sure that your request didn't slip through the cracks.

You can also double check Facebook and Twitter for the podcast. I recently posted a list of all

of the disaster requests that I've gotten that I'm going to be covering over, I imagine the

course of the next year.

So if you want to double check and just make sure that any requests that you are interested

in is not on that list and you, you know, need to know.

It is on either one of those places.

Now, normally when it comes to requests,

I do them when and if I can. This will mean I will definitely cover the topic of your request as soon as I can finish all of the research for it and write it up. So please keep in mind that

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

a disaster is, 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.

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