Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Metterese. 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 bear 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 just shoot me an email or message for me to make sure that I didn't let you slip through the cracks.

Now, normally when it comes 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 of the research

for it and write it up. 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. The subject from this

particular episode was requested by B, and I'd like to thank them 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 Disasterarea atmail.com, or on a per-episode

basis through Patreon at www.com slash disaster area podcast. A per episode donation of even as little as a

dollar an episode can help me do things like pay the rent and keep my lights on and keep the dog

occupied so that hopefully he won't bark at fireworks while I'm trying to record on Memorial Day, which

is not something that may really happen. But we'll see. So if you do become a patron, I would

very much appreciate it. And if you do join the Patreon, you will get new episodes as soon as I

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