Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matterese, 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 at

Disasterarea at Mail.com or the podcast Fenmo 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 shoot me an email or message

for me to just double check and 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 you 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 is one of my own choosing.

I also want to thank you guys very much for being patient with me. I did plan on putting out an

episode last week, but I was a little backed up, so I was going to put out two this week,

and this was going to be the second one, and it kind of swallowed up all of my time,

as you can imagine. So I'm only putting out one this week, and next week I'll put out two.

I swear I will put out two. 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

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