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 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. Just please bear with me. I am legitimately terrible about responding to messages, but rest assured that I will add your requests 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 double check and just make sure that I didn't let you

slip through the cracks. Now, normally when it comes to requests, I do them one 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. Unfortunately, I may not be able to give a specific

date when I can be putting that particular episode out. So just bear with me on that. It's

basically whenever I get them done, that's when they get out. Please keep in mind that the bigger

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

And the more recent or ongoing a disaster is, the more I may need to wait until it's over

so that the complete story can be told and all lose ends can be tied up.

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the request and for the request

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