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, at disaster area at mail.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. Just a friendly tip. Go ahead and check out the back catalog and also the list of requests, the most updated list that are on Facebook and Twitter, so that you'll have some idea of whether or not your

disaster has already been requested. Now, 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 double check and make sure that I

didn't let you slip through the cracks. Now, normally when I comes to requests, I do them when

and if I can, but this will mean it will definitely cover the topic you request as soon as I can

finish all of the research for it and write it up. 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 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 Kelly, 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 Disaster Area at Mail.com, or on a per-episode basis through

Patreon at www.patriot.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, keep the lights on, pay toward the $1,700 charge I just got

taking my car into the shop. 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 record them,

rather than waiting until they are released several days later.

You can also follow the podcast on Facebook at Disaster Area Podcasts

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