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 Fenmo at Disaster Area Podcast. Just add the name of the disaster. like me to cover to the notes on your donation,

and I will add it to the list. I would suggest that you check our back catalog just to make sure

I haven't done an episode on your request yet, and the up-to-date lists of requests that are

posted to the Facebook and Twitter accounts every so often, so you can get some idea of whether

or not that request has already been sent in. 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 just 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 I 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. For example, the coronavirus

pandemic episode may never be done at this rate. Now, the subject from this particular episode

was requested by Jeanette, and I'd like to thank

them for the request and for the donation.

Now, if you'd like to help support the podcast, you can do so with a one-time donation

through the PayPal and Venmo accounts that I mentioned at the beginning of the episode,

or on a per-episode basis through Patreon at www.p.com slash disaster area podcast. A per episode donation of even as little as a dollar in

episode can help me do things like pay the rent and keep the lights on. 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 a few days until they are released on the main feed.

You can also follow the podcasts on Facebook at Disaster Area Podcast and on Twitter and

...