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. Now, normally this would be the part of the episode where I give you the information you would need to pay for a request for the podcast. However, if you've listened to the last updates to the podcast feed or checked our social media accounts lately, then you know that I have paused

new paid requests for the time being.

I currently have a list that is something like 73 requests long, so it's only fair that I put

new paid requests on hold for the time being until I finish a good portion of the list I already have.

If you happen to hear any old episodes and submit a paid request at this time,

I will be returning them to you and noting that I will accept your request again once I've

gotten through some more of the lists that I already have. So if you send in a request and I send

it back to you, don't feel bad. It's just out of fairness. Although in complete honesty, I have accepted one request in the past few weeks,

and that is only because the request was for a disaster that I am already doing research on

for a completely different project. So since I'm doing the research already, I'm perfectly

willing to do that particular episode.

Now, if you are subscribed to the podcast, Patreon, at a level where you should get to request

an episode, but you haven't sent in your requests yet, no worries, I will still accept your

request. This particular episode is a request from Joe, 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 at mail.com, or on a per-episode

basis through Patreon at www. patreon.com slash disaster area podcast. There is also a Venmo at

Disaster Area Podcast and a cash app at Disaster Area Pod. A per episode donation of even as little

as a dollar an episode on Patreon can help me do things like keep the lights on

and pay the rent.

And it can also help me throw a few bucks toward the trip that I will be taking the first

week of May that is sort of part two of my road trip experience, where I'm going to go to

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