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. For starters, paid requests are now reopened.

If you're interested in submitting a disaster request, please double-check the list of requests.

I recently posted to the podcast's Facebook and Tumblr accounts to make sure your request

has not already been made.

Also, please look through past episodes to verify I haven't already covered the disaster in question.

To submit a request, you can send a donation of $30 or more to the podcast, PayPal at

Disasterarea at Mail.com, on Venmo at Disaster Area Podcast, or on Cash App at Disaster

Area Pod. Just add the name of the

disaster to the notes on your donation. If you have an idea for an episode subject but you're not

sure if it qualifies, feel free to message me and I can approve one way or the other,

but I can almost guarantee that if you think it's a disaster, I probably do too. The subject from this particular episode

was one of my own choosing. If you'd still like to help support the podcast, you can do so with a

one-time donation through PayPal, Venmo, or cash app, or on a per-episode basis through Patreon

at www.com slash disaster area podcast. A per A per episode donation of even as little as a dollar an

episode can help me do things like pay the rent and keep the lights on. And if you do join the

Patreon, you will get new episodes ad free as soon as I record them rather than waiting until

they are released. So if you do become a patron, I would very much appreciate it.

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And as always, the sources for each new episode can be found at disasterareapodcast.

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