Hi, I'm Matt Thompson, executive editor of The Atlantic. Sitting across from me is Atlantic

staff writer David Graham, who has been covering Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath.

Hi David.

I'm happy that you happen to be in DC

so that we could have this conversation in studio together.

There might not have been a disaster on the scale of Harvey in America in our living memory.

Major parts of Houston are still underwater.

Rescue efforts are still ongoing and in the aftermath of the torrential rain people

are still discovering new terrors. So in many ways it is way too soon to be talking about the aftermath of Harvey, but if this

disaster is like any other, then the nation's attention will already have moved on,

while the actual victims of the storm are only beginning to reckon

with what it's left them.

Right now, we have way more questions and answers about what Harvey's done to us, but I wanted to use those questions, David.

While Houston is still leading the headlines, What should we not lose sight of?

So I think a few things. One is how fast can we get people back home?

And who are the people who return and who are the people

who are unable to return?

How fast can we get money to those people?

How much money will they get?

Where is that money coming from?

Whether it's the federal government, state government,

insurance, private aid, charity.

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