Thread: Let's talk disaster news together

February 18, 2021

Welcome to My World’s on Fire, interactive edition! I’m taking your usual links edition and opening it up for discussion. Clearly, there is no shortage of news this week, so I’m looking forward to seeing what’s on your radars.

To kick things off, here’s what I’ve been reading:

  • Not exactly sure what’s going on in Texas? Start here to get the basics, and then read this to understand what it’s like for residents. (Texas Tribune)

  • The crisis is hitting communities already disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 particularly hard, including prisoners (Washington Post & Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

  • I’m a big fan of Sammy Roth’s "Boiling Point” newsletter, and this week’s, tackling misconceptions about what’s happening in Texas and connecting it to the larger national picture, is a particularly good read. (Los Angeles Times)

  • And to that point, multiple other states across the South are also struggling with their own unprecedented winter storms. In Lake Charles, Louisiana, hit hard by two hurricanes last year, one church described the challenge of trying to help others while still in the thick of their own recovery. (American Press)

  • Continuing the conversation from this newsletter about climate migration, this long read looks at how “climate change and xenophobia are on a collision course,” grounded in the experience of a family during and after Hurricane Dorian. (The New Yorker)

  • Three words: Volcano. Bomb. Canon. (Gizmodo)

Now, it’s all you! Share in the comments what you’ve been reading, listening to, and watching in disaster news – old favorites, current events, long articles, short social media posts, self-promotion are all welcome. Or, you can weigh in on one of the links I posted!

While you’re there, let me know if you’d like to see this as a regular feature or if you prefer the more traditional links posts.

I’m excited to hang out with you all today in the comments and maybe even “meet” some of you for the first time. And don’t worry, there’s still a little something for reading to the end.