I Said Goodbye to My Sister Knowing I'd Never See Her Again. Then I Left.
In 2020, Hurricane Laura destroyed my home. I packed a van, said goodbye to my dying sister, and drove to Virginia. Within months, my daughter moved away. COVID put me flat on my back. I was 68, alone
What Hurricane Laura Destroyed (And What It Set Free)
In 2020, Hurricane Laura tore through my hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Officially a Category 4, though anyone who lived through it knows better.
It wasn’t rain that devastated the city. It was wind. Violent, unrelenting, tornado-like wind that ripped things o…
