Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Jen Deaderick
Aug 29, 2021
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It used to be that hurricanes and other major weather events would show up without a lot of warning. Maybe there was a high spot in your town where people kept a constant lookout for trouble approaching, and that might give people a little extra time to prepare.

Now we know days in advance, and people actually get annoyed when a storm isn’t as big a dea…

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