Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis—A Memoir and Expert Analysis of Our World's Growing Vulnerability to Natural Disasters

by Samantha Montano

In 1900, when news broke across the country of the hurricane in Galveston, help started making its way to Texas. One peculiar donation arrived—boxes of high heels for just the left foot. What luck for anyone in Galveston only missing one shoe! One hundred years later, these useless donations continue.