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

After the Sandy Hook shooting people donated stuffed animals to the children of Newtown, Connecticut, by the tens of thousands. There were enough toys to fill a sixty-thousand-square-foot storage space.241 These are extreme examples, but they reflect the fact that many donations, though often well intended, fail to match with the needs of survivors.