Here’s What Happens After People Make The News One Moment And Are Forgotten The Next

In the age of news media working like a tragedy factory, pumping out one after the next, sometimes it feels like there’s no breathing room to process things. It’s almost 9 years after Hurricane Katrina, so why should you care? Because if my life went from great to WTF overnight, then I was promised to…

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Chie Davis

Jul 11, 2014

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