[blam]

..."the vale of tears or whatever it was called."

Trail of tears.

[lainie]

I'm a little confused about how they could get the storm surge prediction for Beaumont so wrong. How did that happen?

[cajungirl]

Thanks,,vale, trail,,getting my great disasters mixed up.

a Diaspora might be a better word. I keep having trouble getting my mind around an entire area being uninhabitable.