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Episode 74: Catastrophe

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:32:38
Publish Date: 2017-09-08 03:00:00
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In 1993, more than 1,000 levees broke along the Mississippi River, flooding thousands of acres. In most cases the floods were seen as an “Act of God.” In one case, however, the flood was a crime: “knowingly causing a catastrophe.” This story comes to us from Noam Osband

For more information, check out Adam Pitluk's book, Damned to Eternity

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Artwork by Julienne Alexander.  

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