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Hurricane Michael recovery efforts point to the power of local generosity after overlooked disasters

  • Written by David Berlan, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University
The former site of a Panama City plumbing business remained a pile of debris months after Hurricane Michael.AP Photo/David Goldman

When Hurricane Michael made landfall on Florida’s Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, as a Category 5 storm it was only the fourth on record to have ever hit the U.S. mainland. The storm surge it brought about, along with...

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