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In Oregon, we are told "the big one" may happen in our lifetime and Portland will collapse and the coastal towns will be sucked out into the incoming tsunami. The ultimate doomsday scenario that America loves.

But then again, it may not happen in our lifetime. 300, 600, 1000 years overdue in the life of a massive sheet of rock is a blip in time. But every fucking year, without fail - tornadoes and hurricanes hit huge swaths of our country.

When we were in Peru a few weeks ago, a 7.2 earthquake hit. The next day everybody was talking about it. I didn't feel it, but my wife did. Apparently, the bed in our hotel was shaking. The four Pisco Sours I consumed that night made my bleary head sleep right through the fucker. But, just like Texans - Peruvians and Chileans are hardened to the Nazca and South American plates rumbling - A LOT. They get on with it, they laugh about it the next day. They also don't want to be on the "dirty side."

Groovy track - those hardened souls in the 5th and 9th Ward know how to get on with life after the dirty side turns up on their door.

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Number of times while living in the PNW that I thought "I need to make an earthquake kit": 100

Number of times while living in the PNW that I made an earthquake kit: 0

At least with hurricanes, there's plenty of warning. Then again, knowing the inevitability of the big one somehow made it unimportant to prepare for, in the same way that I know that death can take me whenever it wants to, so I don't ever take it seriously enough to change any of my habits.

7.2 sounds like a good jolt, though! Glad you liked the track. There are others about Katrina, but this one's my favorite, by far. Lil Wayne had a a good one called "Georgia Bush", but I kinda bristle at the innuendo of the title, whereas Weebie calls Bush what he is and keeps it genderless. There was a great essay that I can't find now about the politics of disaster resistance tracks like "Fuck Katrina"; like I said there's a lot to get into with it, as well as the importance of New Orleans bounce music in general.

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