Marisa’s Reviews > The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why > Status Update

COVID chapter = not my favorite

~ In general, TV makes us worry about the wrong things. Your brain is better at filtering out media hype when it is reading. Words have less emotional salience than images. So it's much healthier to read the news than watch it.

Me: I bet that applies to social media too (being worse than reading)

~ Emotions and feelings were not impediments to reason: they were integral.

~ By 2020, more than four of every ten Americans lived near a coast—where hurricanes, floods, and tropical storms are annual rites.

Me: exactly why I live in the Midwest 😎

😮‍💨 proud to say that I got the coffee and donut equation correct

People really need to leave those wetlands alone

I'd like to know what natural defenses there were in Louisiana for storms

The story about Zedeño escaping the WTC and her deep denial throughout was fascinating

And it's one that I would have never picked up on my own, so we'll see how this goes. I'm hoping this won't keep me up at night 🤞🏻

Pre-read: aaaaand we're back! I joined a book club at the beginning of January, and read January and February's books with the group. March and April's books were ones that I had read last year, so I participated in the discussion but didn't reread. This is May's book club pick.