We've been here before. Only this time, we need to truly learnsomething from what is happening.
Hurricane Harvey has lashed the Lone Star State with a deadlytrifecta of heavy rains, high winds and, as if that wasn't enough,tornadoes. More than 30 inches of rain (9 trillion gallons ofwater, enough to fill the entire Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City— twice) has been dumped on the Greater Houston area andSoutheast Texas. Thus far, 30 people have perished.
It is a disaster of unprecedented magnitude, and at press time,it is still not over.
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Shawn Moynihan
Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].
