What Dorian Could Do
Hurricanes galvanize us to action. Climate change can, too.
by Cynthia Barnett
Aug 31, 2019
2 minutes
The Louisiana writer Walker Percy got a lift from approaching hurricanes. The need to jump into action is so exhilarating that people forget their malaise and despair.
Will Barrett, the passive, autobiographical southerner in Percy’s 1966 novel, , had the impression that “not just he but other people felt better in hurricanes.” Even amid the eye, “everything was yellow and still and charged up with value.” A hurricane,
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