Wraparound South,  online literary journal  July 2018

When Hurricane Andrew comes ashore in Homestead, Florida, eight miles south of your mom’s house, it is the winds that cause the real damage. With microbursts of close to 200 miles per hour, the winds peel off her roof like a tin can lid, and then the rains soak everything inside, all of her belongings, the entirety of a life…

http://wraparoundsouth.org/home/current-issue-summerfall-2016/essays/natural-disasters