When disaster strikes
When Disaster Strikes—How Writers Can Safeguard their Work Part One Earthquake. Japan, 2011. New Zealand, 2011. Haiti, 2010. Floods in Australia. Red mud in Hungary. Hurricane Karl in Veracruz. After disasters such as these, we mourn the lost lives, the terrible injuries, the environmental harm. But art was lost as well. In the Pacific Northwest we face earthquakes, fires, and landslides. Other parts of the world endure floods, sand storms, tsunamis, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Assuming we survive whatever disaster befalls,…