Requiem Canceled:Winner of the 2019 Dillon-Peterson Essay Contest

摘要

WITH HURRICANE MICHAEL in the Gulf of Mexico bearing down on northwest Florida during the first week of October 2018, my home near Panama City was threatened and I started preparing for the damage that the storm could inflict. In addition to all the tasks associated with "buttoning up" and clearing patio furnitureand plants, I moved my collection of orchids from their outside, summer location to covered, dry storage in and on my trailer-borne skiff, stowed securely in my separate, "man-cave" garage.Having performed the same exercise for previous storms with little or no damage to the plants, I thought this was the prudent way to prepare.