As we write, Isaac is now officially at hurricane strength, and on a path toward the Louisiana coast—seven years to the day after Katrina’s devastating assault. And while the media licks its chops at the very newsworthy possibility of a GOP convention blown to bits by an act of God, our thoughts are with those who anxiously await Isaac’s landfall. We thought this would be a good time to bring back some of our finest writers’ meditations on the highs—and lows—that come from the human need to find meaning in natural disaster.
