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础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 , adjunct professor of emergency management and assistant director of the听Center for Health Innovation,听recently spoke to the LI Herald about the catastrophic Louisiana floods, which have damaged more than 40,000 homes, stranded 30,000 people and led to 13 deaths.

听鈥淭he scope of this is astronomical,鈥� McPherson told the LI Herald. 鈥淭his is a compounding trauma, because many of the families who were traumatized by Katrina and had to flee, they fled to higher ground in Baton Rouge and now lost everything again.鈥� 听听

McPherson also praised a local drive to collect school supplies and gift cards.

鈥淭he school supplies will help these kids have some semblance of normalcy,鈥� she said. 鈥淎s we remember, not only do they have nothing at home, but they also lost all their school supplies.鈥�

McPherson added, “It will take years for people to recover there. They鈥檙e still recovering in New Orleans, and we鈥檙e still recovering from Sandy, and there鈥檚 no set timeline for recovery. There鈥檚 a misconception that people will be able to be made whole 鈥� but when you lose so much, it鈥檚 almost impossible to be made whole again.鈥�

“It will take years for people to recover there,” said Adelphi’s Megan McPherson about the Louisiana floods. Photo published by “LI Herald.”

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