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When disaster strikes neighbors differently and creates awkward distance

My neighbor lost everything in the same fire that barely touched our house and now I don't know how to talk to her when we run into each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Arbitrary suffering reveals the discomfort we feel with randomness and our inability to explain why some are spared.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Natural disasters and resilience?”

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