Surviving Disaster Together Trivialized Political Differences

Before-and-after pictures of my cousins’ cabin near Cattail Creek, Burnsville, NC: Their cabin, car and many of their belongings were destroyed by mudslides. Their family has owned vacation property here since 1970.

The third picture is the remains of their car.

On Friday, my cousin Molly Secrest and her husband Larry Katz gave, over the phone, a harro…