It’s Good to Feel Small

Extreme weather may help remind humans of their place in the bigger scheme of things

Photo: Audun Bakke Andersen/Getty Images

Like many north easterners, I’m still digging myself out from the destruction of Hurricane Ida — or, as my insurance company reminds me—“tropical depression” Ida, which is not eligible for a claim on my special “hurricane extension.” Although I lost some precious archives (letters…