The word for them came from the Taino and Maya, denoting pure wind-water force, titanic storms with long lashing arms unleashed by a vengeful zemi, deity, of the weather. A cantankerous god that whispered, on quick sharp breaths across the Atlantic, ruin. Juracán, the Spanish colonists phoneticized it, which became huracán, then hurricane. A blunt, … Continue reading The Paradox of a Hurricane: Death and Love Its Wake