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The last two parts of Larson’s book covers over the events after the storm has passed by. One of the top priorities that were mentioned in the reading was the disposal of the dead. At first people attempted to bury the dead but as the stench of dead started to overpower the city and so many bodies remaining to be buried, they eventually resorted to mass burnings in attempt to quicken the process. Disposal teams were formed but could only work in shifts of 30 minutes because that was the amount of time they could handle the stench of dead people and animals.

Along with dealing how to dispose of the dead, another topic I wish to bring up is the looting of corpses. The book talks about how black men were looting and chewing bodies to take something. (242) This mentioning of taking loots from dead bodies relates back to what CLUNA3 said about how people wanted to take something in order to remember the Johnstown Flood. What is different about this part however is how Larson specifies who was doing the looting. After word of these black men looting, word gets out and local papers decide to blow the story out of proportion.

Two key points I wish to address before ending this blog relates back to Isaac. The title of the work is Isaac’s Storm and in the beginning could lead others to question why it was done this way. It was towards the end of “Not Dead” do readers understand why, Isaac made a report, to which he was going to send to the bureau about the storm and called it his storm because he experienced the events. Also want to note how he mentions the report is personal because of the way he experienced. The final point I want to talk concerns on who is to blame. There seems to be a few directions in which this could go. Isaac filing the reports struggles in what to say when dealing with the failures. He thinks about the failure of headquarters and West Indies Service failing to recognize the storm as a hurricane; he also blames himself for not recognizing the signals himself earlier.