Katrina cottage n.— «The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $74 million for a state plan to build more than 400 alternative housing units, often known as Katrina cottages, for south Louisiana hurricane victims...
Bubba Gump effect n.— «Those numbers might not be startling, but experts warn there is an uneven distribution of the wealth taken from the seas. Fishers whose boats were spared by the storms are able to catch more of what’s out there...
slabbed adj.— «The people who lost everything were the most victimized. Most eerie was the fact that they invented a word for what happened to them: “slabbed.” “We got slabbed,” they would cry, meaning that the...
hurricane cut n.— «Removing flower and fruit clusters is also fine. This debris can be messy and also potentially hazardous. This removal also reduces the number of weedy palm seedlings that could sprout up around the base. Overpruning...
hurricane ham n.— «The conch is considered to be almost all things to folks in the Bahamas. Known locally as hurricane ham, it turns up in everything from salads to main dishes.» —by Jessica B. Harris Sky Juice and Flying...
hurricane ham n. conch, an edible marine mollusk. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)