Emerg Infect DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention260016207-999910.3201/eid1401.079999Another DimensionAftermathAnother DimensionAftermathHeldGeorge12008141188188It's not the storm itself—wind and rain lashing shore,uprooting trees, toppling poles and dousing lights,flooding cellars and roads, capsizing boats—but the aftermath—the bright calm, the pairof drowned cats crumpled against the picket fence,the parlor of Izzy’s shack open for inspection,the walls fallen flat on all sides, your own roof filling the front yard, covering your car,and your own twin daughters dazed by Nature’s petulance—that makes you reconsideryour life and weigh your possessions and the costof putting down stakes too near the coastas the globe warms, and storms grow worse.

Suggested citation for this article: Held G. Aftermath [another dimension]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2008 Jan [date cited]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/1/188.htm

Copyright George Held. Originally published in Grounded, Finishing Line Press, 2007; http://www.finishinglinepress.com.