For the first time since 2005, a major hurricane made landfall (ish) along the United States coast, as Hurricane Matthew battered the coast from Florida to North Carolina. Technically, Matthew made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 1 Hurricane, but it still did enough damage with its eye wall skimming the coast. Unfortunately, we cannot talk about Hurricane Matthew without discussing the terrible toll on Haiti, where nearly a 1,000 people are feared dead. The impoverish country is still recovering from the 2010 Earthquake, and now most of its southern tip was washed away. Thankfully, Hurricane Matthew has gone out to the Atlantic and is no longer a tropical storm, but the impact it has had will be remembered for years to come.
Profiles In Badassery: Rick Knabb
