Before revision: The surprising finding reported in Deyugina and Molitor (2020) that a hurricane as devastating as Katrina reduced the mortality of  residents of New Orleans merits close scrutiny because it is inconsistent with intuition, theory and prior evidence (e. g., Laditka et al. 2010;
After revision: In a recent article in the American Economic Review, Tatyana Deryugina and David Molitor (DM) analyzed the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the mortality of residents of New Orleans merits close scrutiny because it is inconsistent with intuition, theory and prior evidence (e. g., Laditka et al. 2010;