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: The surprising finding reported in Deyugina and Molitor (2020) that a hurricane as devastating as Katrina reduced the mortality of elderly and disabled residents of New Orleans merits close scrutiny because it is inconsistent with intuition, theory and prior evidence (e. g., Laditka et al. 2010;