The coronavirus pandemic feels exactly like a hurricane about to make landfall. I can’t claim to know anything about the effects of a pandemic. I don’t know if corona will knock down power-lines or sweep the tiles off a roof, or cause street flooding. I can’t say if it’s a Category 2 or a Category 4. But I’ve lived in New Orleans long enough that I think I’ve learned some lessons about hurricanes that apply just as well to a pandemic.