{"id":1933,"date":"2023-11-24T03:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/?page_id=1933"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:24:33","slug":"the-peo-ple-cried-mer-cy-in-the-storm-2018-by-allison-janae-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/the-peo-ple-cried-mer-cy-in-the-storm-2018-by-allison-janae-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"<em> The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm <\/em> (2018) by Allison Janae Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1934\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1934\" class=\"wp-image-1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Allison Janae Hamilton (by Frankie Alduino; from Hamilton, 2022), an American artist who specializes in sculpture, installation, photography, and film. Much of Hamilton\u2019s art is themed around the United States\u2019 relationship to a changing climate, with a focus on the rural American South.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (image below)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is an installation artwork by American artist Allison Janae Hamilton (image above). This piece was featured in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indicators: Artists on Climate Change<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018 exhibit at the Storm King Art Center in New York, U.S. Hamilton\u2019s 18-foot (5.5 m) tall installation is made of silver tambourines stacked in three pillars, held by steel supports.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1935\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1935\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/AllisonJanaeHamilton-Thepeo-plecriedmer-cyinthestorm3-1000px-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allison Janae Hamilton, America, 1984\u2013. The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm, 2018. Painted tambourines and steel armature (from Indicators: Artists on Climate Change, n.d.).<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hamilton\u2019s installation pays homage to \u201cFlorida Storm,\u201d a 1928 hymn by composer Judge Jackson. This song memorializes the lives lost in the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and the 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane. The 1926 Hurricane was a category 4 storm, with winds exceeding 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour. It destroyed over 4,700 homes in South Florida and displaced 25,000 people, sending the state into an economic crisis. The category-5 Okeechobee hurricane of 1928 was one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, with thousands of casualties.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hurricanes that inspired \u201cFlorida Storm\u201d had an exacerbated impact on Black communities in the American South. Many black migrant workers were killed and later buried in unmarked mass graves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can listen to a recording of \u201cFlorida Storm\u201d and view its lyrics <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/learn\/classroom\/learning-units\/shapenote\/lessonplans\/4thgrade\/floridastorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tambourines used in the sculpture are an icon of celebration, storytelling, spirituality, and war. Through its symbolism, <i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> illustrates the ways that Black communities in the American South have been affected by and persevered through storms in the past and present.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How is this related to climate?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hurricanes are extreme tropical storm systems with strong rotating winds. These storms form in warm ocean waters under conditions of high humidity and low vertical wind shear, which means that winds at different altitudes move in a similar direction at a consistent speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While scientists cannot say for sure whether rising temperatures are increasing hurricane frequency, they do agree that hurricanes are getting stronger and more unpredictable as a result of anthropogenic climate change. Storms intensify over warm ocean waters, and global warming is raising the temperature of surface waters.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under warmer conditions, hurricanes have stronger winds and more rain, and affect higher latitudes. With climate change stalling atmospheric circulation patterns, hurricanes also travel slower. Such slow-moving storms are more dangerous and can cause massive damage to impacted areas. Furthermore, hurricanes are becoming more unpredictable, and able to increase in strength quickly, making evacuations difficult.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> calls attention to the social and racial inequity of climate disasters. Today, disaster aid inequity affects thousands of Americans impacted by extreme weather events. The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a history of giving white homeowners and communities more money for disaster relief than people of color. A 2018 publication revealed that these effects are long-lasting, with white communities gaining wealth after climate disasters and Black communities suffering losses.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low-income neighborhoods and communities of color are also disproportionately affected by climate disasters. For example, Hurricane Katrina, a 2005 category-three hurricane that struck the American southeast, killed over a thousand people from low-income areas in New Orleans, Louisiana. Many of the victims did not have the means to evacuate their homes or distrusted authorities\u2019 warnings due to the city\u2019s history of systemic racism and corruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1936\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1936\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large-624x415.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/11\/merlin_176393355_29f7bd5e-e405-47f7-a073-4ab666431ee9-jumbo-Large-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of damaged and destroyed homes in Louisiana, U.S. after Hurricane Laura in 2020 (from Flavelle, 2021). Communities of color, like the one pictured, tend to receive less disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency than predominantly white communities.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>References and additional resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c1928 Okeechobee hurricane.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. May 2023. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1928_Okeechobee_hurricane#Racial_issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1928_Okeechobee_hurricane#Racial_issues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAllison Janae Hamilton.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indications: Artists on Climate Change<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. n.d. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indicators.stormking.org\/allison-janae-hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/indicators.stormking.org\/allison-janae-hamilton\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flavelle, C. \u201cWhy Does Disaster Aid Often Favor White People?\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. October 2021. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/07\/climate\/FEMA-race-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/07\/climate\/FEMA-race-climate.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u2018Florida Storm\u2019: The Miami Hurricane of 1926.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida Memory: State Library and Archives of Florida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. n.d. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/learn\/classroom\/learning-units\/shapenote\/lessonplans\/4thgrade\/floridastorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/learn\/classroom\/learning-units\/shapenote\/lessonplans\/4thgrade\/floridastorm\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hamilton, A. J. \u201cThe Peo-ple Cried Mer-cy In The Storm.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Allison Janae Hamilton<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 2022. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonjanaehamilton.com\/the-people-cried-mercy-in-the-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.allisonjanaehamilton.com\/the-people-cried-mercy-in-the-storm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howell, J. and Elliott R. J. \u201cDamages Done: The Longitudinal Impacts of Natural Hazards on Wealthy Inequality in the United States.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Problems<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. vol. 66. August 2018, pp. 448-467. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/socpro\/spy016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/socpro\/spy016<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHurricane Katrina: A Tragic Lesson in Racial Inequality.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penn State University<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. February 2017. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.psu.edu\/aspsy\/2017\/02\/15\/hurricane-katrina-a-tragic-lesson-in-racial-inequality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/sites.psu.edu\/aspsy\/2017\/02\/15\/hurricane-katrina-a-tragic-lesson-in-racial-inequality\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penney, V. \u201cWhat We Know About Climate Change and Hurricanes.\u201d <i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The New York Times<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. August 2021. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/29\/climate\/climate-change-hurricanes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/29\/climate\/climate-change-hurricanes.html<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to cite this page<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm (2018) by Allison Janae Hamilton<\/em>. (2023, November 24). Climate in Global Cultures and Histories: Promoting Climate Literacy Across Disciplines. 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