life here would never be the same
It is said that "It is an ill wind that blows no-one any good?" Looking back on this devastating storm 40 years later, can it be said that anything good came out of it? I wonder.

New buildings replaced those which were lost. New people entered the community. Life is certainly not the same as it would have been, but are all the changes for the worse? Perhaps the residents of this area are far enough removed from the event emotionally to think about that. I wonder.