“What have we done? What can we do?” laments the chorus in the final moments of Hurricane Diane, facing a ravaged world that slipped through their fingers as they sat idly by, drinking coffee. Storms ...

Understand that we are talking about a small-g god, Dionysus to be exact; the back story of “Hurricane Diane” is “The Bacchae.” In that Greek drama, you may recall, the lord of wine and ecstasy (and ...