How Americans affected by extreme weather events feel about the future
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🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The punishing |
| 0:02.0 | the |
| 0:05.0 | and the downpour that Hawaii is enduring |
| 0:07.0 | are just the latest in what's been a relentless summer of extreme weather. |
| 0:11.0 | We spoke to people in different parts of the country about the |
| 0:14.1 | impacts of these events and how they're thinking about the future. |
| 0:18.8 | Six, eight inches of rain in 24 hours. We're just we're not used to that. We bought a generator and I never thought I would need a generator after living here for 40 years. |
| 0:30.0 | As a farmer, this year has been a very difficult year. |
| 0:35.0 | Right now in the triple digits that we're hitting, |
| 0:38.0 | it's a danger to be outside between 11 and 3 p.m. |
| 0:42.0 | My name is Liz Leavis. I live in 3 p.m. My name is Liz Laveus. |
| 0:44.0 | I live in Tempe, Arizona. |
| 0:46.0 | My name is Katie Swick and I live in Montpelier, Vermont. |
| 0:49.0 | My name is Ben Wynne and I live in Houston, Texas. |
| 0:52.0 | My name is Beverly Black Whale from Reedsville, North Carolina. |
| 0:57.0 | My name is Juan de Klet Barreto. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm a senior social scientist for climate vulnerability |
| 1:02.0 | with the human of Concerned |
| 1:03.0 | scientists. |
| 1:04.0 | Danger season is the term that we use at the Union of Concerned |
| 1:07.0 | Scientists. |
| 1:08.0 | It starts in May end in October. |
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