How Your Vote Can Combat Extreme Weather and Save the Planet
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Stacey talks with meteorologist and veteran hurricane expert, John Morales, who describes how growing up in Puerto Rico led him to his career and how important it is to talk about extreme weather effects. He explains the science of why storms are getting stronger, heatwaves are getting hotter, and droughts are becoming more frequent. Plus they discuss how your vote can help push policy makers to mitigate climate change and the most impactful actions we need to take to help our communities.
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Learn & Do More:
- Visit the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
- Participate in the support group Extreme Weather Survivors
- Locate your mutual aid organization at Mutual Aid Hub
- Be vigilant about disinformation and listen to our episode “Deepfakes, Lies, and How to Fight Disinformation”
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a simply required with Stacey Abrams from Cricket Media. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm your host, Stacey Abrams. |
| 0:05.2 | Before we get into today's episode, |
| 0:07.7 | I wanted to take a moment as this is the last episode |
| 0:10.6 | before the election. |
| 0:12.0 | And I want to give you a quick final word for me or as I like to do |
| 0:16.2 | three things. Number one, remember that the polls are a snapshot of what someone else thinks might be true. What matters is what we make real by showing up. |
| 0:28.3 | Number two, Vice President Kamala Harris can absolutely win. If we're in the margin of error, the |
| 0:35.7 | mistake is not showing up. So take no vote for granted. Call, text, email, plead |
| 0:42.4 | with anyone you know who knows what the right thing to do is. |
| 0:46.0 | Listen to their concerns, but remind them that we get one shot at this and we need them to show up. |
| 0:52.0 | And then three, we need to understand we can't |
| 0:55.1 | eliminate those who wish us harm, but we can outwork them. So do whatever you can, |
| 1:00.7 | wherever you are, and then do more. |
| 1:04.0 | It works. |
| 1:05.0 | I promise, I'm from Georgia. |
| 1:06.2 | We've proven it. |
| 1:07.0 | Just know that we can get this done. |
| 1:09.4 | And now, let's get to the show. |
| 1:25.2 | Welcome to Assembly required with Stacey Abrams from Cricket Media. I'm your host, Stacey Abrams. |
| 1:36.6 | I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where in exchange for year-round access to beaches and a three-week winter, hurricanes were a part of the deal. The first one I remember was Hurricane Frederick in 1979. |
| 1:40.8 | Massive, destructive, this storm became my marker for a quarter century |
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