Louisiana underwater again
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The storm that snuck up on Southern Louisiana starting last week still has no name, but tens of thousands will be living with the damage for a long time to come. We’ll hear what they’ve been through and what they’re in for—from another message about global warming.
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| 0:00.0 | Here Be Monsters is a show that invites you to explore fear and the unknown. |
| 0:04.6 | I saw her face change. I saw her see where I'd pulled my hair out. |
| 0:10.1 | Psychological warfare was always considered kind of an oddity, something done by freaks. |
| 0:15.5 | On the count of three, we're literally going to step out of our body. |
| 0:19.9 | Step out. |
| 0:23.2 | You can find Here Be Monsters Now at KCRW.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.4 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International. This is To the Point. |
| 0:39.2 | Southern Louisiana, underwater again. |
| 0:45.6 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point. Massive flooding that began last |
| 0:50.2 | week near Baton Rouge is now being compared to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005. |
| 0:56.6 | The Red Cross calls this America's worst natural disasters since Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey |
| 1:02.0 | four years ago. This time there was no advance warning, but the victims are in for long-term |
| 1:07.4 | suffering, especially low-income people in vulnerable neighborhoods. Along with multiple |
| 1:12.6 | fires in California after years of drought, it's one of many signals we're already living with |
| 1:18.1 | climate change from global warming. Today's talking point, Uber and driverless cars in Pittsburgh. |
| 1:25.4 | First, here's the news. |
| 1:35.8 | Check out KCRW's all-news channel, News 24. |
| 1:40.2 | Programming from KCRW, NPRW, NPR, the BBC, and more. |
| 1:41.6 | 24 hours a day. |
| 1:47.7 | Check out KCRW.com slash News 24 or listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:58.6 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warmin Alany, back with To the Poet. |
| 2:01.6 | The storm that snuck up on southern Louisiana, starting last week, still has no name. |
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