Monetizing Natural Disasters | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. When natural disasters strike, charitable people leap into action, giving what they can to those in need. But how do you know you’re giving to the right people? Not only are there scammers using natural disasters like Katrina and Hawaii’s wildfires as a cash cow, but there are those that effectively monetize tragedy to line their pockets. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/dfwl5 Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Over the Bahamas forms tropical depression 12, a swirally band of wind and rain.
0:05.6	It picks up moisture and heat and with them speed.
0:09.2	As its winds reach 39 miles per hour, it becomes a tropical storm and is given a name.
0:15.0	The tree along the coast of Florida, a hurricane warning is about to
0:19.5	safeguard their property as the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi
0:23.4	declare states of emergency. City officials urge those who can to
0:27.4	evacuate. Traffic jams snarl the highways as up to 18,000, its 140 mile an hour winds, humbled the coast of Louisiana,
0:37.0	Mississippi, world, and alleys in shambles.
0:40.0	It is left without power, without drinking water.
0:47.0	Many residents are stranded on rooftop.
0:49.0	When natural disasters as devastating as Hurricane Katrina strike, it's impossible not to feel helpless.
0:55.0	What if it had happened to you, your home, your community?
0:59.0	No one did anything wrong.
1:00.0	The extreme weather simply wiped out everything in its path.
1:03.7	Sometimes its floods, fires, winds, and other storms on an apocalyptic level.
1:09.5	Maybe if you're able to help that's exactly what you do. Some vendors may offer money, gear, and services.
1:16.0	Companies like Microsoft can easily contribute a million dollars without feeling a thing.
1:20.2	And citizens have at times donated so many goods like diapers that cities have called off the need for donating any further.
1:27.0	The outpouring of support towards Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005 was an incredible thing to watch in real time.
1:34.3	NPR said that Americans were generously contributing to relief efforts,
1:38.5	reaching well over a billion dollars in funding.
1:41.3	In more recent years and with more recent disasters, news
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