Ready or Not
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2015
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Kathryn Schulz and John Seabrook join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the place of natural disasters in the American consciousness.
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| 1:14.1 | This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, July 23rd. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, |
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| 1:26.5 | that's what makes a difference. That's what saves lives. Make a plan. It's never too early. |
| 1:32.5 | That was President Obama speaking from the Jersey Shore in May 2013, seven months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the region. |
| 1:40.4 | In this week's issue, Catherine Schultz writes about a looming cataclysm, the massive earthquake and tsunami that is likely to hit in the next 50 years or so in the Pacific Northwest. |
| 1:51.1 | She's here today with John Seabrook to discuss how we all deal with the risk of natural catastrophes. |
| 1:58.0 | So, Catherine, you've scared us all. |
| 2:00.3 | You've written a terrifying account of what will happen |
| 2:02.7 | along the Western Coast when the Cascadia fault ruptures. You say it'll be the worst natural |
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