To rebuild or not to rebuild?

Make Me Smart

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News, Business

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Climate change is making storms stronger and more destructive. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, some are wondering whether investing in rebuilding is really worth it. We’ll discuss. Plus, why the drama over Credit Suisse is not a Lehman Brothers moment. And, the parody news site The Onion filed an amicus brief, and it’s truly a chef’s kiss!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Should we rebuild in hurricane-prone areas?” from Poynter
“Surviving Hurricane Ian in a Fort Myers Apartment Complex” from The New Yorker
“Pakistanis save their town from floodwaters by building an embankment” from NPR
“Credit Suisse Whipsaws as CEO Memo Backfires, Analysts Back Bank” from Bloomberg
Tweet from @AnthonyMKreis on The Onion’s amicus brief
Read: The Onion’s brief about satire

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Let's just do it.
0:01.8	Kimberly's got things to do.
0:05.0	She needs at two minutes.
0:06.6	Places to go.
0:07.4	People see things to do.
0:09.1	I am Kimberly Adams.
0:10.7	Welcome back to Make Me Smart,
0:12.7	where we make today make sense.
0:15.5	I'm Kai Rostall.
0:16.2	Thanks for joining us on this Monday
0:18.0	or in the news as we usually do.
0:19.8	Then share a couple of Make Me Smiles.
0:21.0	Technically actually it's one make me smile,
0:23.1	but it's a do-do.
0:24.1	It's amazing.
0:24.9	Leaping a hum ding or holy cow.
0:27.4	We will start with the news.
0:29.2	Miss Adams, you get to go first.
0:31.3	Sure.
0:31.9	I'm just going to follow up on what I was talking about
0:35.1	last week regarding the challenges of rebuilding
0:39.9	in the aftermath of these terrible, terrible natural disasters
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