Hurricane Lessons:  Gas Stoves, Oak Trees, Power, and Climate

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans     Storms around Labor Day get my full attention.  Betsy hit hard in the fall of 1965 right after school began and took more than a week to get everything back in gear.  Katrina in 2005 hit at the end of August and decimated …

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The Disappearance of Service Industry Safety Net Jobs

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09022020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Perhaps the most dependable host on WAMF, our low power noncommercial radio station in New Orleans, has been a product representative for a fine local distillery in the city.  Her show every Tuesday afternoon, “Road to the Ramones,” is a rocking, eclectic mix with …

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Weather Warning Paradoxes

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans   No question, weather warnings are critical.  Despite the unpredictability of nature, preparation is important regardless of how eminent the danger might be.  Despite the president’s reallocation of billions from FEMA funds as fires rage in California and the Gulf Coast areas face a rare, not …

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