REPLAY Talkin Hurricanes

With Good Reason · Aug 5, 2021 · 52m

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. In the years since, as residents have come and gone and rebuilt their lives, a lot has changed about the city--including, says Katie Carmichael, the way people talk. And: The author of Sudden Spring, Rick Van Noy travelled across the US South interviewing people about floods, heat, and storms. He says that, in many Southern communities, climate change is already here. Later in the show: In the early 19th century, Americans began to journey away from home--not for work or migration, but simply for the sake of traveling. It gave rise to…