Episode 38 - Disaster Response

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Episode Highlights:

• [1:26] Podcast Birthday! - The Bringing Water to Life podcast turns 1 in September.
  
  
• [4:08] The Birthday Game - Play along.
  
  
  • Warren Buffet
    
    
  • Lewis Black
    
    
  • John McCain
    
    
  • Tom Ridge
    
    
• [6:00] Hurricane Harvey and excess water - We've all seen the devastation this week.
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  • Harvey has unloaded 24.5 trillion gallons of water. Cannot manage this amount of water and it is honestly hard to comprehend.
    
    
  • Washington Post article provides graphics to try to give some perspective to this devastating natural disaster. 
  • Another article showing what 500-year flooding could look like in five cities.
    
    
  • After damage is assessed and rebuilding can begin, the irrigation industry will see how best to help.
    
    
  • Some current efforts in Texas:
    
    
    • Resources from Texas Nursery and Landscape Association: http://www.tnlaonline.org/huricane-harvey-information.html 
      
      
    • Texas Farm Bureau Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for Agriculture: http://texasfarmbureau.org/texas-farm-bureau-hurricane-harvey-relief-effort/
      
      
  • City of Beaumont, TX, dealing withloss of its water supply. After flooding near a pump station and loss of secondary water source, the city of 120,000 people does not have access to clean drinking water.
    
    
• [20:50] The Politics of Disasters - With Congress back in session in September, there will be a response to this disaster.
  
  
  • Hurricane relief bill will likely be worked on in September.
    
    
  • Congress also needs to finish FY 2018 funding bills in order for the government to state open passed September 30.
    
    
    
    
    
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