Hurricane Helene changed one survivor's approach to preparedness
Climate Connections

Hurricane Helene changed one survivor's approach to preparedness

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 20261 min
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After seeing blocked roads and power outages leave people without food and water, she decided to create a YouTube series to help others get ready. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. Carla Ramsdale thought she was ready to face a weather disaster. But after surviving Hurricane Helene and seeing how many people in her state of North Carolina were left without food and water, she changed her mind.

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Blocked roads, power outages and structural damage prevented people from accessing food and water. It caught a lot of us off guard. prepared as we would have for many storms that come through our area but

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maybe not to the extent that we should have. There's some real genuine fear that welled up in me that I prepared some but did I prepare enough? And I think maybe I'd never been intentional enough about even knowing what that meant. Ramsdale survived the storm unharmed but has since made it her mission to

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