WEBVTT 00:00.166 --> 00:03.336 align:start Entergy is proud to support programing on LP 00:03.336 --> 00:06.473 align:start and greener practices that preserve Louisiana. 00:07.240 --> 00:10.110 align:start The goal of our environmental and sustainability initiatives 00:10.110 --> 00:14.414 align:start really is to ensure that our kids and future generations can be left 00:14.414 --> 00:17.016 align:start with a cleaner planet. 00:27.727 --> 00:29.929 align:start Additional support provided by the Fred Bea 00:29.929 --> 00:31.464 align:start and Ruth B Ziegler Foundation 00:31.464 --> 00:34.667 align:start and the Ziegler Art Museum located in Jennings City Hall. 00:35.001 --> 00:37.871 align:start The museum focuses on emerging Louisiana artists 00:38.071 --> 00:41.508 align:start and is an historical and cultural center for Southwest Louisiana 00:42.909 --> 00:46.379 align:start and the Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting. 00:46.613 --> 00:48.648 align:start With support from viewers like you. 01:03.763 --> 01:05.498 align:start That stuff's going into the storm drain, 01:05.498 --> 01:07.834 align:start and you may not see it, and this is the problem. 01:08.001 --> 01:11.437 align:start Cleaning up Louisiana litter, how is that affecting impact 01:11.471 --> 01:12.538 align:start in the environment? 01:12.538 --> 01:15.308 align:start New Orleans natives making a healthier carnival season. 01:15.308 --> 01:17.911 align:start So we're right on that tipping point where we have to worry 01:18.278 --> 01:21.214 align:start how a melting glacier is threatening Louisiana's coast 01:21.447 --> 01:23.149 align:start in 24 hours. 01:23.149 --> 01:26.052 align:start Their life changed and not for the better. 01:26.319 --> 01:28.421 align:start An insurance option everyone should know. 01:29.289 --> 01:30.523 align:start Hi everyone, I'm Kara St. 01:30.523 --> 01:31.958 align:start Cyr and I'm Andre Moreau. 01:31.958 --> 01:34.927 align:start Signs of peaking --That is the latest this week 01:35.061 --> 01:38.131 align:start from state health officials about the Omicron variant of COVID. 01:38.431 --> 01:40.800 align:start They say it shows signs of peaking. 01:41.200 --> 01:44.537 align:start Governor John Bel Edwards and top medical leaders say the numbers 01:44.537 --> 01:48.041 align:start of people in the hospital and the positive tests have dropped 01:48.307 --> 01:51.911 align:start for a second week in a row, though cases still remain high. 01:52.178 --> 01:55.148 align:start If it is the case that we are peaking now and if the numbers do 01:55.481 --> 01:58.384 align:start on a statewide basis, at least look to be trending 01:58.384 --> 02:00.853 align:start in the right direction in the coming days or a week. 02:01.521 --> 02:04.891 align:start It's still worth remembering that that still has 02:04.891 --> 02:06.826 align:start an absolute level of very, very high. 02:06.826 --> 02:10.128 align:start Basically the same place that we are now, which means it is 02:10.128 --> 02:13.765 align:start true now, and it will remain true for the next couple of weeks 02:14.133 --> 02:17.036 align:start that there's just more COVID out there in Louisiana 02:17.403 --> 02:19.472 align:start than at any point prior in the pandemic. 02:19.605 --> 02:23.376 align:start The risk of being exposed, the risk of contracting the risk 02:23.376 --> 02:27.480 align:start at risk of bringing COVID home to your family is as high, 02:27.480 --> 02:29.549 align:start if not higher now, than at any point prior. 02:29.582 --> 02:32.118 align:start I think that's important for folks to realize 02:32.351 --> 02:35.154 align:start as we watch these numbers closely in the coming days. 02:35.388 --> 02:37.690 align:start The total number of COVID cases in Louisiana 02:37.690 --> 02:41.527 align:start over the course of this pandemic has officially surpassed 1 million. 02:41.861 --> 02:43.262 align:start The Louisiana Department of Health 02:43.262 --> 02:46.933 align:start reported 14,000 new cases and 37 new deaths this week. 02:47.233 --> 02:48.701 align:start Infections and reinfections 02:48.701 --> 02:50.870 align:start are still most common among the unvaccinated, 02:51.137 --> 02:53.139 align:start and let's take a look at some of the other headlines 02:53.139 --> 02:54.640 align:start making news across our state. 02:55.808 --> 02:57.743 align:start After over five months of limited 02:57.743 --> 03:01.147 align:start electricity from Hurricane Ida's destruction, Louisiana's 03:01.147 --> 03:04.850 align:start Barrier Island Grand Isle finally has fully restored power. 03:05.318 --> 03:07.954 align:start I'd made landfall August 29th, leaving Grand 03:07.954 --> 03:10.590 align:start Isle nearly inaccessible for days after the storm. 03:11.090 --> 03:14.393 align:start For months, the island has relied on large Entergy generators. 03:15.461 --> 03:19.165 align:start This week, American Electric Power in Ohio based utility company 03:19.165 --> 03:20.800 align:start announced plans for a new 100 03:20.800 --> 03:23.569 align:start million dollar transmission control center in Shreveport. 03:24.036 --> 03:27.206 align:start The company currently provides electricity in the Texarkana area. 03:27.640 --> 03:29.308 align:start The state offered incentive packages 03:29.308 --> 03:32.378 align:start that include a 1 million dollar reward for infrastructure costs. 03:32.611 --> 03:36.382 align:start Construction is set to begin with operations midyear 2023. 03:37.249 --> 03:39.985 align:start New Orleans University Medical Center recently identified 03:39.985 --> 03:41.554 align:start the first two known cases 03:41.554 --> 03:44.223 align:start in Louisiana of a rare drug resistant fungus. 03:44.590 --> 03:46.992 align:start The fungus was found in at least 20 other states. 03:47.360 --> 03:49.628 align:start It's a harmful form of yeast that can be resistant 03:49.628 --> 03:51.731 align:start to most of the common antifungal drugs. 03:52.264 --> 03:55.401 align:start The CDC has determined the fungus to be an emerging global threat 03:55.401 --> 03:57.670 align:start and says it's especially dangerous to hospital 03:57.670 --> 04:00.406 align:start and nursing home patients with serious medical problems 04:01.574 --> 04:02.274 align:start after two 04:02.274 --> 04:05.044 align:start years of jazz fest cancelations due to the pandemic. 04:05.344 --> 04:09.148 align:start Festival organizers have announced 2022 is a long awaited lineup. 04:09.615 --> 04:12.418 align:start This year's jazz fest will run from Friday, April 29th 04:12.418 --> 04:15.521 align:start through Sunday, May eighth, with Erica Badu, the WHO. 04:15.554 --> 04:18.324 align:start Stevie Nicks and Foo Fighters as headliners, 04:19.391 --> 04:20.692 align:start the governor announced this week. 04:20.692 --> 04:22.661 align:start The Army Corps of Engineers will receive more 04:22.661 --> 04:25.197 align:start than two and a half billion dollars for the state 04:25.464 --> 04:27.733 align:start under the Biden bipartisan infrastructure law. 04:28.200 --> 04:28.634 align:start It includes 04:28.634 --> 04:31.971 align:start recovery money for coastal projects and damage from Hurricane Ida. 04:33.038 --> 04:36.342 align:start The 17th annual cinema on the Bayou will be held in-person 04:36.342 --> 04:37.877 align:start and online this year. 04:37.877 --> 04:41.146 align:start The film festival will present over 200 official selections, 04:41.413 --> 04:42.248 align:start which will be available 04:42.248 --> 04:45.517 align:start to watch online, as well as daily in-person screenings. 04:46.051 --> 04:48.187 align:start All in-person screenings will be in compliance 04:48.187 --> 04:50.322 align:start with applicable COVID 19 requirements. 04:50.689 --> 04:54.426 align:start The festival's film schedule can be found at cinema on the by EW.com. 05:06.238 --> 05:08.207 align:start And now to a story that we first talk to you 05:08.207 --> 05:10.676 align:start about last week with Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser. 05:10.943 --> 05:13.712 align:start It's the governor's task force on litter abatement 05:13.979 --> 05:17.316 align:start and beautification for the state of Louisiana statewide. 05:17.583 --> 05:21.620 align:start Mary Constantine is a photographer and a clean environment advocate. 05:21.887 --> 05:23.622 align:start You've worked on this for a long time 05:23.622 --> 05:25.824 align:start and you are a member of this task force. 05:25.824 --> 05:27.860 align:start So how will the task force work? 05:27.860 --> 05:30.062 align:start Well, there's there's 26 of us. 05:30.062 --> 05:32.297 align:start So when you think about it, that's pretty frightening. 05:32.498 --> 05:33.799 align:start But my understanding 05:33.799 --> 05:35.167 align:start is that they're going to break up into 05:35.167 --> 05:37.569 align:start either teams or groups and then probably 05:37.569 --> 05:39.238 align:start you'll be assigned maybe a couple. 05:39.238 --> 05:42.508 align:start I'm not sure some of the work you've done with Capital Lake 05:42.508 --> 05:45.944 align:start in Baton Rouge discussed that and how that will be a model 05:46.211 --> 05:48.313 align:start to help the entire state work toward this. 05:48.347 --> 05:51.817 align:start Will our stormwater coalition has been involved cleaning 05:51.817 --> 05:54.653 align:start 1200 bags of litter out of Capital Lake. 05:54.987 --> 05:58.323 align:start 342 tires, a couch and two toilets. 05:58.323 --> 06:02.094 align:start And so we recognize 41 bags 06:02.094 --> 06:05.564 align:start flow in every month and we came up with this model. 06:05.597 --> 06:08.634 align:start You know, we cleaned it 15 times over from, 06:08.634 --> 06:10.869 align:start I mean, made it pristine and we realized 06:10.869 --> 06:14.306 align:start we we're just wasting our time because we don't have a litter 06:14.306 --> 06:17.309 align:start capturing technologies in the outfalls. 06:17.309 --> 06:20.813 align:start And in the north of the capital, Lake is right in downtown 06:20.813 --> 06:22.047 align:start Baton Rouge near the state Capitol. 06:22.047 --> 06:24.483 align:start So we came up with a model and it's a really easy model. 06:24.483 --> 06:27.019 align:start If you get a storm water management program in place, 06:27.419 --> 06:29.955 align:start you have permanent funding from utility bill. 06:30.355 --> 06:33.058 align:start When you get the permanent funding, you drop in the equipment 06:33.058 --> 06:35.093 align:start that's been around for 30 years in Florida. 06:35.093 --> 06:36.962 align:start Now they've already they're very done this. 06:36.962 --> 06:39.398 align:start All we have to do is learn from them 06:39.398 --> 06:41.166 align:start and then you get you have the money, 06:41.166 --> 06:43.502 align:start so you have the equipment serviced and cleaned. 06:43.769 --> 06:46.438 align:start Then you get the Girl Scouts and all the volunteers. 06:46.438 --> 06:48.473 align:start You go in to a legacy clean. 06:48.473 --> 06:50.909 align:start You clean up our litter, our grandfather's litter 06:51.076 --> 06:54.046 align:start one time deal, clean it up, probably have to do a touch up 06:54.046 --> 06:58.050 align:start once a year, but the equipment is going to stop the 41 bags. 06:58.050 --> 07:01.053 align:start And so this model is very different 07:01.053 --> 07:04.423 align:start than any model you've ever seen when it comes to the watersheds. 07:04.523 --> 07:05.958 align:start Louisiana is a state 07:05.958 --> 07:09.895 align:start that has gets more rainfall, more water than no one in raised. 07:09.895 --> 07:12.831 align:start OK, so that will contribute to the problem 07:13.131 --> 07:15.867 align:start of litter on the street going into streams and rivers. 07:15.867 --> 07:18.937 align:start And what happens is unlike dry as a bone Arizona, 07:18.937 --> 07:20.906 align:start they have wind problems. 07:20.906 --> 07:22.207 align:start We have flooding problems. 07:22.207 --> 07:25.410 align:start And so what happens to us because we're number one in rainfall? 07:25.844 --> 07:26.578 align:start If you 07:26.578 --> 07:28.113 align:start if you throw stuff out on the street 07:28.113 --> 07:32.184 align:start or drops out of the garbage truck or gets there, somehow what happens 07:32.184 --> 07:35.320 align:start is every two weeks it gets washed into this 07:35.454 --> 07:36.922 align:start the sportsman's paradise, 07:36.922 --> 07:39.758 align:start the soul, part B, it gets washed into there. 07:40.125 --> 07:43.161 align:start And the storm drains are essentially freeway onramp 07:43.161 --> 07:48.567 align:start systems, delivering massive payloads into what we live in play. 07:48.700 --> 07:49.734 align:start And you mentioned Florida, 07:49.734 --> 07:52.337 align:start why they are a great model for us to follow. 07:52.370 --> 07:54.172 align:start Yeah, it's pretty obvious there. 07:54.172 --> 07:57.342 align:start The weather is very similar to ours where we all go there to vacation 07:57.342 --> 08:00.479 align:start because it's so beautiful, but they have the same topography. 08:00.879 --> 08:02.447 align:start You know, we always like to look at Texas 08:02.447 --> 08:04.082 align:start for business and things for Florida. 08:04.082 --> 08:05.317 align:start If we want to look at the environment, 08:05.317 --> 08:07.953 align:start look at Florida, they have the same topography 08:07.953 --> 08:09.321 align:start and they're typically no foreign 08:09.321 --> 08:12.624 align:start rainfall and we're number one and they did this 30 years ago. 08:12.757 --> 08:13.859 align:start Our storm drains, 08:13.859 --> 08:16.361 align:start it might have been built in the fifties and even earlier 08:16.361 --> 08:18.697 align:start were never intended for single use items. 08:18.964 --> 08:21.233 align:start So what happens is they get clogged up. 08:21.233 --> 08:25.470 align:start And then when we create when we send in plastics and 08:26.271 --> 08:29.608 align:start sediments, flood causing sediments, we create impermeable 08:29.608 --> 08:31.243 align:start surfaces and soils. 08:31.243 --> 08:33.879 align:start This is played out all over the state, right? 08:33.912 --> 08:37.249 align:start And every year exactly what if you have storm drains 08:37.649 --> 08:40.518 align:start and you're not, you know, taking care 08:40.751 --> 08:41.919 align:start and you don't have good garbage 08:41.919 --> 08:43.688 align:start contracts and you have a lot of people 08:43.688 --> 08:46.291 align:start are throwing those kinds of things and it's ending up on the street. 08:46.791 --> 08:49.760 align:start That stuff's going into the storm drain and you may not see it. 08:49.760 --> 08:51.129 align:start And this is the problem. 08:51.129 --> 08:53.097 align:start But that is going to get delivered. 08:53.097 --> 08:56.333 align:start That outfall is going to deliver that payload 08:56.333 --> 08:58.236 align:start and it's going to get stuck somewhere. 08:58.236 --> 09:00.238 align:start Some of it's going to go to the ocean, 09:00.238 --> 09:01.406 align:start but some of it is going 09:01.406 --> 09:04.442 align:start to get stuck in your favorite place to go hunting. 09:04.776 --> 09:06.778 align:start The point is to keep Louisiana beautiful. 09:06.778 --> 09:11.249 align:start We are the sportsman's paradise and this will go under the Visit 09:11.249 --> 09:14.986 align:start Louisiana campaign, and that's where it's going to go from. 09:15.020 --> 09:17.355 align:start So that's a lot of where this can happen. 09:17.355 --> 09:19.357 align:start It's so great to have you here. Thank you very constaté. 09:19.457 --> 09:20.291 align:start Thank you. Thank you. 09:34.272 --> 09:37.108 align:start Louisiana sees a surge in our litter problem every year 09:37.108 --> 09:39.110 align:start during Carnival season. Beads, stuffed 09:39.110 --> 09:41.246 align:start animals into balloons are quintessential Mardi Gras. 09:41.279 --> 09:44.082 align:start But these items often take a heavy toll on the environment. 09:44.449 --> 09:46.417 align:start Experts say that most of the throws we catch at 09:46.417 --> 09:48.953 align:start parades will end up in the streets or in landfills. 09:49.387 --> 09:51.623 align:start New Orleans natives deep in the culture are creating 09:51.623 --> 09:53.625 align:start something more sustainable to ease the burden 09:53.858 --> 09:57.095 align:start on our country's landfills by producing biodegradable solutions. 09:57.428 --> 09:58.963 align:start I spoke with the creators of Epiphany 09:58.963 --> 10:01.766 align:start Throws, a business dedicated to making sustainable beads 10:01.966 --> 10:04.802 align:start about the importance of an eco friendly carnival season. 10:05.470 --> 10:09.207 align:start Mardi Gras produces nearly 1000 tons of trash each year. 10:09.507 --> 10:11.609 align:start All the bags, beads and stuffed animals 10:11.609 --> 10:13.878 align:start usually end up on the streets or in the garbage. 10:14.579 --> 10:17.448 align:start Penny Orochi, Melissa Montgomery and Allison Taylor 10:17.448 --> 10:20.318 align:start are a group of women working toward a healthier carnival season. 10:20.919 --> 10:22.554 align:start Through talking to other people realized 10:22.554 --> 10:25.590 align:start that we all had a major problem with the waste and the trash 10:25.890 --> 10:29.694 align:start going on at Mardi Gras, and we heard some people saying 10:29.694 --> 10:31.296 align:start they didn't even want to ride anymore 10:31.296 --> 10:34.098 align:start because of all the trash , and it was just felt so wrong 10:34.098 --> 10:35.700 align:start and people just leaving things on the street. 10:35.700 --> 10:38.336 align:start And how is that affecting impact on the environment? 10:38.603 --> 10:41.706 align:start Regular plastic beads are hazardous for several reasons. 10:42.040 --> 10:44.642 align:start They can last in landfills for up to 200 years, 10:44.709 --> 10:47.679 align:start and they can damage storm drains needed to prevent flooding. 10:48.146 --> 10:50.848 align:start Scientists have also linked to be paint to carcinogens. 10:51.349 --> 10:54.686 align:start IronKey, Taylor and Montgomery created Epiphany throws so 10:54.686 --> 10:57.288 align:start they could sell Mardi Gras products without the added risks. 10:57.922 --> 11:00.458 align:start Let's let's be proud of what we throw and let's, 11:01.326 --> 11:04.362 align:start you know, let's let's be the city that cares. 11:04.929 --> 11:09.233 align:start Their throats are comprised of mainly two things are seeds 11:09.233 --> 11:11.169 align:start and dead stock cotton textile 11:11.169 --> 11:13.438 align:start epiphany throws offers ethically sourced 11:13.438 --> 11:15.206 align:start painted beads made out of seeds 11:15.206 --> 11:17.341 align:start that are strung together with cotton strings. 11:17.341 --> 11:20.511 align:start The headdresses and bags are made from leftover factory cotton 11:20.712 --> 11:22.647 align:start and old Mardi Gras costumes. 11:22.647 --> 11:23.514 align:start Unlike regular 11:23.514 --> 11:26.851 align:start plastic throws, these can degrade in about ten years or so, 11:27.452 --> 11:30.288 align:start but the goal is really to make something people will remember. 11:30.488 --> 11:32.890 align:start It's really nice to make that connection with the writer 11:32.890 --> 11:34.859 align:start when they get something that's really exciting, 11:34.859 --> 11:36.494 align:start they're like, Oh, this is different. 11:36.494 --> 11:38.296 align:start Epiphany throws aren't the only group 11:38.296 --> 11:40.865 align:start trying to make Carnival better for the environment. 11:40.865 --> 11:44.402 align:start Now, Hero Catto, an LSU professor, developed a special type 11:44.402 --> 11:46.537 align:start of Mardi Gras be that's eco friendly. 11:46.537 --> 11:49.807 align:start As a biologist, I knew there is a product called 11:49.874 --> 11:52.276 align:start Bio Rabaul Plastics. 11:52.810 --> 11:56.113 align:start Kato's method starts with microscopic algae called a diatoms. 11:56.481 --> 11:57.415 align:start If you harvest them, 11:57.415 --> 12:00.084 align:start you can use their oil to create beads and a blooms. 12:00.918 --> 12:03.120 align:start After Mardi Gras is over, they can degrade 12:03.120 --> 12:04.889 align:start in one or two years. 12:04.889 --> 12:07.959 align:start Louisiana is a great place to grow the microalgae 12:08.426 --> 12:11.195 align:start out of all of those to meet sun-dried. 12:12.230 --> 12:12.930 align:start So why just 12:12.930 --> 12:15.800 align:start regrow the microalgae and then 12:17.101 --> 12:19.670 align:start directly produce plastics 12:19.670 --> 12:23.207 align:start from the oil within the microalgae? 12:23.608 --> 12:27.178 align:start Although the process is eco friendly, it's also very expensive. 12:27.545 --> 12:30.248 align:start Kato's first batch of Mardi Gras beads would cost around 12:30.248 --> 12:32.984 align:start $40,000 for only 3000 beads. 12:33.317 --> 12:37.722 align:start On average, plastic ones only cost about 25 to $40 per case. 12:38.089 --> 12:40.291 align:start Kato says he might be able to lower the cost 12:40.291 --> 12:42.360 align:start if he can produce more beads quickly. 12:42.360 --> 12:44.462 align:start But even then, the price would still be higher 12:44.462 --> 12:45.997 align:start than the plastic ones. 12:45.997 --> 12:48.532 align:start If we produce a lot of amount 12:49.133 --> 12:52.470 align:start and then the cost price 12:52.470 --> 12:56.407 align:start could be down to about $0.20. 12:57.641 --> 13:00.578 align:start Palm are still. 13:00.578 --> 13:03.481 align:start You know, three times, four times more expensive than. 13:05.249 --> 13:09.186 align:start They get on Mardi Gras beads, but ultimately, Kato says real 13:09.186 --> 13:12.423 align:start sustainability is more sentimental than biodegradable products. 13:12.690 --> 13:15.960 align:start If there's some sort of value attached to the items being thrown, 13:16.260 --> 13:17.695 align:start then people will take them home 13:17.695 --> 13:20.798 align:start instead of throwing them in the streets or in the garbage. 13:21.866 --> 13:25.102 align:start 2022 is Epiphany throws first full year of operation. 13:25.369 --> 13:28.105 align:start They plan to expand their business and supply sustainable throws in 13:28.105 --> 13:30.241 align:start bulk for big Mardi Gras crews in the future. 13:45.022 --> 13:46.757 align:start Louisiana loses a football field 13:46.757 --> 13:49.660 align:start worth of land every hour and a half to sea level rise. 13:49.994 --> 13:52.830 align:start That's a tennis court worth of land every few minutes 13:53.230 --> 13:56.600 align:start as rising temperatures quickly melt glaciers in the Arctic states 13:56.600 --> 13:58.569 align:start like Louisiana stand to lose a lot more 13:58.569 --> 14:00.738 align:start if they're quickly disappearing coastlines. 14:00.738 --> 14:03.507 align:start Brett Gehring, a professor at Tulane University, explains why 14:03.507 --> 14:05.943 align:start a glacier enhanced Arctic air is melting so quickly 14:06.176 --> 14:08.612 align:start and how Louisiana could be affected. 14:08.612 --> 14:11.949 align:start 7289 miles away from Louisiana's 14:11.949 --> 14:14.718 align:start coast, a threat is brewing in the heart of the ocean. 14:15.719 --> 14:17.788 align:start The Thwaites Glacier is a massive ice 14:17.788 --> 14:20.057 align:start approximately the size of Great Britain. 14:20.057 --> 14:22.159 align:start It's been slowly melting for decades 14:22.159 --> 14:25.296 align:start and is responsible for 4% of global sea level rise. 14:25.930 --> 14:28.532 align:start Scientists like Brant Gehring say we could see 14:28.532 --> 14:31.502 align:start catastrophic levels of flooding if we don't act fast. 14:32.269 --> 14:34.471 align:start Thwaites Glacier is up to a kilometer deep 14:34.972 --> 14:39.410 align:start or more in place, so a significantly different 14:40.644 --> 14:42.479 align:start different magnitude of 14:42.479 --> 14:46.016 align:start of flowing water just in a frozen state. 14:46.550 --> 14:48.619 align:start Gehring is part of a network of scientists 14:48.619 --> 14:51.388 align:start researching the Thwaites Glacier and its impact on sea level 14:51.855 --> 14:54.058 align:start during his tenure as the principal investigator 14:54.058 --> 14:56.493 align:start at the International Thwaites Glacier collaboration. 14:56.860 --> 14:58.195 align:start He's seen the temperature of the water 14:58.195 --> 15:00.597 align:start underneath the ice mass rise with climate change, 15:00.798 --> 15:03.233 align:start which is creating a huge problem for the Antarctic 15:03.233 --> 15:06.036 align:start ice shelves that hold the glacier above water. 15:06.036 --> 15:09.073 align:start The West ice sheet in the East Ice Sheet keep the weights planted 15:09.073 --> 15:10.240 align:start in the ground. 15:10.240 --> 15:12.743 align:start The East Ice Sheet is above sea level and is considered 15:12.743 --> 15:16.480 align:start stable by most scientists, but the West ice sheet isn't 15:17.915 --> 15:18.215 align:start warm. 15:18.215 --> 15:20.184 align:start Water is breaking off chunks of the sheet, 15:20.184 --> 15:23.353 align:start which causes pieces of the glacier to break into the Pacific Ocean. 15:23.821 --> 15:26.824 align:start The more the glacier breaks, the higher sea level rises. 15:27.024 --> 15:29.626 align:start So we're right on that tipping point where we have to worry. 15:29.993 --> 15:33.831 align:start For coastal states, the sea level rising could cause severe problems 15:34.198 --> 15:35.065 align:start in Louisiana, 15:35.065 --> 15:37.835 align:start where the coast is already disappearing at a devastating rate. 15:38.268 --> 15:41.238 align:start Experts predict the glacier could add another two feet of water. 15:41.538 --> 15:45.409 align:start Gehring says that type of increase would cause more storm surges 15:45.542 --> 15:47.311 align:start and mass flooding on the coast. 15:47.311 --> 15:49.413 align:start Gehring says that these impacts may come a lot 15:49.413 --> 15:51.615 align:start sooner than scientists anticipated. 15:51.615 --> 15:56.320 align:start There is an immediate impact that if water does start 15:56.320 --> 16:01.258 align:start to get under the glacier on the order of a half a foot 16:01.258 --> 16:06.063 align:start to a foot may happen within the next few decades to 50 years. 16:06.330 --> 16:09.967 align:start So time scales that you and I are going to be living through, 16:09.967 --> 16:12.703 align:start and children are most certainly going to have to be 16:12.703 --> 16:14.838 align:start dealing with those impacts in the near future. 16:15.205 --> 16:16.139 align:start While this prediction 16:16.139 --> 16:18.375 align:start is generally accepted among glacier scientists, 16:18.375 --> 16:20.510 align:start not everyone agrees with the timeline. 16:20.510 --> 16:22.879 align:start Some argue that the meltdown could take up to ten years 16:22.879 --> 16:23.981 align:start before we see effects, 16:23.981 --> 16:26.917 align:start while others argue that we're already experiencing them now. 16:27.317 --> 16:29.553 align:start There have been thoughts about geoengineering. 16:29.886 --> 16:32.356 align:start It's very unlikely that those are going to work. 16:32.556 --> 16:35.959 align:start The one thing we can do right now is start to conserve 16:36.193 --> 16:40.030 align:start in any way we can just to slow the impacts of climate change. 16:40.430 --> 16:42.532 align:start Climate change has inertia. 16:42.532 --> 16:44.000 align:start It has momentum. 16:44.000 --> 16:48.038 align:start And so what we did as a world 20, 30 years ago, 16:48.071 --> 16:52.342 align:start the atmospheric system, the oceans, they're all still evolving 16:52.342 --> 16:53.510 align:start and responding to that. 16:53.510 --> 16:55.645 align:start But the sooner we can act, the better. 16:55.645 --> 16:58.482 align:start Gehring says that limiting CO2 exhausts is one thing 16:58.482 --> 17:00.050 align:start people can do to slow the ice, 17:00.050 --> 17:03.086 align:start but ultimately proactive protections are our best bet. 17:03.220 --> 17:07.457 align:start I think we need to, as a state start to be more proactive 17:07.457 --> 17:11.328 align:start in terms of potentially moving businesses off of the coast, 17:11.994 --> 17:15.165 align:start potentially moving residences away from the coast 17:15.464 --> 17:19.035 align:start outside of, say, you know, vacation type homes. 17:20.203 --> 17:21.805 align:start You know, we just have to be wiser 17:21.805 --> 17:25.876 align:start with how we are preparing rather than reacting. 17:26.510 --> 17:29.146 align:start The international Thwaites Glacier collaboration is studying 17:29.146 --> 17:30.646 align:start the ice mass closely. 17:30.646 --> 17:32.449 align:start So far, there hasn't been any consensus 17:32.449 --> 17:36.319 align:start on how to stop the ice sheet from melting. 17:48.464 --> 17:49.098 align:start That hurricane 17:49.098 --> 17:51.835 align:start either damaged your home, maybe any other hurricane, 17:52.102 --> 17:55.939 align:start did you get everything in repairs to rebuild or recover the value? 17:56.239 --> 17:59.476 align:start A second opinion is recommended from leading home lenders 17:59.676 --> 18:02.579 align:start and that comes in the form of a public insurance adjuster. 18:02.879 --> 18:06.850 align:start They'll visit you free of charge and they act solely on your behalf. 18:07.550 --> 18:10.453 align:start one of the things that we experience the most is 18:10.720 --> 18:13.757 align:start we're dealing with people who've been through a trauma, 18:14.424 --> 18:16.059 align:start and it's horrific. 18:16.059 --> 18:20.730 align:start In 24 hours, their life changed and not for the better. 18:21.031 --> 18:23.667 align:start Susan Magee and her working partner, Emile Wolfhard, 18:23.900 --> 18:25.969 align:start are public insurance adjusters. 18:25.969 --> 18:27.671 align:start They're hired by a homeowner 18:27.671 --> 18:30.740 align:start and work for the homeowner, not an insurance company. 18:30.907 --> 18:34.577 align:start In the wake of damage to a property, most of the people 18:34.577 --> 18:37.681 align:start that we get that don't know about public adjusters are out. 18:37.681 --> 18:40.283 align:start Googling help help me with my insurance. 18:40.583 --> 18:42.285 align:start Then we pop up. 18:42.285 --> 18:44.587 align:start They work with the Noble Public Adjuster Group, 18:44.888 --> 18:48.458 align:start one of the nation's largest and the creator of the reality TV 18:48.458 --> 18:49.926 align:start show Insurance Wars. 18:53.329 --> 18:55.031 align:start They say the point of the show 18:55.031 --> 18:59.402 align:start is to educate people what a public adjuster does and why. 18:59.669 --> 19:03.139 align:start As a public adjuster, when we walk into a house 19:03.139 --> 19:06.976 align:start or a building after a catastrophic event, a hurricane, 19:07.710 --> 19:10.880 align:start an earthquake, we know the telltale signs 19:10.880 --> 19:14.951 align:start to look for first cracks in the sheetrock separation 19:14.951 --> 19:15.885 align:start with a crown molding, 19:15.885 --> 19:18.621 align:start cracks and tile. We know to look at the chimney 19:18.621 --> 19:20.690 align:start if they've got chimneys wind damage. 19:20.690 --> 19:23.359 align:start When you're looking at the outside, you're looking for shingles lift. 19:23.893 --> 19:25.128 align:start I'm haeg certified. 19:25.128 --> 19:28.798 align:start Lift doesn't necessarily necessitate a damage. 19:29.032 --> 19:31.834 align:start So there's got to be a better inspection than simply lift. 19:32.202 --> 19:35.939 align:start But you're looking for stucco very fine cracks 19:36.372 --> 19:38.942 align:start that you will often miss unless you know what to look for. 19:39.609 --> 19:42.979 align:start It's what happened to John Caldara and her family in Homa. 19:43.413 --> 19:46.482 align:start We talked with her in the days following Hurricane Ida. 19:46.950 --> 19:47.417 align:start You couldn't 19:47.417 --> 19:50.420 align:start tell the extent of the damage from the outside of her house. 19:50.687 --> 19:54.924 align:start Even though Ida's cat four winds peeled off every layer of roofing 19:54.924 --> 19:58.761 align:start there was allowing water to intrude in every way. 19:59.162 --> 20:01.230 align:start And then, as the days went on, we would see 20:01.831 --> 20:05.234 align:start mildew growing in all the rooms, so I knew they were 20:05.234 --> 20:07.070 align:start wetter than what I could see. 20:07.070 --> 20:09.138 align:start Called a Reira is an actress who found out 20:09.138 --> 20:10.540 align:start about public adjusters 20:10.540 --> 20:14.677 align:start when she was cast as a homeowner in an episode of Insurance Wars. 20:15.178 --> 20:18.715 align:start The role wasn't a hard one to play because she and her family 20:18.715 --> 20:21.351 align:start were living through it in real time. Chris? 20:21.451 --> 20:23.419 align:start Hi, Chris. Hey, Amber. Hi, Bob. 20:23.419 --> 20:24.587 align:start Nice to meet you. 20:24.587 --> 20:27.023 align:start Welcome to my once beautiful home. 20:27.056 --> 20:27.857 align:start Yeah. 20:28.358 --> 20:32.295 align:start When the wind gets into the attic, it puts an incredible amount 20:32.295 --> 20:36.399 align:start of pressure inside that attic and the house almost Belcher's goes 20:37.567 --> 20:39.769 align:start and as it does the 20:39.769 --> 20:43.072 align:start all the ceiling boards, the windows, everything is affected 20:43.072 --> 20:43.940 align:start by that belch. 20:43.940 --> 20:46.976 align:start Then what happens is afterwards, when the is released, 20:47.276 --> 20:49.679 align:start the ceiling boards that have been pressed down 20:49.679 --> 20:52.582 align:start when they were pressed down the nails that held them off 20:52.582 --> 20:53.983 align:start and that pushed those nails down 20:53.983 --> 20:55.618 align:start when the ceiling boards got up again. 20:55.618 --> 20:57.253 align:start Nothing pushes the nails up, 20:57.253 --> 20:58.855 align:start so you start to see this little nail 20:58.855 --> 21:01.724 align:start pops in the ceiling boards and cracks around the windows. OK? 21:01.858 --> 21:03.126 align:start And then water or whatever. 21:03.126 --> 21:05.728 align:start Then then yeah. Then then it starts. 21:06.295 --> 21:07.196 align:start The public adjuster 21:07.196 --> 21:10.766 align:start she hired discovered there was more damage inside her home. 21:11.200 --> 21:13.503 align:start She says they sent out structural engineers 21:13.769 --> 21:16.138 align:start twice, sent out air quality experts. 21:16.439 --> 21:19.609 align:start In the end, all the floors, all the ceilings 21:19.742 --> 21:22.144 align:start and most of the walls were replaced. 21:22.411 --> 21:25.381 align:start You provide a service to a lot of people don't even know exists. 21:25.414 --> 21:27.083 align:start Yes, and that's the amazing thing 21:27.083 --> 21:29.452 align:start we want to, especially here in Louisiana, because 21:30.620 --> 21:33.789 align:start after the fact, you hear people over and over saying, 21:33.789 --> 21:34.590 align:start Oh my gosh, I'm 21:34.590 --> 21:37.727 align:start sure I'm not getting nearly what I need to get this thing fixed. 21:37.894 --> 21:40.897 align:start A lot of our clients, we have insurance adjusters as our clients, 21:41.330 --> 21:44.600 align:start insurance employees, as our clients because they know the value. 21:44.800 --> 21:47.570 align:start We have some insurance adjusters that I mean, we really want what 21:47.737 --> 21:48.571 align:start they recommend. 21:48.571 --> 21:50.906 align:start The clients get a public adjuster, you know. 21:51.240 --> 21:54.844 align:start So we wish more folks understood the value we do. 21:55.177 --> 21:58.648 align:start And the heartbreak is when you get somebody who 21:59.315 --> 22:01.450 align:start has insurance, they're 80 years old, 22:01.817 --> 22:05.454 align:start they've lost their home and they have no way to get it back. 22:05.788 --> 22:07.890 align:start On average, most of our clients are 22:09.058 --> 22:12.628 align:start 60 to 90 days out from the event, and they haven't gotten 22:12.628 --> 22:14.864 align:start what they need or they've gotten a small check in. 22:14.864 --> 22:17.400 align:start The insurance carrier has said, OK, we've paid. 22:17.400 --> 22:19.402 align:start We're done. That's it. 22:19.402 --> 22:22.738 align:start And so they bring us in because they can't 22:22.738 --> 22:24.740 align:start get the work done at that point. 22:24.740 --> 22:26.675 align:start Do you increase the length of the claim? 22:26.675 --> 22:28.844 align:start And our answer is no. 22:28.844 --> 22:31.280 align:start The insurance company was going to give you X. 22:31.647 --> 22:33.449 align:start We've not increased the length of that. 22:33.449 --> 22:35.084 align:start They're still going to give you X. 22:35.084 --> 22:37.520 align:start What we're doing is our time takes for the stuff 22:37.520 --> 22:39.288 align:start they weren't going to give you. 22:39.288 --> 22:41.991 align:start So we've not increased the time to get what the insurance 22:41.991 --> 22:45.060 align:start company was going to give you, where it takes us time to get what 22:45.060 --> 22:48.297 align:start they should give you now, have they some insurance companies that 22:48.998 --> 22:51.066 align:start or some claims that pay well, that part, right? 22:51.300 --> 22:53.269 align:start So I want to be careful not to generalize, 22:53.269 --> 22:57.406 align:start but where there's a lack of payment alignment isn't made whole. 22:57.406 --> 23:00.910 align:start Again, we extend the time not for what they were going to get. 23:00.910 --> 23:02.311 align:start That time is set. 23:02.311 --> 23:04.380 align:start That's what they weren't going to get to say. 23:04.380 --> 23:06.615 align:start X Company has told 23:07.616 --> 23:09.618 align:start this family, this is what you're going to get for it. 23:09.852 --> 23:11.353 align:start They're not satisfied they call you. 23:11.353 --> 23:13.355 align:start Yes, you come exactly 23:13.355 --> 23:17.059 align:start examine the situation and say, Well, look at this, this and this. 23:17.159 --> 23:18.327 align:start We've not 23:18.794 --> 23:20.930 align:start only got to tell them what we want, 23:21.297 --> 23:24.433 align:start we've got to be able to articulate why we're asking for that 23:24.900 --> 23:27.269 align:start unless we can answer the why the insurance company 23:27.269 --> 23:29.471 align:start is under no obligation to give us the what. 23:29.471 --> 23:31.807 align:start So we base that why on six things. 23:31.807 --> 23:32.374 align:start I don't know 23:32.374 --> 23:33.275 align:start if there's any value 23:33.275 --> 23:34.977 align:start in understanding them, but the things like 23:34.977 --> 23:37.079 align:start we're not asking for pixies and goblins, 23:37.079 --> 23:38.814 align:start we're asking for things based on state 23:38.814 --> 23:42.818 align:start statutes, building code, manufacturer requirements, 23:43.118 --> 23:46.889 align:start case law history expert opinion, what the policy says. 23:47.056 --> 23:47.589 align:start So probably. 23:47.589 --> 23:50.326 align:start But with the policy said yes, the homeowner should get out. 23:50.326 --> 23:53.629 align:start So those six things onto the Y. 23:53.862 --> 23:56.098 align:start Susan, we've done what, 1214? 23:56.098 --> 23:58.300 align:start I don't know how many thousand claims we've done as a company, 23:58.934 --> 24:01.570 align:start how many of those have gone to court up to this week, 24:02.037 --> 24:05.140 align:start including this week zero , not a single claim, 24:05.341 --> 24:08.344 align:start the insurance company understands with what we present. 24:09.111 --> 24:12.681 align:start If it comes before any legal opinion, it's obvious 24:12.681 --> 24:13.916 align:start that's got to be paid. 24:13.916 --> 24:17.953 align:start So our job is to provide the why and the better we answer the why, 24:18.120 --> 24:20.055 align:start the more effectively the carrier is going to settle. 24:22.758 --> 24:23.959 align:start In Louisiana, the average 24:23.959 --> 24:26.829 align:start cost for a public adjuster is $5,000. 24:27.062 --> 24:30.499 align:start The sales and marketing executives of Greater Baton Rouge awarded LPB 24:30.499 --> 24:34.236 align:start President and CEO Beth Courtney with the now Mitchell Doty Lifetime 24:34.236 --> 24:35.804 align:start Achievement Award on Thursday 24:35.804 --> 24:38.240 align:start at a luncheon in Baton Rouge, Beth's daughter, 24:38.240 --> 24:40.476 align:start Julie George Moore, accepted the award on her behalf. 24:40.776 --> 24:43.579 align:start In a video was shown with a recorded message of 24:43.579 --> 24:45.481 align:start thanks for the acknowledgment of her work. 24:45.481 --> 24:46.748 align:start Let's take a look. 24:47.249 --> 24:49.017 align:start Thank you all very much. 24:49.017 --> 24:52.154 align:start It is a real honor for me to receive the Neil Mitchell 24:52.154 --> 24:54.790 align:start Dhoti Lifetime Achievement Award. 24:55.157 --> 24:57.493 align:start I had the pleasure of working with Nil, 24:57.759 --> 25:01.430 align:start which makes receiving this award all the more special. 25:01.697 --> 25:05.701 align:start Helping to establish the statewide network that is Louisiana 25:05.701 --> 25:09.171 align:start public broadcasting is something I am very proud of. 25:09.438 --> 25:12.541 align:start And your knowledge GMA today, I truly appreciate. 25:12.875 --> 25:13.809 align:start As you well know, 25:13.809 --> 25:17.579 align:start the media landscape has certainly changed a great deal 25:17.946 --> 25:22.517 align:start since I began my career in public media almost five decades ago. 25:22.718 --> 25:24.553 align:start But one thing that was true then 25:24.553 --> 25:28.390 align:start and that is true now, is that a story told with integrity 25:28.624 --> 25:32.194 align:start and with purpose is always relevant and meaningful. 25:32.494 --> 25:36.198 align:start As LPB continues to break new ground in digital 25:36.198 --> 25:39.568 align:start first productions alongside its documentaries, 25:39.801 --> 25:43.405 align:start news, stories and its library of educational resources, 25:43.639 --> 25:45.774 align:start being true to our mission continues 25:45.774 --> 25:48.577 align:start to be the key to success and longevity. 25:48.844 --> 25:49.478 align:start Thank you. 25:49.478 --> 25:52.781 align:start Sales and marketing executives of Greater Baton Rouge 25:52.781 --> 25:57.219 align:start for this award and for the good work you are doing every day. 25:58.320 --> 25:58.653 align:start You know there. 25:58.653 --> 26:00.655 align:start There's no doubt Beth has been a pioneer in public 26:00.655 --> 26:03.492 align:start broadcasting and also a pioneer in public broadcasting for women. 26:03.525 --> 26:05.160 align:start Yeah, that's absolutely true. 26:05.160 --> 26:07.229 align:start Well, everyone, that is our show for this week. 26:07.229 --> 26:10.899 align:start Remember, you can watch anything LPB anytime, wherever you are 26:11.066 --> 26:15.070 align:start with our LPB PBS app, you can catch LPB news and public affairs 26:15.070 --> 26:17.272 align:start shows , as well as other Louisiana programs 26:17.272 --> 26:18.907 align:start you've come to enjoy over the years. 26:18.907 --> 26:21.810 align:start And please like us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and now. 26:21.843 --> 26:23.578 align:start Tick tock and tick tock. 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