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Information Studio Journeyman Pictures Genre Documentary Released 2019 Run Time 1 hr 21 min Rated PG-13 January 14: Philadelphias Academy of Natural Sciences Environmental Justice Week, 7 pm, EST, Watch the recording of the discussion, which includes Director Judith Helfand and special guests here. COOKED: Survival By Zip Code Screening and Panel Discussion : Cook County Government : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Cook County hosted a limited public screening of the documentary, COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, with a panel discussion and live Q&A on Thursday, September 17. In addition to producing COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, Doremus co-produced the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail for PBS Frontline series. Chicago and Cook County: Today and Moving Forward, Opening Night Q&A with COOKED Filmmakers & Film Subjects, Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap, From A Social Autopsy to A Palace for the People, Radical Resilience: The Art and Soul of Place Making, Place Taking-back and Transformation, Reframing the Disaster: Language and Messaging Around Systemic Poverty, Racism, and Climate Crisis, Environmental Justice from Resilience to Resistance, Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR) 2020-2021 Film Series, Panel at Milwaukee International Film Festival, Global Symposium on Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods, Reframing the Disaster: Language and Messaging Around Systemic Poverty, Racism and our Climate Crisis, Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap - Part 1, Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap - Part 2, From A Social Autopsy to A Palace for the People: A conversation with filmmaker Judith Helfand and author, Eric Klinenberg about the value of social capital and community-based institutions as life saving forces. 2023 Common Reader. 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Scheduled for 4,854 airdates in total on 613 PBS channels, COOKED: Survival By Zip Code ranks among the top dozen Independent Lens films of all time for broadcast frequency and channel reach. See the recorded conversation here. March 3: Georgetown Green Film Series, HustonTillotson University and Southwestern University present a virtual screening followed by a Q&A discussion. (men laughing)135301:11:17,610 --> 01:11:20,455Hey, the vegetable man is here.135401:11:20,456 --> 01:11:22,176[Woman Seated]How much is those?135501:11:22,177 --> 01:11:24,039These just 75 cent a bunch.135601:11:24,040 --> 01:11:25,101OK.135701:11:25,102 --> 01:11:26,483Come on lady,I don't want no old135801:11:26,484 --> 01:11:28,789withered up greens now, come on.135901:11:28,790 --> 01:11:32,089[Judith] Growing Home isresponding to multiple problems.136001:11:32,090 --> 01:11:35,489Not just the lack of fresh,affordable vegetables,136101:11:35,490 --> 01:11:37,609and the diseasethat goes with it,136201:11:37,610 --> 01:11:41,289but job training for peoplewho've served time in prison,136301:11:41,290 --> 01:11:44,049and the isolation of seniorswho often feel at risk136401:11:44,050 --> 01:11:45,503in their own communities.136501:11:47,070 --> 01:11:50,139On top of that,the gardens are beautiful136601:11:50,140 --> 01:11:53,049and can even help coolthe neighbourhood,136701:11:53,050 --> 01:11:54,579all of which makes a difference136801:11:54,580 --> 01:11:57,239in the midst of any disaster.136901:11:57,240 --> 01:12:00,099Would you call this aheat emergency plan?137001:12:00,100 --> 01:12:03,069No, I think theterm human emergency137101:12:03,070 --> 01:12:04,923is the most appropriate term.137201:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,460[Judith] I left Orrin,feeling somewhat hopeful.137301:12:10,280 --> 01:12:13,209And then, about two miles away,137401:12:13,210 --> 01:12:15,019on the other side of Englewood,137501:12:15,020 --> 01:12:17,182I saw this disaster unfolding.137601:12:17,183 --> 01:12:19,933(people yelling)137701:12:21,922 --> 01:12:24,888Come on, where y'all going?137801:12:24,889 --> 01:12:28,031[Fireman] Anybody thatcan hear me and can walk,137901:12:28,032 --> 01:12:29,365walk towards me.138001:12:30,789 --> 01:12:34,206[Man] All right,get us out of the way.138101:12:35,025 --> 01:12:36,735[Fireman] Please goover to the yellow tarp138201:12:36,759 --> 01:12:38,177if you don't havea green steno card?138301:12:38,201 --> 01:12:40,030- No, we don't.- Go to that yellow tarp.138401:12:40,036 --> 01:12:42,689You can find a fireman here,down in between the engines,138501:12:42,690 --> 01:12:43,863over to the ambulance.138601:12:46,244 --> 01:12:47,913[Fireman] I got number 26.138701:12:50,320 --> 01:12:52,725Abrasions left arm, left hand.138801:12:52,726 --> 01:12:56,239(people chattering)138901:12:56,240 --> 01:12:58,083Puncture wound tothe right abdomen.139001:13:02,850 --> 01:13:05,409Chicago firefighters havebeen working around the clock139101:13:05,410 --> 01:13:08,119preparing for a massive tornado.139201:13:08,120 --> 01:13:10,839It's a drill tosimulate a tornado,139301:13:10,840 --> 01:13:13,053wiping out partof the south side.139401:13:16,810 --> 01:13:19,029[Tammy] This rare trainingdrill was made possible139501:13:19,030 --> 01:13:22,713by a $250,000 HomelandSecurity grant.139601:13:23,740 --> 01:13:25,289{\an8}They're drilling in Englewood,139701:13:25,290 --> 01:13:26,960{\an8}which has becomerather notorious139801:13:26,961 --> 01:13:29,180{\an8}as one of the mostdangerous neighborhoods139901:13:29,204 --> 01:13:30,122{\an8}in the city of Chicago.140001:13:30,146 --> 01:13:33,199{\an8}And this is actually a goodopportunity for them to show off140101:13:33,200 --> 01:13:35,728{\an8}how great they areat strategic planning140201:13:35,752 --> 01:13:37,230{\an8}in the event of a disaster.140301:13:37,254 --> 01:13:39,326{\an8}So that's taking place today.Kinda neat, right guys?140401:13:39,327 --> 01:13:40,689{\an8}- That is.- Oh yeah, it really is.140501:13:40,690 --> 01:13:42,158{\an8}- Thank you, Tammy.- All right.140601:13:42,886 --> 01:13:45,868(slow, somber music)140701:13:45,869 --> 01:13:47,999[Judith] I couldn'tbelieve what I was watching.140801:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,999A lavishly-funded disaster drill140901:13:51,000 --> 01:13:55,059taking place at a formerpublic housing complex,141001:13:55,060 --> 01:13:58,483literally on top of thedisaster in slow motion.141101:14:01,613 --> 01:14:03,009[Fireman] All right, all right,141201:14:03,010 --> 01:14:05,495they're gonna put somestraps on you, OK?141301:14:05,496 --> 01:14:06,413Here, OK?141401:14:09,660 --> 01:14:11,419[Judith] I'm notsuggesting we do away with141501:14:11,420 --> 01:14:13,999disaster preparedness training.141601:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,399No one wants EMTs andfirefighters googling,141701:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,039how to use the jaws of life,141801:14:20,040 --> 01:14:22,373while trying to cutsomeone out of a car.141901:14:24,290 --> 01:14:27,599But I looked up deathsfrom tornadoes in Chicago,142001:14:27,600 --> 01:14:30,323and the average isabout one person a year.142101:14:32,240 --> 01:14:35,329While some 3,000 peopledie each and every year142201:14:35,330 --> 01:14:38,479from preventablediseases within about142301:14:38,480 --> 01:14:40,393a five-mile radiusof this drill.142401:14:45,213 --> 01:14:47,259It had never beenmore obvious to me142501:14:47,260 --> 01:14:52,260how deeply flawed and immoralour national priorities are.142601:14:52,632 --> 01:14:55,715(slow, somber music)142701:15:00,690 --> 01:15:03,669I started this filmquestioning our very definition142801:15:03,670 --> 01:15:06,839of disaster, and I'm ending it142901:15:06,840 --> 01:15:10,159convinced that if we'd justenlarge that definition,143001:15:10,160 --> 01:15:12,889we could address theunderlying conditions143101:15:12,890 --> 01:15:15,713that are literallykilling people every day.143201:15:18,100 --> 01:15:20,869Because the word disastertypically moves people143301:15:20,870 --> 01:15:24,969to respond quickly,with courage, compassion,143401:15:24,970 --> 01:15:26,533and cold, hard cash.143501:15:29,470 --> 01:15:32,020And if we responded toslow motion disaster143601:15:33,160 --> 01:15:35,453the way we do asudden natural one,143701:15:36,800 --> 01:15:40,719the odds of saving a life,just in the city of Chicago,143801:15:40,720 --> 01:15:45,403would be at least 3,200 toone, no matter the weather.143901:15:46,404 --> 01:15:48,987(somber music)144001:15:51,180 --> 01:15:53,593So what's the best wayto prepare for disaster?144101:15:54,600 --> 01:15:56,693Or for that matter,recover from one?144201:16:00,050 --> 01:16:01,900I guess it dependson where you live.144301:16:02,983 --> 01:16:06,486And the kind of worldwe wanna live in.144401:16:06,501 --> 01:16:11,501(gentle, somber music)(fireworks popping)144501:16:25,552 --> 01:16:27,802(clicking)144601:16:31,621 --> 01:16:34,871(relaxed techno music)144701:18:41,373 --> 01:18:44,706(relaxed serious music)144801:20:13,674 --> 01:20:16,924(gentle, solemn music)144901:20:36,381 --> 01:20:40,048(relaxed techno music)145001:21:31,855 --> 01:21:36,855(light tonal music) (swishing). April 28: College of Staten Island, CUNY, featuring Judith Helfand and other special guests. Helfand looks finally at a Chicago neighborhood farm. But Helfand does much more than tell this story although she does tell it, and tells it powerfully. on the Internet. Transcript; Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents mostly elderly and black died over the course of one week. (woman laughing)130801:08:56,073 --> 01:08:56,905I'm scared.130901:08:56,906 --> 01:08:59,847- What you scared of?- What you, you scared?131001:08:59,848 --> 01:09:02,681(apple crunching)131101:09:07,051 --> 01:09:09,244- Yes, nice and juicy.- Is it good?131201:09:09,245 --> 01:09:10,677And juicy!131301:09:10,678 --> 01:09:11,510[Woman] It's juicy!131401:09:11,511 --> 01:09:12,928It's juicy, yeah!131501:09:13,774 --> 01:09:16,542(women clapping)131601:09:16,543 --> 01:09:19,265You know you liked it. Helfand describes in a separate interview how the process of making the film determined its direction, in a way she did not anticipate. ], Your email address will not be published. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2019 1 h 16 m IMDb RATING 7.2 /10 86 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code. Read reviews and get directions to where you want to go. : Hidden Tiger, Crouching Doran (Part I). 54 minutes. Film. David co-edited James prior work,America to Me, a groundbreaking 10-part series about race and education, whichpremiered at Sundance 2018and aired on STARZ. Along the way, Helfand forges inextricable links between extreme weather, extreme disparity, and extreme racism, daring to ask: what if a zip code was just a routing number and not a life-or-death sentence? New to Docuseek? It follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave which resulted in the deaths of 739 people, primarily affecting poor and disadvantaged communities. By Alma Anderson McDonald. During the crisis, Mayor Richard M. Daley tried to lay the blame for high mortality rates on black families, saying they should take better care of their elders and check in with them more. Leichter directed/producedA Days Work, A Days Pay, in association with ITVS, which follows three welfare recipients in New York City, and designed/directed the films 5-year audience engagement campaign. Simeon Hutner is a film editor, director, and producer with twenty-five years of film and television credits, including works shown at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Telluride and many other film festivals, as well as on HBO, BBC, Bravo, A&E and PBS. She lives in NYC with her five-year-old daughter Theodora and their beta-fish MaxiTaxI. Enter your search keyword. Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Professor, Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University, Author, Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina'This film is searing, smart and insightfulThe film asks important questions with humor, humility, and humanity. April 20 - #stayhomewatchtogether screening and panel discussion and audience Q&A withJudith and Danielle Perry, Executive Director ofGrowing Home. This searing, offbeat documentary connects the dots to more recent natural disasters, provocatively exploring the ways in which class, race and zip code predetermine our chances of survival during environmental crises. In 10 years, that is 32,000 deaths, just from racism in the City of Chicago, he says. May 6 -Shelter in Place Virtual Film Series - Arkansas PBS, May 16 - First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist - Jamaica Plain, MA [VIRTUAL SCREENING]. Print. Thats the headline. Helfands other long-form films include EVERYTHINGS COOL and THE UPRISING OF 34. Tim Libretti, People's World'Cooked locks in the details, vividlyMake[s] for enraging viewingRe-examining that summer will always, always be worth the time and trouble. A new documentary, Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, is now streaming on PBS. Kartemquin is recognized as a leading advocate for independent public media, and has helped hundreds of artists via its filmmaker development programs that help further grow the field, such as KTQ Labs, Diverse Voices in Docs, and the acclaimed KTQ Internship. (laughing)100800:55:04,243 --> 00:55:07,689This is the map of the areathat we were covering, it's100900:55:07,690 --> 00:55:09,659Six Midwest states,101000:55:09,660 --> 00:55:12,217where the New Madridearthquake zone is.101100:55:12,232 --> 00:55:13,581[Judith] But ifit was really bad,101200:55:13,605 --> 00:55:15,106where would they gethit on your shirt?101300:55:15,130 --> 00:55:17,629Oh it'd be like,the whole Midwest.101400:55:17,654 --> 00:55:20,323Think about all the bridgesyou crossed getting here,101500:55:20,365 --> 00:55:21,908they'll all be gone.101600:55:21,950 --> 00:55:23,426If you don't knowwhat the plan is,101700:55:23,451 --> 00:55:25,243you may not have a plan.101800:55:25,260 --> 00:55:27,409I'm not here toscare you to death.101900:55:27,410 --> 00:55:30,303I can, but I won't.102000:55:30,799 --> 00:55:33,385Catastrophic ice,it's pretty much the worst102100:55:33,410 --> 00:55:34,962anyone has ever seen.102200:55:34,987 --> 00:55:37,279Lightning has killedat least 67 people102300:55:37,299 --> 00:55:38,364in the United States.102400:55:38,389 --> 00:55:41,056(light buzzing)102500:55:41,970 --> 00:55:43,819[Judith] After a dayand a half of lectures,102600:55:43,820 --> 00:55:47,729keynotes and workshops,one thing was pretty clear.102700:55:47,730 --> 00:55:49,989While disastersthreaten everyone,102800:55:49,990 --> 00:55:52,879disaster preparednessis a luxury.102900:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,749It's for communitieswho are stable enough103000:55:54,750 --> 00:55:57,929in the present toworry about the future.103100:55:57,930 --> 00:56:00,623I've got apreparedness kit with me.103200:56:01,800 --> 00:56:03,779[Judith] But what ifyou can't even conceive of103300:56:03,780 --> 00:56:07,973a to-go kit because you needa to-get-through-the-week kit?103400:56:09,270 --> 00:56:12,520(light, serious music)103500:56:14,711 --> 00:56:17,647This is the disasterthat I started working on.103600:56:17,672 --> 00:56:19,142Excessive heat, Chicago.103700:56:19,167 --> 00:56:21,280Right, it's a heat death map.103800:56:22,890 --> 00:56:24,909These grays areasare the poorest,103900:56:24,910 --> 00:56:27,609sort of neighborhoodsin the city.104000:56:27,610 --> 00:56:29,259So here's the big question.104100:56:29,260 --> 00:56:31,279What if we redefine disaster104200:56:31,280 --> 00:56:35,470as extreme pernicious poverty?104300:56:35,482 --> 00:56:36,524Mm.104400:56:39,069 --> 00:56:41,088[Judith] I didn't wannamake anyone uncomfortable.104500:56:41,112 --> 00:56:42,735(both laughing nervously)104600:56:42,736 --> 00:56:46,163But frankly, who's comfortabletalking about race and class?104700:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,809And even though I knew Imight be putting some people104800:56:49,810 --> 00:56:51,869on the spot bytrying to get them104900:56:51,870 --> 00:56:54,173to re-imagine thedefinition of disaster,105000:56:55,260 --> 00:56:56,510I couldn't resist trying.105100:56:57,470 --> 00:56:59,677How are you gonna do that?105200:57:02,550 --> 00:57:04,429What we're looking for,what we're trying to do105300:57:04,430 --> 00:57:06,259here today is kinda deal with105400:57:06,260 --> 00:57:08,763a one-time event type situation.105500:57:10,630 --> 00:57:13,843Poverty is a culturalissue because we accept it.105600:57:15,452 --> 00:57:17,319Pure and simple, we accept it.105700:57:17,320 --> 00:57:19,389So then, isn't there away to just think about105800:57:19,390 --> 00:57:22,275economic development asdisaster preparedness?105900:57:23,140 --> 00:57:25,099{\an8}If you're asking mecan emergency management106000:57:25,100 --> 00:57:29,159{\an8}solve the poverty issues,I can tell you, no, we can't.106100:57:29,160 --> 00:57:31,400{\an8}Emergency management cannotsolve those problems.106200:57:31,663 --> 00:57:34,040'Cause the systems thatwe have now are all about,106300:57:35,210 --> 00:57:37,609we've had a majordisaster, come back in106400:57:37,610 --> 00:57:40,129and restore thatcommunity to like it was.106500:57:40,130 --> 00:57:43,155In fact, the FEMA regulationssay, "Like it was. An experienced director/producer, David considers editing the heart of documentary-practice and has chosen to spend the bulk of recent years in the edit room, crafting impactful works with talented collaborators. Virtual screening and panel discussion with local public health and anti-racism advocates and Judith Helfand. Your email address will not be published. Cooked Survival By Zip Code cover. That is, until an extreme weather event hits and they are made exponentially more deadly and visible. The Medical Examiner, Dr. Ed Donoghue, pushed back and said the figure was too low by hundredsand had evidence of it. Cooked tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American.. Helfand, Judith (film producer) Her films include The Uprising of 34, the Sundance award-winning and Emmy-nominated Blue Vinyl, its Peabody Award-winning prequel A Healthy Baby Girl, and Everythings Cool. She Produced and Directed A YEAR ON TEEN ST, a short documentary broadcast locally on PBS, following a teen theater troupe over the course of a year and was Segment Producer/Co-Editor of the groundbreaking multi-part immigration series THE NEW AMERICANS, broadcast on PBS Independent Lens and winner of multiple awards at festivals worldwide. She was Producer on the Oscar-nominated, DuPont-winning short, The Barber of Birmingham, and Executive Producer for Brooklyn Castle, Semper Fi: Always Faithful, Private Violence, and Hot Girls Wanted. Uploaded by Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Author, Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice'This is an important film that makes the often missed connections between poverty and environmental harms. The maps showed too they are food deserts, filled with vacant lots. The group also became incredibly reflective after seeing a pre-recorded interview with Helfand, chatting about our strengths and limits as filmmakers, promotors and activists. Lets just say, its about a lack of compassion on a lot of parts.. Required fields are marked *. Book Non-fiction. Do I think the city is addressing the extreme poverty in communities of color in Chicago? He is the author ofPalaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life(Crown, 2018),Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (The Penguin Press, 2012),Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control Americas Media (Metropolitan Books, 2007), andHeat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2002), as well as the editor ofCultural Production in a Digital Age, co-editor ofAntidemocracy in America(Columbia University Press, 2019), and co-author, with Aziz Ansari, of the New York Times #1 bestsellerModern Romance(The Penguin Press, 2015). Subscribe to our "Mixed Issue" email newsletter. List Price: $24.98 $24.98. Its master gardener calls the Englewood neighborhoodwhere the heat wave hit harda human emergency. Nearby, a $250,000 Homeland Security grant is being used for Chicago emergency services to simulate a tornado at a former public-housing complex. But whether it was the heat wave in Chicago or Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, Irma and Maria, all of these disasters share something key: they reveal the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine who was living on the edge to start with, who gets hurt the worst, who recovers and bounces back--and who doesn't. He co-editedMaya Angelou: And Still I Rise, which premiered at Sundance, aired on American Masters and won a Peabody. Topics were debated, connections between different groups made and actions points produced for the participants to continue to learn, collaborate and act. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of this tragic heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. So the question is, a Chicago official asks, did people die of the heat, or did they die of the social conditions in these neighborhoods, and the answer is both. Helfand examines and mocks the futility of task force reports, emergency plans, disaster preparedness, rehearsals for tornadoes and other calamities, when these ignore the racism and poverty that cause people to suffer so unequally. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. The film follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave, resulting in the deaths of 739 people, primarily in poor and disadvantaged areas. [3] It was broadcast on Independent Lens on February 3, 2020.[4][5]. 2020. 2020. Whitman had outlined.92100:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,8793,200 deaths from terrorism92200:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,923are considered anational disaster.92300:50:56,710 --> 00:51:00,359And 3,200 deaths fromtreatable diseases,92400:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,059taking place in neighborhoods92500:51:02,060 --> 00:51:05,723just due south and west fromhere, are barely considered.92600:51:06,670 --> 00:51:10,669But if those 3,200preventable deaths in a year92700:51:10,670 --> 00:51:13,573aren't a disaster,I don't know what is.92800:51:16,746 --> 00:51:19,279And that's when I startedgoogling disaster,92900:51:21,180 --> 00:51:25,869which led me to DisasterMaster, to disaster prevention.93000:51:25,870 --> 00:51:29,159[Woman] To guarantee goodhealth, you need clean water.93100:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,899It filters about agallon every five minutes,93200:51:32,900 --> 00:51:34,639which is faster than most.93300:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,829[Judith] Todisaster preparedness,93400:51:36,830 --> 00:51:39,119which, I soon learned,is one of our nation's93500:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,399most dynamic growth industries.93600:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,104All right, let's startoff my talking about93700:51:43,128 --> 00:51:47,914emergency food,packaged to last 25 years.93800:51:48,240 --> 00:51:51,413[Judith] And finally,disaster preparedness Chicago.93900:51:52,288 --> 00:51:54,719(helicopter whirring)94000:51:54,720 --> 00:51:56,539Which is how I learnedthat in a suburb94100:51:56,540 --> 00:51:59,929just north of the city, CookCounty was about to show off94200:51:59,930 --> 00:52:01,369its latest innovations94300:52:01,370 --> 00:52:04,529in government-fundeddisaster preparedness.94400:52:04,530 --> 00:52:06,869It seemed like aperfect opportunity94500:52:06,870 --> 00:52:08,423for me to learn the basics.94600:52:09,690 --> 00:52:14,325{\an8}This year, Cook Countywill share $47.7 million94700:52:14,350 --> 00:52:18,334{\an8}in Urban Area SecurityInitiative, UASI, grants funds.94800:52:19,309 --> 00:52:22,351What you're gonna see isjust a handful of resources94900:52:22,380 --> 00:52:24,509that have been put in placeover the last 10 years,95000:52:24,510 --> 00:52:27,159mainly paid forthrough federal grants.95100:52:27,160 --> 00:52:28,832This is the logisticsresupply truck.95200:52:28,833 --> 00:52:32,646It's got all the basics tosupport a 500-person force95300:52:32,647 --> 00:52:34,409for three days.95400:52:34,410 --> 00:52:36,379Over here is a mobileventilation unit.95500:52:36,380 --> 00:52:39,079We can clear an areaunbelievably efficiently95600:52:39,080 --> 00:52:40,539using these machines.95700:52:40,540 --> 00:52:42,885Mobile warehouse,seven semitrailers95800:52:42,909 --> 00:52:44,699each with 18,000 items95900:52:44,700 --> 00:52:47,239of things we neededfor the fist 72 hours.96000:52:47,240 --> 00:52:49,399Unified command vehicle.96100:52:49,400 --> 00:52:50,819There are around, I believe,96200:52:50,820 --> 00:52:52,67016 of these in thestate of Illinois.96300:52:53,556 --> 00:52:55,975I started gettinginto this whole question96400:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,407about disaster becauseof the 1995 heatwave.96500:52:59,866 --> 00:53:02,489{\an8}A lot of things thatare in place today,96600:53:02,490 --> 00:53:05,500{\an8}were a result of lessonslearned from the 1995 heatwave.96700:53:05,880 --> 00:53:08,329If you remember,1995 we were keeping bodies96800:53:08,330 --> 00:53:11,039in refrigerated food trucks.96900:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,659We now have a vehiclethat's specifically made97000:53:14,660 --> 00:53:16,129for this task.97100:53:16,130 --> 00:53:18,149The victim would beput into this vehicle.97200:53:18,150 --> 00:53:20,033We can hold 27 victims.97300:53:20,940 --> 00:53:25,589We can chill this unitdown to 32 degrees.97400:53:25,590 --> 00:53:28,363[Judith] Which is basicallya refrigerated morgue on wheels?97500:53:29,400 --> 00:53:30,998Yeah, I wouldn'tput that in the press.97600:53:30,999 --> 00:53:33,289I'd flower it up alittle better, but yes.97700:53:33,290 --> 00:53:34,790[Judith] What would you say?97800:53:35,630 --> 00:53:38,063That's a victimcontainment system.97900:53:39,740 --> 00:53:41,639[Judith] That victimcontainment system98000:53:41,640 --> 00:53:44,309was just one of manybig shiny new trucks98100:53:44,310 --> 00:53:46,069at this county event.98200:53:46,070 --> 00:53:49,529Multiply that by 3,142 counties,98300:53:49,530 --> 00:53:52,069or county equivalentsin the United States98400:53:52,070 --> 00:53:54,812currently gearing upfor future disasters98500:53:54,837 --> 00:53:56,814and you start toget the picture.98600:53:56,823 --> 00:54:00,386Disaster preparedness is avery well-resourced endeavor.98700:54:03,730 --> 00:54:05,959But what if it waspossible to re-purpose98800:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,659this massive infrastructure,which already operates98900:54:09,660 --> 00:54:12,699on local, regional,and national levels,99000:54:12,700 --> 00:54:14,609and put it in serviceof communities99100:54:14,610 --> 00:54:16,983struck by unnatural disasters?99200:54:18,660 --> 00:54:21,769What if we decided to useeven some of these resources99300:54:21,770 --> 00:54:25,463to keep people from dyingjust because they're poor?99400:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,889That was the question on my mind99500:54:29,890 --> 00:54:33,099when I found out about adisaster preparedness conference99600:54:33,100 --> 00:54:36,619taking place just twostates, one floodplain,99700:54:36,620 --> 00:54:39,739and one seismic faultline away from Chicago99800:54:39,740 --> 00:54:40,993in Paducah, Kentucky.99900:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,069It's all aboutdisaster preparedness.100000:54:44,070 --> 00:54:46,539We're talking about icestorms, a big earthquake100100:54:46,540 --> 00:54:48,329that could happen hereon the New Madrid fault,100200:54:48,330 --> 00:54:50,529as well as a slewof other disasters.100300:54:50,530 --> 00:54:53,109We've got people from FEMAhere, from the Red Cross,100400:54:53,110 --> 00:54:54,533from the USGS.100500:54:59,050 --> 00:55:00,064Judith Helfand.100600:55:01,760 --> 00:55:02,747- Yeah?- Yes.100700:55:02,748 --> 00:55:04,242[Judith] All right. , resulting in the deaths of 739 people, primarily in poor and disadvantaged communities EVERYTHINGS COOL and UPRISING. 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