>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR
CLIMATE THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE
WHEN DISASTER STRIKES
RESILIENCE WORKERS ARE ON THE
FRONTLINE, THESE INDIVIDUALS
HELP REBUILD COMMUNITIES IN
CRISIS, INCLUDING THOSE DAMAGED
BY HURRICANES SOCKET SONY
FOUNDER OF RESILIENCE FORCE
JOINED CHEDDAR NEWS TO DISCUSS
A NEW MOON FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT COULD
IMPACT RESILIENCE WORKERS
MISSION
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AND WHETHER THE U.S. IS READY
FOR ANOTHER MAJOR DISASTER TO
COOK.
>> AS A NATION
TREMENDOUSLY ON PREPARED IF
YOU'RE LIVING BETWEEN CORPUS
CHRISTI AND
VIRGINIA BEACH.
>> YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR
HOME YOUR SCHOOL.
IF YOU'RE A MAYOR BETWEEN THOSE
2 POINTS IN THE COUNTRY YOU'RE
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR TAX BASE BUT
IT'S NOT JUST THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. LAST YEAR WE HAD.
INLAND HURRICANES IN EARLIER
THIS YEAR
WE HAD OF COURSE THE STORM
FRONT THE TEXAS THAT TOOK OUT
THE ELECTRICAL GRID SO IN
GENERAL. AMERICA.
IT NEEDS TO GO MUCH FURTHER IN
ITS RESILIENCE.
AMERICAN YOU KNOW ME
MUCH MORE IN THEIR HOMES
HOSPITAL CITIES AND SCHOOLS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GOING TO
HAVE SOME INCREASED FUNDING FOR
PRE-DISASTER PROGRAMS. THIS
MONEY DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT
AMERICANS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
STEP OF VERY VERY SIGNIFICANT
DOWN PAYMENT, YOU KNOW FOR
YEARS WHAT'S HAPPENED
IS THAT DISASTER SPENDING IS
REACTIVE YOU WAIT TILL THE
FLOOD FIRE OR.
AND THEN YOU SPEND A HUGE
AMOUNT OF TRYING TO BUILD BACK
TO THE WAY WE WERE AND THAT'S
JUST
NOT WORKING AND SO WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING
IS SPENDING A BILLION DOLLARS.
AND SPENDING A PORTION OF THAT.
ABOUT 40% OF THAT.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT USUALLY
GET BYPASS WHICH ARE USUALLY
FOR COMMUNITIES, RURAL
COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STEP IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH,
BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS DOWN PAYMENT
THE JOBS AND MORE GENERALLY THE
AMERICAN JOBS PLAN THAT.
THAT
REALLY RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR
RESILIENCE AND THE WORKERS WHO
MAKE RESILIENCE POSSIBLE FOR
THE FIRST TIME. THAT'S ANOTHER
STEP.
THE WHOLE SLOGAN OF BUILD
BACK BETTER IT IS ABOUT
RESILIENCE AND WHAT WE'RE
HOPING IS THAT
THIS IS ONLY A FIRST STEP THAT
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
BILLIONS MORE THAT ARE NEED.
>> OKC RESILIENCE WHAT ROLE DO
RESILIENCE WORKERS PLAY WHAT
KIND OF WORK ARE
THEY DOING AND HOW SHOULD THE
GOVERNMENT BE SUPPORTING THEM.
>> WELL RESILIENCE WORKERS ARE
THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS OF THE
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHEN HURRICANES HIT OR FLOODS
OR FIRES FOR THAT MATTER.
THIS CAUSES BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN DACH HURRICANE
HARVEY IN HOUSTON 134 4 BILLION
DOLLARS. IN DACH OF
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA LAST
YEAR TO HURRICANES IN THE SPACE
OF 6 WEEKS AND FLOODING THIS
YEAR. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS.
ALL OF OUR PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL OF
THE BILLS, IT'S HOMES
HOSPITALS SCHOOLS. ALL OF THAT
NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AND NOT
JUST BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BUT
THAT ALL THIS WORK IT'S DONE BY
RESILIENCE WORKERS. THESE ARE
THE
WORKERS WERE RIGHT IN NEW
ORLEANS AND THE GULF COAST TO
REBUILD AFTER KATRINA
THEY ARRIVED IN WILMINGTON,
NORTH CAROLINA AFTER STORMS
THEY
IN PANAMA CITY AFTER HURRICANE
MICHAEL.
THE
FINANCIAL ECOSYSTEM OF A STATE
DEPENDS ON THESE WORKERS AND
THE WORK THEY DO AND NOT JUST
FOR WEEK NEXT REBUILDING GOES
ON FOR YEARS HURRICANES LAST
MINUTE THE CAMERAS STAY
FOR WEEKS, BUT THE LONG-TERM
RECOVERY CAN TAKE 6, 7, YEARS
AFTER A MASSIVE PARKING AND
ALL THAT IS CARRIED OUT BY A
GROUP OF WORKERS, IT'S CALLED
RESILIENCE WORKERS THAT WAS
TIME WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT CARS WERE AND PEOPLE COULD
ONLY IMAGINE WHAT AUTO WORKERS
DID IT. THAT'S WHAT
WE THOUGHT. THE FIRST 400 WE
WOULDN'T SELLING
MORE CARS. THAT'S BEEN THE CASE
WITH REALLY RESILIENCE WORKERS
BUT AS CLIMATE DISASTERS HAVE
INCREASED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
ARE REALIZING THAT. LIKE
MANUFACTURING IN ANOTHER ERA,
RESILIENCE WILL BE THE NEXT BIG
AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
>> WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME CAN
YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS TYPE.
>> OF WORK THAT THE RESILIENCE
FORCES DOING.
>> WHAT KIND
OF IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR
AMERICAN RESENT RESILIENCE
ISN'T JUST
WAITING THING SO THINGS ARE
BROKEN AND THEN FIXING THEM
RESILIENCE IS
ABOUT PREPARATION AND SO IN
THE NATIONAL DEBATE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE PERHAPS THE WIDEST
CONSENSUS
AROUND THE NEED FOR ADAPT TO
INFRASTRUCTURE, RESILIENCE.
WORKERS ARE HOT OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE US
RESILIENT CLIMATE IS CAUSING
UNTOLD DAMAGE. THE SCIENTISTS
ALL AGREE THAT EVEN IF WE WERE
SLASH EMISSIONS OR A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF HARM
US LAW DID AND SO OUR CITIES,
ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE
FRONTLINES OF CRIME CHANGE
NEEDS TO BE MADE ADAPTIVE TO
THE COMING THREAT.
IS WHAT RESILIENCE WORKERS HELP
US WITH AND WE'D BE MANY