WEBVTT - Hurricane Dorian September 6th, 3pm Anxiety with the Hurricane

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<v Speaker 1>We're launching this podcast to give you updated headlines and

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<v Speaker 1>stories as we have them from across the Southeast in

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<v Speaker 1>this critical time. I really hope this information is helpful.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, hurricanes are really nothing but anxiety from the

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<v Speaker 1>moment they form somewhere, usually off the coast of Africa,

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<v Speaker 1>as they march across the Atlantic to make landfall over here,

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<v Speaker 1>there as anxiety as we watched them make their pathway

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<v Speaker 1>across the Atlantic. There's more anxieties we worry about our

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<v Speaker 1>homes and our families, and then there's a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>anxiety once the storm passes. How did everyone survive, what

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<v Speaker 1>was damaged? What's done? What do we have to do?

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<v Speaker 1>How are we going to pay for it? There's anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>for the first responders who have to leave their own

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<v Speaker 1>families and their own homes to go out and help us.

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<v Speaker 1>There's even anxiety, yes, for reporters who have to give

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<v Speaker 1>up their houses hope they're okay and hit the road

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<v Speaker 1>and do the same. And there's anxiety from families who

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<v Speaker 1>are worried about loved ones who are right in a

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<v Speaker 1>storm's path. Eloys Thompson Jones is one of those warriors.

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<v Speaker 1>She works with us at I heart radio in Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>but she is from the Bahamas and still has lots

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<v Speaker 1>of family there. She says it was a special place

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<v Speaker 1>growing up as the island girl. It was different from

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<v Speaker 1>living over here. It was really nice and laid back.

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<v Speaker 1>It was not a fast pace like it is over here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very innocent and it was great. So you still

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of family on the islands. It's twelve siblings, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>seven brothers and five sisters and they spread out throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the islands, and the main islands were Nassau, Freeport and

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<v Speaker 1>my Shober Aberco. So in my shopber my a, nieces

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<v Speaker 1>and nephews that our families there. During the hurricane, they

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<v Speaker 1>tried to get off the island, but it was too late,

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<v Speaker 1>so they had to stay. They find everyone the closet.

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<v Speaker 1>God find everyone. But two of my nephews were lost

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of days, so they did find them afterwards, drifted,

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<v Speaker 1>but they found him and that was good. Thank God

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<v Speaker 1>for that. But you have a sibling now who's in

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital. Yes, and Freeport, I have my sister and

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<v Speaker 1>her husband and her two daughters and UM. The house's

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<v Speaker 1>damage during the hurricane. One of the palm trees that

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<v Speaker 1>fell in there and fell on top of her shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>and break a collar bone. But she's recovering. They all

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<v Speaker 1>went to Nassau now, but the powers out and the

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<v Speaker 1>phone mines are down. How are you staying in touch

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<v Speaker 1>with family? Will my other sister communicate and tell me

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<v Speaker 1>all the information over here? You know, she tried not

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<v Speaker 1>to tell me everything. Some of the only sibling Behamian

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<v Speaker 1>sibling over here. I don't have any other family over here, Behman,

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<v Speaker 1>except I Heart radio, so she didn't give me all

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<v Speaker 1>the information my others. So you're using text messages and WhatsApp, yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And she was in Nasa, so it was much better.

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<v Speaker 1>But I couldn't hear from any of my family in

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<v Speaker 1>my Shaba or a Lutheran or on Freeport. You always

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<v Speaker 1>ore you holding up being so far away from them all.

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<v Speaker 1>I got tired of looking at TV given the news

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<v Speaker 1>because it's very depressing how the hurricane was beaten up

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<v Speaker 1>on these islands. So it sounds like all of your

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<v Speaker 1>family members are at least accounting for now. Yes, it

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<v Speaker 1>is a blessing and press with all the help from

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<v Speaker 1>the US and my Heart family help a lot. So

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<v Speaker 1>they're safe now well, being so far removed from all

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<v Speaker 1>those relatives, that must feel good at least to see

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<v Speaker 1>that the country and really the whole world are getting

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<v Speaker 1>motivated and energized to try to help the Bahamas. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a place so many of us have gone to vacation too,

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<v Speaker 1>and love and uh, it must be at least comforting

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<v Speaker 1>to know that you're seeing the world cares will It

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<v Speaker 1>makes me feel really good that they are so helpful

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<v Speaker 1>and loving and caring, you know, and especially coming to

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<v Speaker 1>work and didn't want to come to work. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what's going on. But after a while when I

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<v Speaker 1>come to work, and with all the help and all

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<v Speaker 1>the care that I see around the world, like you say,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially my heart, that I help in the Bahamian

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<v Speaker 1>my family and the beham At families so much. I

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<v Speaker 1>thank them very much. I know the northern Bahamas sort

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<v Speaker 1>of bore the brunt of all this, but the southern

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<v Speaker 1>Islands and the Bahamas are actually in pretty good shape,

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<v Speaker 1>and they need tourists to come back and spend money

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<v Speaker 1>and invest money and keep people employed, get them jobs

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<v Speaker 1>and keep the economy going, get it, get it back

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<v Speaker 1>on its feet. So what do you want people to

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<v Speaker 1>know about the Bahamas and sort of encourage them to

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<v Speaker 1>continue booking their vacations if if it's allowed. Well, like

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<v Speaker 1>they always say, is better in the Bahamas. It is

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<v Speaker 1>such a beautiful island, islands and also the most beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>blue uh Takewoise water in the world and nothing. If

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<v Speaker 1>you ever want to just go on a vacation and

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<v Speaker 1>to forget about everything else, that's the place to go.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Elois Thompson Jones obviously a proud Bahamian and a

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<v Speaker 1>member of the I Heart media family. And what will

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<v Speaker 1>be next for the Bahamas? Do we make Bahamas two

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<v Speaker 1>point oh? Do we rebuild it the way it was

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<v Speaker 1>or trying to create something entirely different. That's not for

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<v Speaker 1>Americans to decide, but American dollars will have a big

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<v Speaker 1>say in that decision. Mike Gunter is a professor at

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<v Speaker 1>Rollins College and has looked at the future of the

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<v Speaker 1>Bahamas and what happens with climate change. Out of tragedy

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<v Speaker 1>can come great opportunity and you know, we've we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>this in history over you know, the last century, where

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<v Speaker 1>the US has been faced with with high um obstacles

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<v Speaker 1>where you be talking about you know, World War Two,

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<v Speaker 1>the Cold War, in organizing ways that meet the challenge

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<v Speaker 1>and UM address the problem and connect all the different dots.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not This is not a conservative liberal issue. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there are reasons to have politic called debate about what

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<v Speaker 1>the policies with the specific policy should be UM. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that this is a problem, UM is is

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<v Speaker 1>not a Republican or Democrat, or liberal or conservative issue.

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<v Speaker 1>There's UM. There's real reasons for, regardless of political persuasion,

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<v Speaker 1>for you to be concerned about the fact that while

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<v Speaker 1>no hurricane can be attributed to climate change, the increased

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<v Speaker 1>intensity of hurricanes UM can be Hurricane hurricanes are just

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<v Speaker 1>weather events. UM. You need thirty years of weather data

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to talk about climate and climate change. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact that these hurricanes are more intense UM

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<v Speaker 1>today is a direct result of climate change. We'll have

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<v Speaker 1>a new episode in a few hours. Until then, hanging

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<v Speaker 1>there and stay safe. I'm Rory O'Neill.