Intro
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From heat waves to floods to hurricanes, there has been a lot of extreme weather this year, and it’s caused a lot of suffering for people around the world. Some scientists are linking extreme weather to climate change, and warning that even more crazy weather could be on its way. So what can we do to prepare for extreme weather, or deal with it once it’s here? Listen to Mason and Jason share their thoughts.
Dialog
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Jason: I know some folks who lived through the hurricane in New England.
Mason: Oh really? Wow, I mean, is everyone OK?
Jason: Totally, totally OK. I mean, it wasn’t a very extreme hurricane, if any hurricane can not be that extreme in some ways.
Mason: I actually…A friend of mine recently moved here from Joplin, Missouri, where there was that terrible tornado, and his house got some damage to it, but not like totally destroyed. But he has plenty of friends who completely lost, like, everything. I don’t think any of his people were hurt, which is, you know, the lucky thing.
Jason: Yeah.
Mason: But it’s been weird. There’s been a real, you know, glut of extreme weather lately, what with the hurricanes...
Jason: Yeah, there’s been a lot of disasters. But I mean, I wonder if when your friend moved to Joplin, if it ever occurred to him that maybe there would be a tornado. Is that something that you would consider if you were going to live somewhere?
Mason: I don’t know. Probably not to him, but you know, maybe as you become older and wiser you put that in your consideration set for where I want to spend a good portion of my life.
Jason: Maybe. Then there’s those people who chase tornadoes. Like, it’d be kind of cool to see something like that, as long as it didn’t…
Mason: There is a sort of appeal to something that extreme. But for me personally, I’m happy to stay the heck away from it.
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Discussion
Jason has friends who recently lived through a hurricane. Fortunately, the hurricane wasn’t too extreme and none of them were hurt.
Mason also has friends who have lived with extreme weather. He has one friend who recently lived through a tornado. He knew many people whose homes were completely destroyed by the tornado.
Jason and Mason agree that there has been a lot of extreme weather recently. Mason says he wouldn’t move to a place that was known for having extreme weather, like tornadoes. But sometimes it’s difficult to predict what the weather is going to do.
Have you ever experienced any extreme weather? What can you do to prepare for extreme weather?
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