Answered By Ruhee
- Question: You are a journalist writing an article on the effects of hurricanes and global sea rise on coastal communities. As a resource, study the following aerial photos of the island as documented by PBS, “Before and After: 50 Years of Rising Tides and Sinking Marshes.” Pretend you are interviewing the residents of the Isle de Jean Charles. What would be some of your interview questions? What would you like to know from residents after seeing the island’s dramatic changes? What kinds of questions would you ask regarding predictions?
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Some of my interview questions will be “ Would you want to stay here until the island disappears? Or “If you were the only one here and everyone else left ,will you be lonely? I would like to see how they survive and what they do there. I would like to know from residents if they feel scared, surprised, sad, happy and so on. I would like to ask when they started living here or did they stay here for their whole life?
2. Question: Melting polar ice leads to global sea rise, causing islands such as the Isle de Jean Charles to become more and more vulnerable to severe storms. If you lived in a coastal community, what would you do to prepare for sea level rise as an individual as well as a community?
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I would make a special note all the people in the community about what’s going to happen. I will give them warnings until we think it’s not going to happen anymore. As an individual, I will gather stuff for my ready kit and evacuate if I can.
3. Question: Has your thinking about hurricanes changed? If so, in what ways?
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No it has not changed. I have known about what’s going on in the world and about climate change for a long time now.
