Book tv. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help provide context to todays Public Affairs issues. 50 years ago on september 9th, 1965, hurricane betsy made landfall at grand isle, louisiana, near new orleans. It was a category 4 storm with winds up to 155 Miles Per Hour. A hurricane called betsy is a 30minute Defense Department film documenting billiondollar betsy, the first storm in u. S. History to cause over 1 billion in damage. A storm surge of over ten feet led to breached levees, the flooding of 164,000 homes, and 76 deaths. Similar to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many residents had to wait for rescue on rooftops and relief shelters were overwhelmed. Four, three, two, one, ignition liftoff. On our way. Say again, jimboy 5 . Stage 2. The air was fair at cape kennedy. Lacy clouds and a warm august 5. Gemini v took off for space when there was no weather at all. The only problem, a leaky fuel cell threatened to cut their short flight at the sta
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
Care doctor at memorial. He was there for the five days . He certainly was. And he felt it was the right thing to do but there were others who didnt. Can you say that the doctors at memorial were euthanizing patients . Well, the book, five days at memorial life and death in a stormravaged hospital, takes you into debt by euthanasia they hasten the death by euthanasia or medicines, order can be called death by murder. He arrested several because a yearlong investigation took place and some of the staff who felt like, according to medical ethics and the laws of the land, according to the will of the family members who are present in some cases, that we dont do this. That there is a tradition in medicine the goes back to the time of hippocrates the doctors should not be in the role of hastening death and that is something that our medical codes in the United States are very against and they say they are not allowed. There are few places where euthanasia is allowed, but only with the conse
Members and even checked an extra patient in who might not be safe at home. This was a place everybody thought was safe in a storm. They would ride out hurricanes like the 1965 hurricane. Yes. What happened was this at several vulnerabilities that i learned Many American hospitals do in flood zones and one of the was elements of the electrical power system were below flood level so when the water started approaching the hospital they knew they had to evacuate, city power was gone. They were relying on backup generators and they knew within hours how power would fail. When helicopters started landing on the roof to take people there were 250 patients, thousand people, doctors, nurses, staff, Family Members including rescue first when you know you have hours left of power so that was the first dilemma. It started getting hot inside the hospital. Another vulnerability, american hospitals have, i am sorry to say is they are not required for their backup Power Systems to be able to keep the
The author of this book, what is the timeline of your bookmore what is the timeline of your book . I am talking about five days in 2005 when the levees failed in new orleans after Hurricane Katrina and water drowned one of americas most beloved cities and looking specifically over what happened at those days in one of the hospitals that was surrounded by water. What is Memorial Hospital . Memorial Medical Center was one of those longstanding Community Hospitals that had been built in 1926 and was the place people went for storms. Staff would go there even if they didnt have to work. They brought along their pets sometimes. If you are going to work a hurricane you need somewhere for the pets, they brought Family Members and even checked an extra patient in who might not be safe at home. This was a place everybody thought was safe in a storm. They would ride out hurricanes like the 1965 hurricane. Yes. What happened was this at several vulnerabilities that i learned Many American hospita