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Houses were knocked straight off their foundation. the stories you are telling are such reminders that when a storm comes at the end of the month. if you have a savings account, no problem, because you can put gas in your car and get food and get out of town. if it comes at the end of the month and you need to wait until the first of the month to get paid, you are never more broke than your at the end of the month. is there something we learn about the broader notion of what constitutes disaster. if we can take a step back from the immediate cause and learn something about what's happening und...

Necessary to make sure all the people in new york, new jersey, and connecticut know that the entire country is behind them. >> back to my panel, david, in the immediate moments after a disaster, with he feel like, oh, all victims are worthy and we have this rallying around the victim effect. how long does that last? should we expect in this context that some folks are going to be made into villains. >> that is going to happen. there is tremendous anger in staten island. the power is coming back on in manhattan. they are talking about november 10th for other people getting their power back. the...

Infrastructure and family are the same thing. back to my panel, david. >> after katrina, we started talking about category 5 levees. i kept thinking, the category 5 levees we need are shelter and quality education and health care for everybody and infrastructure and transportation so that people can move on. is there any possibility of taking that and making it a broader conversation, environmental policy or housing policy that makes it easier to manage this? >> i think there is. i agree with neera that people like this post-partisan moment. they are tired of partisan politics and nothing gett...