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Immediately transferred into short term memory that happens pretty quickly. that's why people that are intoxicated can remember things well. but it is the next phase from short term to long term where alcohol acts like a sledgehammer. that's why people can remember things vividly one day, a few days later have no recollection of it at all because the memories were never in the long term stores. that's a little bit of an idea how alcohol does impact memory both in the short term and in the long term. ana? >> interesting, thank you, dr. sanjay gupta. a natural disaster still effecting the sout...