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SO, THIS IS STAGE 16.
THAT'S DEXTER'S APARTMENT.
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THIS IS WHERE DEXTER KEPT
HIS BLOOD SLIDES.
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THIS STUDIO HAS BEEN MY HOME
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE --
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FIVE SEASONS OF "SIX FEET UNDER"
AND EIGHT OF "DEXTER."
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BUT NOW
IT'S ALL COMING TO AN END.
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THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN THE SETS.
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THE WORLD OF "DEXTER"
IS EVAPORATING.
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SEE? PEOPLE ARE
TAKING THINGS ALREADY.
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ONE OF THESE FOUR.
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SOMEBODY SNAGGED IT.
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I DON'T THINK DEXTER IS
PARTICULARLY PREOCCUPIED
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WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES,
TO BE HONEST.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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HE PUTS A LOT OF FUEL
IN HIS BOAT.
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HE PUTS A LOT OF MILES
ON THAT BOAT.
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I'M TALKING ABOUT IT
LIKE IT'S REAL LIFE,
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WHICH IS KIND OF
HOW IT STARTED TO FEEL.
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HAIR AND MAKEUP.
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BEING DEXTERIZED MEANS WEARING
BRIGHTER COLORS
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THAN I WOULD EVER WEAR
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AND BEING VAGUELY OOMPA LOOMPA
IN MY COMPLEXION.
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INSIDE THE AIR-CONDITIONED,
AIRBRUSHED WORLD OF HOLLYWOOD,
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CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T SOMETHING
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YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
TOO MUCH,
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UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO.
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BUT I KNOW
I'M LIVING IN A BUBBLE,
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AND I KNOW THERE ARE PLACES
OUTSIDE MY BUBBLE
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WHERE CLIMATE CHANGE
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
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AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST
IS BANGLADESH,
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WHERE I'VE HEARD
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
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IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
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Man: THIS HEAT WAVE IS
JUST BAKING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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Man #2: WE PROBABLY
ARE GONNA BREAK SOME RECORDS
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IN SOME OF THE WARMER COASTAL...
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Woman:
GET READY FOR ANOTHER HEAT WAVE.
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IT'S THREATENING TO BRING
RECORD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA.
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Man #3:
TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURES
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THROUGHOUT MUCH
OF THE SOUTHLAND.
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IT'S MORE THAN HOT.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
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Damon: I'VE MADE A LOT OF MOVIES
HERE IN LOS ANGELES,
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AND RECENTLY,
I RELOCATED HERE FROM NEW YORK.
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L.A. HAS SEEN ITS SHARE
OF HEAT WAVES,
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BUT I'VE NEVER GIVEN THEM
MUCH THOUGHT.
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BASED ON THE FORECAST,
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IT NOW MEETS OUR CRITERIA
FOR A HEAT EMERGENCY.
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BUT OFFICIALS
AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
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ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
CONCERNED ABOUT HEAT WAVES
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AND ARE TAKING STEPS
TO PREPARE FOR THEM.
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FROM THE LOCAL OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
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HERE IN L.A...
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Man:
I RECOMMEND THAT, BASED ON THIS,
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WE PROBABLY NEED TO CONTACT
O.E.M. AND SEE ABOUT HAVING...
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Damon: ...ALL THE WAY TO
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
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IN ATLANTA.
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DR. SHUBHAYU SAHA
HAS SOME INTERESTING DATA
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THAT WE WANT TO SHARE
AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT
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ABOUT HEAT TRENDS IN CALIFORNIA.
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Damon: I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE CDC
JUST DEALT WITH OUTBREAKS,
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LIKE THE AVIAN FLU OR E. COLI.
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BUT GEORGE LUBER LEADS
AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT
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WHOSE SOLE FOCUS
IS GLOBAL WARMING.
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AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEALTH
CONCERNS OF GLOBAL WARMING
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IS HEAT WAVES.
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EXTREME HEAT IN CALIFORNIA
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REALLY IS PROJECTED
TO HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH IMPACTS,
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SOCIAL IMPACTS,
ECONOMIC IMPACTS.
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Damon: GEORGE'S TEAM
IS ESPECIALLY WORRIED
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ABOUT CITIES LIKE L.A.
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Man: IN AREAS WHERE THEY
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCE HEAT WAVES,
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LIKE L.A. COUNTY,
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THE NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE
OF HEAT-WAVE DAYS
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IS GOING TO INCREASE
DRAMATICALLY.
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Damon:
GEORGE TELLS ME THAT HEAT WAVES,
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WHICH ARE PROLONGED SPIKES
IN TEMPERATURE,
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BRING WITH THEM ALL SORTS OF
NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES --
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SOME OF THEM LETHAL.
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Damon:
HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE ALL BE?
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DO YOU WAKE UP
WORRYING ABOUT THIS?
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YES, I DO WAKE UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
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BECAUSE I HAVE
YOUNG CHILDREN,
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AND WORRIED
ABOUT A FUTURE WORLD,
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THE WORLD THAT I READ ABOUT
FROM THE CLIMATE MODELS.
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BUT HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE
TO REALIZE
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THAT THIS IS A DISASTER
UNFOLDING?
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WE DON'T HAVE DEAD BODIES
ON THE SIDEWALK.
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WE HAVE PEOPLE DYING ALONE
IN THEIR APARTMENTS.
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IT'S A SLOW-MOVING
DISASTER.
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A DISASTER THAT WILL BE
MORE FREQUENT, MORE INTENSE,
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AND LONGER-LASTING
AS THE PLANET WARMS.
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IS IT POSSIBLE
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THE MOST DANGEROUS THING
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
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IS ALSO THE MOST OBVIOUS --
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THE HEAT ITSELF?
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[ WOMEN SINGING IN ARABIC ]
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Friedman: I FIRST VISITED
THE MIDDLE EAST AS A TEENAGER
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AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
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EVENTUALLY, I STUDIED ARABIC
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AND MADE THIS PART OF THE WORLD
A FOCUS OF MY WORK
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AS A REPORTER
AT THE NEW YORK TIMES.
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IN A REGION WITH NO SHORTAGE
OF TROUBLED COUNTRIES,
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YEMEN STANDS OUT
AS ONE OF THE MOST UNSTABLE.
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WHEN I ARRIVE, YEMEN'S PRESIDENT
INVITES ME TO MEET WITH HIM.
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HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
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THAT THREATENS TO DESTABILIZE
HIS COUNTRY EVEN MORE --
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WATER.
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HOW IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING
IN YEMEN?
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IS IT DRIER?
DOES IT RAIN AS MUCH?
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DOES IT RAIN HARDER?
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[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]
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AND HE'S SEEN THIS CHANGE
IN HI LIFE, GROWING UP HERE?
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INTERESTING.
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THE PRESIDENT SAYS
THAT IN SOME PLACES,
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THE WATER SITUATION IS SO DIRE,
IT'S LEADING TO VIOLENCE.
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IN TERMS OF WATER ISSUES,
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WHAT IS THE BIGGEST WATER
CHALLENGE YEMEN FACES TODAY?
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[ INTERPRETER
SPEAKING ARABIC ]
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COULD YEMEN
RUN OUT OF WATER?
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[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]
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IT COULD?
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WOW.
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Woman: THIS REPORT CONSTITUTES
AN ALARM-CLOCK MOMENT
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FOR THE WORLD,
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BECAUSE THIS REPORT
WILL TELL US, AGAIN,
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THAT EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT
WE KNEW ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
UNDERESTIMATED,
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THAT THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE UPON US
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FASTER AND IN A MORE INTENSE
FASHION THAN WE HAD THOUGHT.
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President H.W. Bush: WE ALL KNOW
THAT HUMAN ACTIVITIES
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ARE CHANGING THE ATMOSPHERE
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IN UNEXPECTED
AND IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS.
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Man: ...THAT THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT HAS BEEN DETECTED,
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AND IT IS CHANGING
OUR CLIMATE NOW.
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Man #2: THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN
HAVE WARMED.
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THE AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
HAVE DIMINISHED.
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SEA LEVEL HAS RISEN,
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AND THE CONCENTRATIONS
OF GREENHOUSE GASES HAVE...
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Schwarzenegger:
THERE IS NO MORE FIRE SEASON.
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WE HAVE WILDFIRES
ALL YEAR 'ROUND.
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Man #3: CLIMATE CHANGE,
EXTREME WEATHER...
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Man #4: ...AND OUR
VULNERABILITY TO IT.
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Man #5:
...WHERE 12 YEARS OF DROUGHT HAS
LEFT THE LANDSCAPE BONE-DRY.
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Man #6: WE GOT ANY PATRIOTS
IN THE CROWD?!
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Woman #2: A NEW SCIENTIFIC
REPORT HAS DETERMINED
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THE LAST DECADE WAS THE WARMEST
ON RECORD.
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Man #7:
OUR WORLD IS CHANGING FASTER
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AND MORE DRAMATICALLY
THAN EVER BEFORE.
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Hall:
GETTING TO BANGLADESH
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MEANS A 12-HOUR FLIGHT
FROM LOS ANGELES TO TURKEY
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AND THEN ANOTHER 8-HOUR FLIGHT
TO DHAKA, THE CAPITAL.
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I'M TAKING THIS TRIP
BECAUSE I'VE HEARD
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BANGLADESH IS
ONE OF THE COUNTRIES
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MOST VULNERABLE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
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I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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IT'S 6:00 A.M.
WHEN I FINALLY ARRIVE
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AND MEET MORSHED ALI KHAN,
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A JOURNALIST FOR THE LEADING
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER HERE,
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THE DAILY STAR.
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HE'S BEEN REPORTING
ON BANGLADESH
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FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES,
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AND HE'S KINDLY AGREED
TO BE MY GUIDE.
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AS WE DRIVE
INTO THE HEART OF DHAKA,
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MORSHED TELLS ME IT WAS ONCE
A SMALL AND QUIET CITY.
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BUT NOT ANYMORE.
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SO, YOU'VE REALLY SEEN THIS CITY
EXPAND AND GROW?
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OH, YES.
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ESPECIALLY
WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
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IT'S PHENOMENAL GROWTH.
YEAH.
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EVERY DAY PEOPLE
COMING FROM THE RURAL AREAS.
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SOME
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
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ECONOMIC GROWTH,
YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY.
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AND THEN CLIMATE
IS ALSO PLAYING A PART IN IT.
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WATER IS CREEPING INTO PEOPLE'S
HOMES AND ALL THIS.
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RIGHT. RIGHT.
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YOU WILL SEE
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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DO YOU THINK
IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
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TO STOP AND JUST STEP OUT
AND STRETCH OUR LEGS?
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YEAH. SURE. SURE.
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[ HORNS HONKING ]
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WELCOME TO BANGLADESH!
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THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
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[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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IT'S SO ALIVE.
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IT IS ALIVE, 24 HOURS!
YEAH.
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Hall: I WANTED
TO GET OUTSIDE MY BUBBLE,
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AND I'VE DEFINITELY DONE THAT.
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AFTER I CATCH UP
ON A LITTLE SLEEP,
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I DECIDE THE FIRST THING I NEED
IS A GEOGRAPHY LESSON.
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[ ENGINE HUMMING ]
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SO I HEAD TO ONE OF THE LARGEST
RIVER PORTS IN THE WORLD
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TO MEET DR. ATIQ RAHMAN,
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ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTISTS.
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CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS ABOUT
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BANGLADESH
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THAT MAKES IT UNIQUELY
VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
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WHEN IT COMES TO
CLIMATE CHANGE,
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ATIQ TELLS ME THAT BANGLADESH
IS GEOGRAPHICALLY CURSED.
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SITTING AT THE FOOT
OF THE HIMALAYAS,
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IT'S ONE OF THE FLATTEST,
LOWEST-LYING COUNTRIES
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IN THE WORLD.
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NEARLY A QUARTER
OF THE LAND HERE
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IS LESS THAN 7 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
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PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH HAVE A LONG
HISTORY LIVING WITH WATER.
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SOME OF THE RIVERS
ARE MANY MILES WIDE,
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AND THE COUNTRY HAS
A FOUR-MONTH RAINY SEASON
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KNOWN AS THE MONSOON.
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MASSIVE FLOODS ARE COMMON
AND HAVE BEEN FOR CENTURIES.
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BUT GLOBAL WARMING
IS MAKING THINGS EVEN WORSE.
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IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE?
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Woman:
WITH 150-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,
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CYCLONE SIDR WAS THE WORST STORM
TO HIT BANGLADESH IN YEARS.
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[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
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Hall:
IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH,
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CYCLONES ARE ALSO A FACT
OF LIFE.
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BUT LATELY, CYCLONES HERE
ARE BIGGER, STRONGER,
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AND MORE FREQUENT.
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A COMBINATION OF TWO CYCLONES --
SIDR IN 2007 AND AILA IN 2009 --
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LEFT THE COUNTRY IN RUINS.
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED,
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AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE
BECAME HOMELESS.
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BUT THE MOST SHOCKING THING
IS WHAT HE TELLS ME NEXT.
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BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY,
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS PROJECT
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THERE WILL BE A 3-FOOT RISE
IN SEA LEVEL,
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AND THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE
IS HARD TO COMPREHEND.
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THAT MEANS SOME 20 MILLION
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH
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WILL BE FORCED OFF THEIR LAND
BY THE YEAR 2100.
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I CAN'T IMAGINE
WHERE THEY'LL ALL GO,
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BUT ATIQ TELLS ME THAT A LOT OF
THEM WILL END UP HERE, IN DHAKA.
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IT'S FURTHER INLAND
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AND FURTHER AWAY
FROM THE CYCLONES.
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AND IT TURNS OUT
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THIS CLIMATE MIGRATION
HAS ALREADY STARTED.
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[ HORN BLARES ]
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Damon:
GEORGE LUBER FROM THE CDC
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TELLS ME THAT IN A WORLD
OF RISING TEMPERATURES,
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CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES
ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK.
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HE WANTS TO SHOW ME
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WHY SOME PARTS OF THIS CITY
ARE A MAGNET FOR HEAT,
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AND HE INVITES UCLA PROFESSOR
AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTIST
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ALEX HALL ALONG TO HELP.
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THEY SAY
THAT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
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WHAT HEAT CAN DO ON THE GROUND,
WE NEED TO BE UP HIGH.
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Luber: THERE'S A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF VARIATION
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IN HOW HOT
A NEIGHBORHOOD GETS
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AS A RESULT OF JUST
THE SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS.
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THE TREES,
THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS,
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THE COLOR OF THE SURFACE.
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DARKER AREAS
ABSORB MORE HEAT.
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THIS AREA
HAS A LOT LESS GREEN SPACE
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THAN THE OTHER AREAS
WE'VE BEEN FLYING OVER.
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00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,439
THAT'S GONNA,
UNFORTUNATELY --
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SO IT'S GONNA
GET HOT QUICKER
253
00:15:07,975 --> 00:15:09,409
AND IT'S GONNA HOLD ON
TO THE HEAT.
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HOLDS IT OVER NIGHT,
YEAH.
255
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SO IF THERE ARE MORE PARKS
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD,
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THAT NEIGHBORHOOD'S
GONNA BE COOLER.
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ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
258
00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:17,684
FROM UP HERE, I REALIZE
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00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:21,288
JUST HOW MUCH OF L.A. IS COVERED
IN CONCRETE AND BLACKTOP,
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00:15:21,321 --> 00:15:23,156
AND IT'S
THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS
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THAT TEND TO HAVE
THE FEWEST TREES,
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WHICH MEANS THEY'LL BE HIT
THE HARDEST.
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00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:29,262
AND ACCORDING TO ALEX,
264
00:15:29,296 --> 00:15:32,699
CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO MAKE
ALL THIS WORSE.
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00:15:49,216 --> 00:15:53,020
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
TWO TO THREE MONTHS
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OF EXTREMELY HOT DAYS.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE?
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I FIND OUT ABOUT SOMEONE
WHO THINKS HIGH TEMPERATURES
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00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:04,564
ARE ALREADY AFFECTING OUR HEALTH
FAR MORE THAN WE REALIZE.
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00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:06,233
Man:
STAY ON YOUR FEET, GUYS!
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00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,401
Dr. Basu:
COME ON, R.J.!
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00:16:08,435 --> 00:16:09,669
THAT WAS A NICE KICK.
273
00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:12,205
Damon: DR. RUPA BASU,
AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST
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00:16:12,239 --> 00:16:15,075
AT THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
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00:16:15,108 --> 00:16:18,045
HAS BEEN STUDYING HEAT WAVES
FOR OVER A DECADE.
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[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
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RUPA'S COMING TO L.A.
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00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:26,553
TO INVESTIGATE A HEAT WAVE
THAT HIT HERE IN JULY.
279
00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:29,256
SHE BELIEVES
ALL SORTS OF HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
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00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:33,126
LINKED TO HEAT
ARE BEING MISSED COMPLETELY.
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00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,163
SHE ASKS ME TO MEET HER
AT A CLINIC IN SOUTH CENTRAL,
282
00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:40,200
WHERE SHE SAYS THE HEAT
IS HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT
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00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:43,236
ON PREGNANT WOMEN.
284
00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:45,672
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
285
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[ CHILD CRYING ]
286
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HOW ARE YOU DOING?
MATT.
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00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:55,482
TIPU.
RUPA, GOOD TO MEET YOU.
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00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:57,317
NICE TO MEET YOU.
THIS IS FALLON.
289
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:58,785
HI. SO NICE
TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU,
TOO.
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00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:00,687
HEY, FALLON. HOW YOU DOING?
MATT. NICE TO MEET YOU.
291
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,690
SO, WHAT HAPPENED?
TELL US YOUR STORY.
292
00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,792
YEAH, I WAS HAVING
EARLY CONTRACTIONS.
293
00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,594
EARLY?
LIKE HOW EARLY?
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00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,062
IT WAS 29?
295
00:17:09,096 --> 00:17:10,663
29 WEEKS. WOW.
YEAH.
296
00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:12,632
I WAS FEELING A BIT QUEASY.
297
00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:15,335
SO I WENT TO THE BATHROOM.
I THREW UP.
298
00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:19,606
I CAME BACK, AND THAT'S WHEN
THE CONTRACTIONS STARTED COMING.
299
00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:22,442
AND I'M LIKE,
"OKAY, I HAVE TO GO.
300
00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:24,144
SOMETHING'S WRONG."
301
00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:28,848
SO I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY ADMITTED ME, AND...
302
00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:30,517
I WAS JUST
SUPER-DEHYDRATED,
303
00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:36,189
SO THEY ENDED UP GIVING ME
TWO BAGS OF SALINE
304
00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:39,359
TO REHYDRATE ME,
STOP THE CONTRACTIONS.
305
00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:40,860
YEAH.
306
00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,563
THAT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE,
ACTUALLY, WITH ONE OF OUR KIDS.
307
00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,498
YEAH, YEAH.
A HEAT WAVE HERE IN L.A.
308
00:17:45,532 --> 00:17:48,468
I WAS WORKING HERE IN L.A.,
AND SHE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL
309
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,637
AND TWO BAGS OF FLUID --
SAME EXACT THING.
310
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,173
Dr. Basu:
SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU.
TWO BAGS.
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00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:55,742
Damon: UNTIL JUST NOW, I'D NEVER
PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER --
312
00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,644
THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE HEAT
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00:17:57,677 --> 00:18:00,513
THAT CAUSED THIS SCARY INCIDENT
WITH MY WIFE.
314
00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:02,215
DR. KHAN SAYS
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00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:04,717
HEAT WAVES INCREASE THE RISK
OF GETTING DEHYDRATED.
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00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:06,419
AND IF YOU'RE PREGNANT,
317
00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:09,589
DEHYDRATION CAN MAKE YOUR BODY
GENERATE OXYTOCIN,
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00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:11,524
THE HORMONE THAT TRIGGERS LABOR,
319
00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:14,127
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT READY
TO GIVE BIRTH.
320
00:18:14,161 --> 00:18:15,528
Dr. Khan:
THE PROBLEM WITH IT
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00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,330
IS THE TRIGGERS
AREN'T THAT CLEAR SOMETIMES.
322
00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:18,598
PATIENTS DON'T ALWAYS FEEL
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00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,133
THEY'RE STARTING TO GET
DEHYDRATED.
324
00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:21,401
RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
325
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:23,136
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED
WITH MY WIFE, TOO.
326
00:18:23,170 --> 00:18:25,638
WE THOUGHT WE WERE DOING
EVERYTHING RIGHT, TOO,
327
00:18:25,672 --> 00:18:29,409
BUT IT'S INSIDIOUS HOW YOU DON'T
REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU'RE LOSING.
328
00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:31,378
HOW MUCH
YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN.
329
00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:33,280
DO YOU SEE THIS A LOT?
UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH.
330
00:18:33,313 --> 00:18:35,415
THE PROBLEM IS, A LOT OF TIMES,
PATIENTS DON'T IDENTIFY THIS
331
00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,417
UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN CONTRACTING
FOR TWO, THREE HOURS.
332
00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:38,685
SO WE'VE SEEN IT, YEAH.
333
00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:40,320
IT DEFINITELY GOES UP
DURING SUMMER
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00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,155
AND ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE HEAT HITS HARD.
335
00:18:42,189 --> 00:18:44,691
Damon:
DR. KHAN ISN'T JUST WORRIED
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00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,493
ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE DANGER
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00:18:46,526 --> 00:18:49,162
FOR BABIES
WHO ARE BORN PREMATURELY.
338
00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:51,564
THERE ARE ALSO
HUGE LONG-TERM RISKS,
339
00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,434
LIKE COGNITIVE DELAY,
LOWER I.Q.,
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00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,803
AND LEARNING DISABILITIES.
341
00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:59,639
AND RUPA SAYS
THE HIDDEN EFFECTS OF HEAT
342
00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:01,941
GO FAR BEYOND PRETERM LABOR.
343
00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:03,543
HER BIGGEST CONCERN
344
00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:06,346
IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT BE DYING.
345
00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:11,584
THAT'S THE REAL REASON
SHE CAME TO L.A. --
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00:19:11,618 --> 00:19:14,687
SHE THINKS THE DEATH TOLL
FROM THAT HEAT WAVE IN JULY
347
00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:17,557
WAS FAR HIGHER
THAN WHAT OFFICIALS SAY.
348
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:19,559
AND SHE INTENDS TO PROVE IT.
349
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:22,629
[ CROWD CHANTING IN ARABIC ]
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00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,536
Friedman:
SOON AFTER I ARRIVE IN YEMEN,
351
00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:32,739
I'M REMINDED OF HOW UNSTABLE
THIS COUNTRY IS.
352
00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:36,309
THESE PEOPLE ARE MOURNING
A YOUNG POLITICAL LEADER
353
00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:37,944
WHO WAS RECENTLY GUNNED DOWN.
354
00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:40,213
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
355
00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,552
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
IS ALL TOO COMMON HERE,
356
00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:48,588
AND THERE'S A BIG REASON
FOR AMERICANS LIKE ME
357
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,757
TO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
IN YEMEN,
358
00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,792
BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY
IS ALSO HOME
359
00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:55,628
TO THE MOST ACTIVE CHAPTER
OF AL-QAEDA,
360
00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:59,832
WHICH IS WHY YEMEN'S
WATER CRISIS IS SO FRIGHTENING.
361
00:20:07,574 --> 00:20:10,610
[ HORN HONKS ]
362
00:20:25,292 --> 00:20:27,727
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
363
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,596
EVEN IN YEMEN'S CAPITAL,
364
00:20:29,629 --> 00:20:32,799
GETTING WATER ISN'T ALWAYS AS
SIMPLE AS TURNING ON THE FAUCET.
365
00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:35,868
THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT HAVE
WATER TRUCKED TO THEIR HOMES.
366
00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:38,271
OTHERS HAVE TO DEPEND
ON PUBLIC FOUNTAINS
367
00:20:38,305 --> 00:20:40,807
OR THE CHARITY
OF THEIR LOCAL MOSQUE.
368
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,310
AND THE PROBLEM
ISN'T JUST TEMPORARY.
369
00:20:43,343 --> 00:20:45,945
WHAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME
SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
370
00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:47,547
ACCORDING TO EXPERTS,
371
00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,049
THIS COULD BE THE FIRST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
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00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,685
TO ACTUALLY RUN OUT OF WATER
COMPLETELY.
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00:20:52,719 --> 00:20:56,289
JUST ACROSS THIS SQUARE.
374
00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:58,358
HEY, SALAAM ALAIKUM!
375
00:20:58,391 --> 00:21:00,927
[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]
376
00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:08,501
I'M MEETING
WITH ONE OF THOSE EXPERTS --
377
00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:10,737
KYLE FOSTER,
A DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
378
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,972
WHO FIRST CAME TO YEMEN
25 YEARS AGO
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00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:16,709
AS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
AND DECIDED TO STAY.
380
00:21:16,743 --> 00:21:18,711
Foster: THE WATER
THAT'S USED FOR DRINKING
381
00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:23,916
AND FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
IS THE RESERVOIR GROUNDWATER,
382
00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:29,522
FOSSIL WATER THAT HAS BEEN
TRAPPED UNDERGROUND FOR EONS.
383
00:21:29,556 --> 00:21:32,392
I'M NOT WILLING TO SAY
IT'S GONNA RUN OUT TOMORROW,
384
00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,694
BUT WE'RE ON A WING
AND A PRAYER.
385
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:38,598
SO, WHY IS THIS WELL
IMPORTANT?
386
00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,334
IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
ONCE A USABLE WELL.
387
00:21:41,368 --> 00:21:43,436
SO, WHEN THEY DUG
THIS WELL,
388
00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:46,873
HOW FAR WOULD THEY HAVE HAD TO
DIG IN ORDER TO HIT WATER?
389
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:51,611
YEAH, THESE WELLS
ARE ABOUT 50 TO 60 METERS,
390
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:56,416
WHICH WAS TYPICAL
UNTIL MAYBE 30 YEARS AGO.
391
00:21:56,449 --> 00:21:57,950
IF THEY WERE DIGGING IT
TODAY,
392
00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,886
HOW FAR DOWN
WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO?
393
00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,588
800 METERS.
394
00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:03,956
800 METERS?
EVEN 1,000.
395
00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:08,761
WATER FROM AN UNDERGROUND
RESERVOIR IS FINITE.
396
00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:10,129
THERE'S AN END TO IT
SOMEWHERE.
397
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:13,633
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THAT END'S GONNA BE.
398
00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:15,668
Friedman: THE SAME THING
IS HAPPENING TO WELLS
399
00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,470
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
400
00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:21,874
ACCORDING TO FOSTER,
THE MAIN CULPRITS
401
00:22:21,908 --> 00:22:23,976
ARE POPULATION GROWTH
AND MISMANAGEMENT.
402
00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,478
RIGHT NOW, CLIMATE CHANGE
403
00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:27,447
PROBABLY ISN'T PLAYING
A BIG ROLE.
404
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,915
BUT SCIENTISTS DO KNOW
405
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,518
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL INCREASE WATER SCARCITY
406
00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:33,853
IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD,
407
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:36,589
ESPECIALLY IN LARGE PARTS
OF AFRICA, ASIA,
408
00:22:36,623 --> 00:22:37,957
AND THE MIDDLE EAST
409
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:40,760
AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES.
410
00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:43,630
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YEMEN NOW
411
00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:46,599
COULD BE A GLIMPSE
INTO OUR FUTURE.
412
00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:51,037
AND THAT FUTURE IS FRIGHTENING.
413
00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:54,541
I'M JOINED
BY ABDUL RAHMAN AL-ERYANI,
414
00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:56,743
THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISER
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
415
00:22:56,776 --> 00:22:58,478
HE'S TAKING ME TO A PLACE
416
00:22:58,511 --> 00:23:02,014
WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER
HAS TURNED DEADLY.
417
00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:12,091
[ HORNS HONKING ]
418
00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:16,563
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
419
00:23:16,596 --> 00:23:18,465
[ HORN BLARES ]
420
00:23:29,108 --> 00:23:31,478
Rahman: THE TRICK
ABOUT CROSSING STREETS IN DHAKA
421
00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:33,580
IS THAT
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FEARLESS,
422
00:23:33,613 --> 00:23:35,214
NOT LOOK TO THE LEFT
OR THE RIGHT,
423
00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,517
...AND JUST KEEP GOING,
HOPING THAT NO ONE HITS YOU.
424
00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:39,118
YEAH.
425
00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,621
BECAUSE IF YOU SHOW ANY FEAR,
YOU'RE DEAD.
426
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:43,122
DECISIVENESS
IS IS AWARDED.
427
00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:44,791
EXACTLY.
428
00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,826
Hall:
I'M WITH DR. OMAR RAHMAN,
429
00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:49,462
A HARVARD PROFESSOR
AND VICE CHANCELLOR
430
00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:51,964
OF THE INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY
BANGLADESH.
431
00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:55,602
HE'S AN EXPERT IN DEMOGRAPHY,
432
00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:59,572
THE STUDY OF HOW HUMAN
POPULATIONS GROW AND CHANGE.
433
00:23:59,606 --> 00:24:03,476
AND HE SAYS DHAKA IS CHANGING
AT A STARTLING RATE
434
00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:05,011
BECAUSE OF MIGRATION.
435
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,246
BANGLADESH
IS THE SIZE OF IOWA.
RIGHT.
436
00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:08,848
AND AT 160,
437
00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:11,083
WE ARE HALF THE SIZE
POPULATION OF THE U.S.,
438
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:13,152
WHICH IS ABOUT
340 MILLION.
439
00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:16,155
THAT'S AMAZING.
SO THINK OF ALL OF THE U.S.
BEING PACKED INTO IOWA
440
00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:17,990
AND THAT'S
KIND OF WHAT WE ARE.
441
00:24:18,024 --> 00:24:20,860
WHAT'S THE POPULATION
OF DHAKA?
442
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,562
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE
YOU DEFINE THE BOUNDARY.
443
00:24:22,595 --> 00:24:24,230
BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MILLION.
444
00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:28,134
IT'S NOW APPARENTLY THE SIXTH
LARGEST MEGACITY IN THE WORLD
445
00:24:28,167 --> 00:24:30,903
AND IT'S
THE FASTEST-GROWING MEGACITY.
446
00:24:30,937 --> 00:24:33,540
IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE
AS TO WHAT THE POPULATION
447
00:24:33,573 --> 00:24:34,941
WILL OR COULD
EVENTUALLY BE?
448
00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:36,776
WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO DOUBLE
IN ABOUT 20 YEARS.
449
00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:39,078
NOW, WHETHER IT REALLY REACHES
40 MILLION OR NOT WE DON'T KNOW.
450
00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:40,780
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
451
00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:43,683
SUDDENLY, THE SKIES OPEN,
AND WE RUN FOR COVER.
452
00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:45,985
COME.
GET INSIDE FROM THE RAIN.
453
00:24:46,018 --> 00:24:48,921
OMAR SAYS
IT'S NOT THE SEASON FOR RAIN,
454
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:52,258
BUT LATELY,
THINGS HAVE BEEN OUT OF WHACK.
455
00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:54,527
AS WE WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP,
456
00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:57,196
OMAR EXPLAINS
THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS
457
00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:59,766
BEHIND DHAKA'S
MIND-BOGGLING GROWTH.
458
00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:02,602
A BIG ONE IS ECONOMIC.
459
00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:05,938
Rahman: PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE
TO THE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S --
460
00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:08,975
THAT'S WHERE THE JOBS ARE,
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.
461
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,277
WHAT ARE
THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES?
462
00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:16,082
WE ARE NOW THE THIRD LARGEST
GARMENT EXPORTER IN THE WORLD.
463
00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:18,618
MOST LIKELY
WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING --
464
00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:21,187
A SHIRT OR, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER, A BLOUSE --
465
00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:23,856
IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT IT
WOULD BE MADE IN BANGLADESH.
466
00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:26,593
FOR DECADES,
JOBS HAVE BEEN A MAGNET,
467
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:29,061
PULLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
TO DHAKA.
468
00:25:29,095 --> 00:25:33,132
BUT IN RECENT YEARS,
OMAR HAS NOTICED SOMETHING NEW.
469
00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:34,901
RISING SEAS
AND MORE INTENSE STORMS
470
00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:36,302
IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY
471
00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:39,338
ARE PUSHING PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR HOMES
472
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:42,208
AND INTO
THIS ALREADY-OVERPOPULATED CITY.
473
00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:45,177
CLIMATE CHANGE
IS EXACERBATING ALL OF THIS.
474
00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:47,213
IT'S HAPPENING
MUCH FASTER.
475
00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:51,350
AND WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT
IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME.
476
00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:55,855
NOW UP TO 2,000 PEOPLE
ARRIVE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY,
477
00:25:55,888 --> 00:26:00,627
AND THE CITY IS STRUGGLING
TO ABSORB THEM.
478
00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:02,629
OMAR OFFERS TO SHOW ME
479
00:26:02,662 --> 00:26:04,897
WHAT THESE NEW MIGRANTS
ARE UP AGAINST.
480
00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:08,300
I FEEL LIKE I'M INTRUDING,
BUT OMAR NUDGES ME FORWARD,
481
00:26:08,334 --> 00:26:11,103
SAYING THAT THOSE WHO LIVE HERE
482
00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:14,306
FEEL PROUD AND HONORED
TO WELCOME GUESTS.
483
00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:15,975
SHOULD I REMOVE
MY SHOES?
484
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:17,910
NO, NO, IT'S OKAY.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GO OUTSIDE.
485
00:26:17,944 --> 00:26:19,679
HI.
486
00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:21,881
IT'S LIKE 10 OF THEM,
BUT SOMETIMES IT GOES UP TO 15.
487
00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,751
THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A GOOD
LIVING SPACE IN THIS CITY.
488
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:26,919
AND YOU CAN SEE
IT'S NOT VERY MUCH.
YES.
489
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,190
THANK YOU.
490
00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:34,060
THIS IS
THE COMMUNAL KITCHEN.
491
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:36,162
AH. HELLO. AH.
[ WOMAN SPEAKING BENGALI ]
492
00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:38,330
THANK YOU.
493
00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:40,900
[ CONVERSING IN BENGALI ]
494
00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:42,769
THERE IS A TAP THERE.
495
00:26:42,802 --> 00:26:44,971
THAT'S A BIG THING, YOU KNOW.
MOST PLACES DON'T HAVE A TAP.
496
00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:47,707
THIS IS POTABLE WATER.
THIS IS FROM THE WATER SUPPLY.
497
00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:50,409
THEY HAVE ELECTRICITY. A LITTLE
BIT OF AN OUTHOUSE THERE.
498
00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:54,180
THIS MEANS THAT THEY'RE MUCH
MORE FORTUNATE THAN MOST PEOPLE.
499
00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:56,883
THE NEW MIGRANTS
WOULDN'T GET
500
00:26:56,916 --> 00:27:00,252
ANY PLACE ANYWHERE
NEAR AS GOOD AS THIS.
501
00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:04,290
CLIMATE CHANGE
AFFECTS THE WHOLE WORLD.
502
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:06,993
BUT WE IN BANGLADESH
ARE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM.
503
00:27:07,026 --> 00:27:10,262
I MEAN, IT'S SORT OF LIKE BEING
A CANARY IN A MINE IN A WAY.
504
00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:12,999
I MEAN, WE -- IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
TO US EARLIER.
505
00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:17,169
AND SO HOW WE ADAPT TO IT
IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL
506
00:27:17,203 --> 00:27:20,773
IN TERMS OF TEACHING
THE REST OF THE WORLD
507
00:27:20,807 --> 00:27:23,776
OF HOW TO DEAL
WITH THESE ISSUES.
508
00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:30,382
AFTER I SAY GOODBYE TO OMAR,
I GO FOR A WALK.
509
00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:34,954
I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING THE CITY
WITH NEW EYES.
510
00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,189
I'M STILL OVERWHELMED
511
00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,192
BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HERE,
512
00:27:40,226 --> 00:27:43,262
AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
WHAT THIS PLACE WILL BE LIKE
513
00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:46,065
WHEN THERE ARE MILLIONS MORE.
514
00:27:46,098 --> 00:27:48,835
IT ALSO OCCURS TO ME
THAT THESE BANGLADESHIS
515
00:27:48,868 --> 00:27:51,771
HAVE DONE ALMOST NOTHING
TO CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING,
516
00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:54,273
ESPECIALLY COMPARED
TO AN AMERICAN LIKE ME.
517
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:59,345
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL HAVE
TO PAY A MUCH STEEPER PRICE.
518
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,856
Damon:
RUPA BASU IS CONVINCED
519
00:28:09,889 --> 00:28:12,424
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO DIE FROM HEAT WAVES
520
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:15,227
IS MUCH HIGHER
THAN ANYONE REALIZES,
521
00:28:15,261 --> 00:28:19,298
AND SHE'S IN L.A.
DIGGING INTO A RECENT HEAT WAVE.
522
00:28:19,331 --> 00:28:23,035
THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS WHERE MOST
DEATH CLASSIFICATIONS GET MADE.
523
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,271
BUT RUPA SAYS HEAT DEATHS
524
00:28:25,304 --> 00:28:27,807
CAN LOOK A LOT LIKE
RUN-OF-THE-MILL HEART ATTACKS,
525
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,276
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS,
EVEN DIABETES.
526
00:28:30,309 --> 00:28:33,179
AND IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
OF THE E.R.,
527
00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:35,414
DOCTORS OFTEN DON'T MAKE
THE CONNECTION
528
00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:37,049
TO THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE.
529
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,886
RUPA ASKED
E.R. DOCTOR MARC FUTERNICK
530
00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:42,288
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT HIS RECORDS.
531
00:28:42,321 --> 00:28:44,523
I PULLED THE PATIENTS
THAT HAD DIED
532
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:46,793
DURING THE STRETCH
OF THE LATEST HEAT WAVE
533
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:49,195
TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE WERE
ANY HEAT-RELATED TRENDS.
534
00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,097
I SAW
A REALLY INTERESTING CASE
535
00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:54,166
THAT I THOUGHT, IN HINDSIGHT,
COULD'VE BEEN HEAT-RELATED,
536
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,869
BUT THERE'S NO MENTION OF THAT
IN THE CHART.
537
00:28:56,903 --> 00:28:59,205
AND SO IT'S THE CASE
OF AN ELDERLY MAN
538
00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:00,439
WHO HAD HAD A STROKE.
539
00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,808
THEY BRING HIM
INTO THE HOSPITAL,
540
00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:03,075
AND HIS TEMPERATURE IS 102.
541
00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:04,944
BUT THE ASSUMPTION
WITH AN ELDERLY PERSON
542
00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:07,213
WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 102
IS THAT THEY HAVE SEPSIS --
543
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:08,815
THEY HAVE
OVERWHELMING INFECTION.
544
00:29:08,848 --> 00:29:10,817
WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING
ABOUT THIS CASE
545
00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:12,785
IS THAT THERE WAS A HEAT WAVE
GOING ON
546
00:29:12,819 --> 00:29:14,353
AND THERE WAS NO REAL SIGN
OF INFECTION
547
00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:16,055
EXCEPT FOR THE TEMPERATURE.
548
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,324
AND IT'S NOT
JUST THIS ONE CASE.
549
00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:21,828
FUTERNICK'S RECORDS SUGGEST
A DISTURBING TREND --
550
00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:24,931
SPIKES IN MAJOR ILLNESSES
DURING HEAT WAVES.
551
00:29:24,964 --> 00:29:27,499
GEORGE LUBER FROM THE CDC
552
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:30,069
SAYS THAT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW EASY IT IS
553
00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:32,972
TO MISDIAGNOSE
A CASE OF HEAT DEATH,
554
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,975
I NEED TO VISIT
THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
555
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:40,512
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY DIES
OF A HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS?
556
00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:43,082
WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE HUMAN BODY?
557
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:47,987
THE BODY LOSES ITS ABILITY
TO REGULATE ITS OWN TEMPERATURE.
558
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:52,158
AND THE BIOCHEMICAL
PROCESSES
559
00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:55,494
THAT KEEP
THE HUMAN BODY GOING
560
00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:58,597
ARE KIND OF PARTICULAR
ABOUT TEMPERATURE.
561
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:01,033
THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES
DON'T WORK AS WELL.
562
00:30:01,067 --> 00:30:02,935
THE TISSUE
STARTS TO BREAK DOWN,
563
00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:07,173
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET
THESE VERY SEVERE SYMPTOMS,
564
00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,374
INCLUDING DEATH.
565
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:10,276
AND HOW FAST
CAN THAT HAPPEN?
566
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,045
I ASK ONLY BECAUSE
I REMEMBER DOING A MOVIE
567
00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:15,381
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO
IN DEATH VALLEY IN JULY.
568
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:18,150
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE RANGERS
TELLING ME THAT WITHOUT WATER,
569
00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:20,052
IF YOU JUST ARE LEFT
TO YOUR OWN DEVICES
570
00:30:20,086 --> 00:30:21,487
IN THE MIDDLE
OF DEATH VALLEY,
571
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,489
YOU KNOW,
A PERFECTLY HEALTHY PERSON
572
00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:27,626
CAN BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
INCREDIBLY QUICKLY.
573
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:30,496
WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN
A FEW CASES
574
00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:34,566
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
PERFECTLY HEALTHY TO BEGIN WITH,
575
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,602
AND, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
576
00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:40,172
THEY GO OUT
IN THE VERY HIGH HEAT
577
00:30:40,206 --> 00:30:44,276
AND EXERCISE VIGOROUSLY
AND DIE.
578
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:48,047
SO YES,
IT CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
579
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,182
Damon: BUT GEORGE SAYS
AN EVEN BIGGER CONCERN
580
00:30:50,216 --> 00:30:52,184
IS WHEN IT HAPPENS SLOWLY.
581
00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:54,420
Luber: YOU MIGHT GO OUTSIDE
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
582
00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:57,056
OR ANOTHER HOT DAY
AND SAY, "I'M OKAY.
583
00:30:57,089 --> 00:30:59,358
I CAN HANDLE THIS
FOR A FEW HOURS."
584
00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:01,593
BUT WHAT MANY PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE
585
00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:04,964
IS THAT LONG-TERM EXPOSURE,
A DAY OR TWO OR THREE,
586
00:31:04,997 --> 00:31:08,534
REALLY STARTS OVERWHELMING,
AND EVEN A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL
587
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:11,570
CAN UNDERESTIMATE THEIR RISK
VERY EASILY.
588
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:14,240
IT'S NOT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE,
IT'S NOT LIKE A TORNADO,
589
00:31:14,273 --> 00:31:16,308
WHERE THAT RISK IS IMMEDIATE
AND SUDDEN.
590
00:31:16,342 --> 00:31:18,110
IT'S CUMULATIVE.
591
00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:20,479
IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONVEY
THAT RISK TO MANY PEOPLE.
592
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,581
HOW MANY CASES
HAVE YOU HAD THIS YEAR?
593
00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:25,184
DO YOU KNOW
OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD?
594
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,585
WELL, AS FAR AS I KNOW,
595
00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:29,355
WE HAVE HAD NOT ANY CASES
THIS YEAR SO FAR.
596
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:31,623
ZERO HEAT-RELATED DEATHS?
597
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,392
IS THAT
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE,
598
00:31:33,425 --> 00:31:35,962
OR DO YOU THINK THAT
WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDERREPORTING
599
00:31:35,995 --> 00:31:38,097
THE NUMBER OF HEAT-RELATED
DEATHS THERE ARE?
600
00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,366
OH, I THINK WE'RE VERY MUCH
UNDERREPORTING THEM.
601
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:44,203
IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY WRITE IT
ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,
602
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,205
WE'D HAVE TO HAVE
SOME FAIRLY SOLID EVIDENCE
603
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:47,673
THAT IT WAS HEAT-RELATED.
604
00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:50,642
IT'S A HARD THING TO BE
SURE ABOUT, IN OTHER WORDS.
605
00:31:50,676 --> 00:31:53,412
YES.
606
00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:02,121
Damon: EVERY DAY,
DOZENS OF BODIES ARRIVE
607
00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:05,057
AT THE L.A. COUNTY CORONER'S
OFFICE.
608
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:10,496
AND FIGURING OUT THE CAUSE
OF DEATH ISN'T ALWAYS EASY.
609
00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,967
Harvey: CARETAKER MADE A VISIT.
NO ANSWER.
610
00:32:15,001 --> 00:32:17,669
MADE CONTACT WITH APARTMENT
MANAGER, WHO CALLED 911.
611
00:32:17,703 --> 00:32:20,006
DECEDENT FOUND
ON LIVING-ROOM FLOOR.
612
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:23,976
NO DOCTOR INFORMATION,
NO NEXT OF KIN.
613
00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:25,444
SHE LIVED ALONE.
614
00:32:25,477 --> 00:32:28,547
WAS PRETTY WARM YESTERDAY.
CERTAINLY WARM TODAY.
615
00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,682
WE'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION
616
00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:34,120
AND MAYBE FIGURE OUT
WHAT TRULY HAPPENED HERE.
617
00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:37,523
Damon: CRAIG HARVEY,
THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR HERE,
618
00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:39,225
SAYS THAT OFTENTIMES,
619
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:41,693
IT'S DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY
A DEATH AS HEAT-RELATED
620
00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:44,430
BECAUSE BY THE TIME
A BODY GETS HERE,
621
00:32:44,463 --> 00:32:47,599
THE TRAIL IS LITERALLY COLD.
622
00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:49,768
UNLESS THE DATA IS CAPTURED
623
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,772
AT THE FRONT END
OF THE INVESTIGATION, IT'S LOST.
624
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:57,043
BECAUSE BY THE TIME
THE DOCTOR DOES THE EXAMINATION,
625
00:32:57,076 --> 00:33:00,646
THE BODY'S GONNA HAVE BEEN
REFRIGERATED AT ABOUT 39 DEGREES
626
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:03,149
FOR THE LAST 18 TO 24 HOURS
OR SO.
627
00:33:03,182 --> 00:33:07,053
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY MISSING
A LOT.
628
00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:10,189
Damon: THE OTHER PROBLEM,
RUPA AND GEORGE LEARN,
629
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:13,059
IS THAT MOST BODIES
NEVER EVEN COME HERE.
630
00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:16,195
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
IS DETERMINED BY A DOCTOR,
631
00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:18,597
NOT THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
632
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:21,600
THERE'S ABOUT 60,000 DEATHS
A YEAR
633
00:33:21,633 --> 00:33:24,136
THAT OCCUR
IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
634
00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:27,206
APPROXIMATELY 20,000
WILL BE REPORTED TO THE CORONER.
635
00:33:27,239 --> 00:33:29,475
TWO-THIRDS OF THE DEATHS
THAT OCCUR IN THIS COUNTY,
636
00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:31,377
WE'LL NEVER SEE.
637
00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:34,546
Damon: EVEN THOUGH THE REAL
NUMBERS ARE HARD TO COME BY,
638
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:37,049
THE CORONER'S OFFICE
IS TAKING THE THREAT
639
00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:40,186
HEAT WAVES POSE TO L.A.
VERY SERIOUSLY.
640
00:33:40,219 --> 00:33:42,054
AT SOME POINT,
641
00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:46,258
I THINK THAT WE MAY WELL HAVE
A VERY BAD HEAT WAVE
642
00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:48,227
AND WE MAY HAVE A LOT OF DEATHS.
643
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:51,797
THAT ACTUALLY IS
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY,
644
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:55,101
WHEN WE REMODELED
THIS BUILDING,
645
00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:58,470
WE PUT IN A MUCH LARGER CRYPT
THAN WE NEED.
646
00:33:58,504 --> 00:34:03,175
SO WE USUALLY HAVE
ABOUT 300 OR SO DECEASED PEOPLE
647
00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:04,543
IN THE CRYPT.
648
00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:10,116
BUT IT WILL HOLD UP TO 500.
649
00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:13,852
Damon:
I'M BEGINNING TO BELIEVE
650
00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:16,622
THAT GEORGE AND RUPA
ARE RIGHT --
651
00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:20,226
THAT MORE PEOPLE DIE OF HEAT
THAN WE REALIZE.
652
00:34:20,259 --> 00:34:21,527
BUT HOW MANY?
653
00:34:22,694 --> 00:34:25,764
RUPA SAYS SHE'S CLOSING IN
ON A NUMBER
654
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:30,068
FOR THE HEAT WAVE THAT HIT L.A.
JUST THIS PAST JULY.
655
00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:04,430
WOW.
656
00:36:13,339 --> 00:36:15,774
Friedman:
AS WE TOUCH DOWN, I'M SHOCKED
657
00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:19,778
THAT A CITY THIS BIG COULD
REALLY BE RUNNING OUT OF WATER.
658
00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:32,758
WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS AS?
659
00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:33,925
ARE WE NORTH?
660
00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:35,761
IT'S SOUTH OF THE NORTH.
661
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:37,329
SO...CENTRAL YEMEN?
662
00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:39,931
CENTRAL YEMEN?
YEAH, CENTRAL YEMEN.
663
00:36:39,965 --> 00:36:42,000
AND THE VILLAGE
WHERE THE FIGHTING WAS?
664
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:43,402
TWO VILLAGES.
665
00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:47,606
ONE IS CALLED QARADH --
Q-A-R-A-D-H.
666
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:49,241
AND THE OTHER WAS?
667
00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:50,742
AL-MARZOUH.
668
00:36:53,845 --> 00:36:58,284
THIS IS THE NO-MAN'S LAND
BETWEEN QARADH AND MARZOUH.
669
00:36:58,317 --> 00:37:02,521
AND FROM HERE,
I CAN THROW A STONE TO MARZOUH
670
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:04,022
AND ANOTHER STONE...
671
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,657
TO QARADH.
672
00:37:05,691 --> 00:37:08,260
IT'S ONLY -- WHAT? --
673
00:37:08,294 --> 00:37:12,264
400 METERS APART OR LESS --
300 METERS, HUH?
674
00:37:12,298 --> 00:37:17,969
I THINK THAT WATER SCARCITY
MAKES PEOPLE CRAZY.
675
00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:20,939
Friedman: FIRST, I MEET
WITH THE LEADERS OF AL-MARZOUH
676
00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:23,709
TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CONFLICT
BECAME SO VIOLENT.
677
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,712
CAN I SEE YOUR DAGGER?
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY COOL.
678
00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:29,315
[ AL-ERYANI SPEAKS ARABIC,
CHUCKLES ]
679
00:37:29,348 --> 00:37:30,682
WHOA.
680
00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:32,951
THAT IS REALLY...
681
00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:35,721
THAT'S A PIECE OF WORK.
682
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,989
I HOPE IT'S ONLY USED
TO CUT FRUIT.
683
00:37:38,023 --> 00:37:39,691
[ LAUGHTER ]
684
00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:41,293
IT'S ONLY DECORATION.
685
00:37:41,327 --> 00:37:43,295
GOTCHA. [ CHUCKLES ]
LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.
686
00:37:43,329 --> 00:37:47,733
IS AHMED ONE OF THE OFFICIAL
LEADERS FROM MARZOUH,
687
00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:50,001
OR IS HE JUST A SPOKESMAN?
688
00:37:50,035 --> 00:37:51,937
YEAH, HE IS THE SHEIKH
AND HE IS THE SPOKESMAN.
689
00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:53,305
GOTCHA.
690
00:37:53,339 --> 00:37:56,508
[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]
691
00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:04,483
13 YEARS AGO,
THIS CONFLICT STARTED.
692
00:38:22,668 --> 00:38:26,104
NEXT, I MEET
THE LEADERS OF QARADH.
693
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:29,375
[ SPEAKING ARABIC ]
694
00:38:30,942 --> 00:38:33,912
WHAT HE'S SAYING
IS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE LIVING
695
00:38:33,945 --> 00:38:36,348
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT.
696
00:38:36,382 --> 00:38:37,949
IT'S ONLY RECENTLY,
697
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:45,090
BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE
AND TOO LITTLE AMOUNT OF WATER.
698
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,670
HE'S SAYING THAT ONE-THIRD
OF THE SPRING IS STILL ON.
699
00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:00,506
TWO-THIRDS IS GONE.
700
00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:14,586
Friedman:
HOW OLD WAS HE?
701
00:39:14,620 --> 00:39:17,656
[ CONVERSING IN ARABIC ]
702
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,491
22. 22 YEARS.
703
00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:21,827
SO HE WAS A CASUALTY
OF THIS WATER CONFLICT?
704
00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:22,828
YEAH.
705
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:25,063
OH, MY GOSH.
I'M SO SORRY.
706
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:42,581
[ BELLS CHIMING ]
707
00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:44,650
Hall:
I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND
708
00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:46,818
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE
IS TIPPING THE SCALES
709
00:39:46,852 --> 00:39:49,521
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY FACING DIFFICULT ODDS.
710
00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:53,058
AND NOW I'M ON MY WAY
TO MEET WITH SOMEONE
711
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:54,993
WHO'S STUDIED THAT EFFECT
UP CLOSE.
712
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,062
Dr. Siddiqi: HELLO!
HI.
713
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:58,664
HI.
TASNEEM. MICHAEL.
714
00:39:58,697 --> 00:40:00,532
WELCOME TO DHAKA.
THANK YOU.
715
00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:01,800
HAVE YOU BEEN
TO A RICKSHAW BEFORE?
716
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,469
NO.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
OKAY.
717
00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:06,605
DR. TASNEEM SIDDIQI
IS A POLITICAL-SCIENCE PROFESSOR
718
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,139
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA.
719
00:40:08,173 --> 00:40:10,742
SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER
720
00:40:10,776 --> 00:40:12,778
OF ITS REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
DIVISION,
721
00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:15,514
AN ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS
FOR MIGRANTS' RIGHTS.
722
00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:24,756
HOW HAS THE ISSUE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE
723
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:26,958
INTERSECTED WITH YOUR WORK
WITH MIGRATION?
724
00:40:26,992 --> 00:40:28,694
IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
725
00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:31,497
WE THOUGHT THAT IT HAS TO BE
STUDIED AND FOUND OUT
726
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:34,833
HOW MUCH MIGRATION
IS CLIMATE-STRESS-RELATED
727
00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:39,104
AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS, YOU KNOW,
OTHER TYPES OF MIGRATION.
728
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:43,809
TASNEEM FOUND THAT 75%
OF THE MIGRANTS IN HER STUDY
729
00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:46,812
MOVED PARTLY BECAUSE OF
CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS
730
00:40:46,845 --> 00:40:51,216
WHICH HAD AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY
TO MAKE A LIVING BACK HOME.
731
00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:54,119
THEIR LIVELIHOOD
ISN'T SUSTAINABLE,
732
00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:56,054
SO THEREFORE,
THEY COME TO DHAKA
733
00:40:56,087 --> 00:40:59,057
SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
A PROPER INCOME.
734
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:01,259
BUT LIVING STANDARD
IS VERY BAD.
735
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,529
THEY DON'T WANT TO
STAY HERE.
736
00:41:03,562 --> 00:41:07,966
I GOT A SENSE OF
THE LIVING CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
737
00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:10,168
BUT TASNEEM SAYS
AN EVEN BIGGER CONCERN
738
00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:12,538
IS THE WORKING CONDITIONS
FOR MIGRANTS.
739
00:41:12,571 --> 00:41:15,607
MANY OF THEM END UP GETTING JOBS
740
00:41:15,641 --> 00:41:17,943
IN THE COUNTRY'S
$20 BILLION GARMENT INDUSTRY,
741
00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:21,813
WHERE THEY OFTEN WORK
FOR LESS THAN $2 A DAY
742
00:41:21,847 --> 00:41:23,749
IN EXTREMELY UNSAFE FACTORIES.
743
00:41:23,782 --> 00:41:27,285
PROOF OF THAT
IS WHAT HAPPENED JUST LAST YEAR
744
00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,020
NOT FAR FROM HERE,
745
00:41:29,054 --> 00:41:31,056
AT THE RANA PLAZA
GARMENT FACTORY.
746
00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:32,891
Man:
IN BANGLADESH TONIGHT,
747
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:35,160
THERE IS A DESPERATE SEARCH
FOR SURVIVORS
748
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:38,764
AFTER A CLOTHING FACTORY
COLLAPSED.
749
00:41:38,797 --> 00:41:41,933
Hall: RANA PLAZA MADE CLOTHES
FOR MANY TOP WESTERN BRANDS.
750
00:41:41,967 --> 00:41:44,135
TO INCREASE PRODUCTION,
751
00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:48,574
THE OWNER ILLEGALLY ADDED FLOORS
AND CRAMMED PEOPLE IN.
752
00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:51,076
Woman: MORE THAN 3,000
FACTORY WORKERS WERE INSIDE
753
00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:53,211
WHEN THE BUILDING COLLAPSED
WEDNESDAY.
754
00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:55,914
Man #2:
377 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
755
00:41:55,947 --> 00:41:59,317
Man: #3:
551 BODIES HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED
756
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,953
FROM THE RUINS
OF THE EIGHT-STORY BUILDING.
757
00:42:01,987 --> 00:42:06,124
Hall: MORE THAN 1,000 WORKERS
DIED IN WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED
758
00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:10,261
ONE OF THE WORST
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HISTORY.
759
00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:16,067
SO, TASNEEM,
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME NOW?
760
00:42:16,101 --> 00:42:19,605
OH, I'M TAKING YOU TO MEET
CLIMATE MIGRANT SHAHIDUL ISLAM.
761
00:42:19,638 --> 00:42:22,674
AND WHY IS HE
AT A REHABILITATION CENTER?
762
00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:25,143
I WAS FOLLOWING HIM
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
763
00:42:25,176 --> 00:42:27,879
HE WAS WORKING IN RANA PLAZA,
YOU KNOW.
764
00:42:27,913 --> 00:42:30,949
AND NOW HE'S TAKING THERAPY
HERE IN THIS CENTER.
765
00:42:30,982 --> 00:42:32,684
HE'S UNDER TREATMENT.
766
00:42:32,718 --> 00:42:34,986
WHAT DOES RANA PLAZA
HAVE TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?
767
00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:37,255
OH, RANA PLAZA ACTUALLY
DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
768
00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:38,857
IS AWARDEDWITH CLIMATE,
769
00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:41,893
BUT THOSE WHO MIGRATE,
THEY END UP IN JOBS LIKE THIS,
770
00:42:41,927 --> 00:42:44,896
WHERE SECURITY AND OTHER THINGS
ARE NOT ENSURED,
771
00:42:44,930 --> 00:42:47,298
SO THAT IS WHY
HE'S HERE.
772
00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:49,200
RIGHT.
773
00:43:04,049 --> 00:43:07,619
SHAHIDUL'S INJURIES
ARE HARD TO LOOK AT.
774
00:43:12,891 --> 00:43:15,193
I FEEL UNPREPARED.
775
00:43:26,271 --> 00:43:27,906
Damon:
THE MORE I LEARN,
776
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:30,141
THE MORE IT SEEMS LIKE HEAT
IS A SILENT KILLER,
777
00:43:30,175 --> 00:43:31,777
ONE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO TRACE.
778
00:43:31,810 --> 00:43:33,912
BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE HINTS
779
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:36,414
OF JUST HOW DEADLY
HEAT WAVES CAN BE.
780
00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:39,885
I STUMBLE ACROSS A STORY
OF A TEENAGER IN ATLANTA
781
00:43:39,918 --> 00:43:41,787
WHO SUCCUMBED TO THE HEAT.
782
00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:44,723
A YEAR AGO TODAY, FOREST JONES
DIED OF HEATSTROKE.
783
00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:47,826
TONIGHT, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
GATHERED TO REMEMBER JONES.
784
00:43:47,859 --> 00:43:50,762
Damon: I'VE HEARD OF RARE CASES
LIKE THIS,
785
00:43:50,796 --> 00:43:54,099
WHERE YOUNG HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETES
DIE ON THE FIELD.
786
00:43:54,132 --> 00:43:56,835
BUT THEN I FIND OUT
THERE WERE FOUR OTHER KIDS
787
00:43:56,868 --> 00:44:00,071
THAT DIED IN THE SOUTHEAST
WITHIN THE SAME TWO-WEEK PERIOD.
788
00:44:00,105 --> 00:44:03,709
I'D NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING
LIKE THAT BEFORE.
789
00:44:03,742 --> 00:44:06,845
IT TURNS OUT HEAT IS
THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
790
00:44:06,878 --> 00:44:08,346
FOR HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETES.
791
00:44:08,379 --> 00:44:10,081
AMONG FOOTBALL PLAYERS,
792
00:44:10,115 --> 00:44:14,152
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS HAS TRIPLED
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
793
00:44:20,959 --> 00:44:23,294
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
794
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:33,004
Damon: FOREST JONES DIED DURING
ONE OF THE HOTTEST SUMMERS
795
00:44:33,038 --> 00:44:36,674
ANYONE CAN REMEMBER
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
796
00:44:57,028 --> 00:45:00,298
THE HEAT EXPOSURE
THAT EVENTUALLY KILLED FOREST
797
00:45:00,331 --> 00:45:02,934
MAY HAVE STARTED
DAYS BEFORE HE COLLAPSED.
798
00:45:02,968 --> 00:45:05,136
IT GRADUALLY OVERWHELMED HIM.
799
00:45:05,170 --> 00:45:07,272
BUT NOBODY NOTICED THE SIGNS.
800
00:45:07,305 --> 00:45:10,075
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS JUST TIRED
FROM PRACTICE.
801
00:45:43,474 --> 00:45:47,478
FOREST'S STORY DRIVES HOME
JUST HOW DANGEROUS IT IS
802
00:45:47,512 --> 00:45:50,481
WHEN WE DON'T TAKE HEAT
SERIOUSLY.
803
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,488
BY THE TIME
I CATCH UP AGAIN WITH RUPA,
804
00:45:57,522 --> 00:46:00,358
SHE'S CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS
AND COME TO A CONCLUSION
805
00:46:00,391 --> 00:46:03,428
ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE
ACTUALLY DIED HERE IN L.A.
806
00:46:03,461 --> 00:46:06,364
DURING THE MOST RECENT
HEAT WAVE.
807
00:46:06,397 --> 00:46:08,466
TO ARRIVE AT THIS NUMBER,
808
00:46:08,499 --> 00:46:12,303
RUPA COLLECTED DEATH RECORDS
FROM EVERY IMAGINABLE SOURCE
809
00:46:12,337 --> 00:46:15,506
AND LOOKED FOR HEART ATTACKS,
ANEURYSMS, STROKES --
810
00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:19,978
ALL THE CASES THAT MIGHT BE
HEAT DEATHS IN DISGUISE.
811
00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:22,380
WHAT SHE FOUND WAS A BIG SPIKE
IN THOSE CASES
812
00:46:22,413 --> 00:46:24,850
AS THE THERMOMETER CLIMBED.
813
00:46:24,883 --> 00:46:28,987
AFTER SOME SIMPLE STATISTICS TO
ELIMINATE OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSES,
814
00:46:29,020 --> 00:46:30,355
SHE HAD HER NUMBER.
815
00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:33,524
I JUST LOOKED AT THE PERIOD
FROM JUNE 15th
816
00:46:33,558 --> 00:46:35,260
TILL ABOUT JULY 15th.
817
00:46:35,293 --> 00:46:38,496
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS,
WE BASICALLY FOUND
818
00:46:38,529 --> 00:46:41,933
THAT THERE WERE
ABOUT 170 DEATHS --
819
00:46:41,967 --> 00:46:44,002
EXCESS DEATHS
DURING THIS TIME.
820
00:46:44,035 --> 00:46:45,136
EXCESS DEATHS?
821
00:46:45,170 --> 00:46:46,972
SO 170 MORE PEOPLE DIED...
822
00:46:47,005 --> 00:46:48,039
YEAH.
823
00:46:48,073 --> 00:46:49,340
...JUST OVER
THIS ONE MONTH,
824
00:46:49,374 --> 00:46:52,277
BUT PRIMARILY
IN THIS FIVE-DAY CHUNK OF TIME?
825
00:46:52,310 --> 00:46:54,079
AND JUST IN LOS ANGELES.
826
00:46:54,112 --> 00:46:55,280
AND JUST IN L.A.
827
00:46:55,313 --> 00:46:56,381
YEAH. SO...
828
00:46:56,414 --> 00:46:58,549
WOW.
829
00:46:58,583 --> 00:47:01,152
SO 170 PEOPLE, JUST HERE,
830
00:47:01,186 --> 00:47:03,188
JUST FOR THAT SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME.
831
00:47:03,221 --> 00:47:06,191
IF YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT
THE WORLD, ALL THE CITIES
832
00:47:06,224 --> 00:47:08,426
AND THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF CITIES IN THE WORLD...
833
00:47:08,459 --> 00:47:10,628
AND THINK OF
THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
834
00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:12,998
RIGHT. RIGHT.
THAT'S JUST THIS SUMMER.
835
00:47:13,031 --> 00:47:15,566
RIGHT, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
836
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:16,968
WOW.
837
00:47:17,002 --> 00:47:18,870
AND THIS HEAT WAVE,
WHILE IT WAS SEVERE,
838
00:47:18,904 --> 00:47:22,140
THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN OTHER
HEAT WAVES EVEN MORE SEVERE.
839
00:47:22,173 --> 00:47:26,878
AND WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY SEE
MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
840
00:47:26,912 --> 00:47:30,348
RUPA TELLS ME THAT HEAT WAVES
IN THE UNITED STATES
841
00:47:30,381 --> 00:47:34,652
ALREADY KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN
HURRICANES, FLOODS, TORNADOES --
842
00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:38,123
IN FACT, MORE THAN ALL
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS COMBINED.
843
00:47:38,156 --> 00:47:40,591
AND THAT'S BASED
ON THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS.
844
00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:42,360
HER RESEARCH SUGGESTS
845
00:47:42,393 --> 00:47:45,997
THAT HEAT IS ACTUALLY KILLING
THOUSANDS MORE.
846
00:47:46,031 --> 00:47:47,465
WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
847
00:47:47,498 --> 00:47:49,467
AND IF THAT SEEMS
HARD TO BELIEVE,
848
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:52,537
CONSIDER WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING
IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
849
00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:56,107
Man: EUROPE IS EXPERIENCING
SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES
850
00:47:56,141 --> 00:48:00,078
RECORDED THERE
IN THE LAST 150 YEARS.
851
00:48:00,111 --> 00:48:04,282
Damon: IN 2003, AN UNPRECEDENTED
HEAT WAVE STRUCK EUROPE,
852
00:48:04,315 --> 00:48:06,952
KILLING UP TO 70,000 PEOPLE.
853
00:48:06,985 --> 00:48:08,553
Man #2:
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED
854
00:48:08,586 --> 00:48:10,221
THAT UNDERTAKERS
ARE STORING BODIES
855
00:48:10,255 --> 00:48:11,957
IN A REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE.
856
00:48:11,990 --> 00:48:13,959
Damon:
AROUND THE SAME TIME,
857
00:48:13,992 --> 00:48:16,962
INDIA HAD DEADLY HEAT WAVES
TWO SUMMERS IN A ROW
858
00:48:16,995 --> 00:48:19,330
THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES
OF THOUSANDS.
859
00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:23,634
AND DURING A HEAT WAVE IN RUSSIA
AND EASTERN EUROPE IN 2010,
860
00:48:23,668 --> 00:48:25,503
55,000 WERE KILLED.
861
00:48:25,536 --> 00:48:29,607
RUSSIA IS SWELTERING THROUGH ITS
HOTTEST SUMMER IN LIVING MEMORY.
862
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,943
Damon:
AND THE REALLY SCARY PART --
863
00:48:31,977 --> 00:48:34,645
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY
THESE EVENTS WILL BECOME
864
00:48:34,679 --> 00:48:37,949
MORE AND MORE FREQUENT
AS GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES.
865
00:48:37,983 --> 00:48:41,386
IT'S THE WORST HEAT WAVE
TO HIT CHINA IN 140 YEARS,
866
00:48:41,419 --> 00:48:43,388
LEAVING DOZENS OF PEOPLE DEAD.
867
00:48:43,421 --> 00:48:45,256
AUSTRALIA IS A NIGHTMARE.
868
00:48:45,290 --> 00:48:48,259
THE DEATH TOLL --
AT LEAST 170 AND RISING.
869
00:48:48,293 --> 00:48:51,296
AS MANY AS 10,000 PEOPLE
MAY HAVE DIED.
870
00:48:57,502 --> 00:48:59,237
Damon:
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY
871
00:48:59,270 --> 00:49:02,007
WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
AN EXTREMELY HOT EVENT NOW --
872
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,343
ONE SO HOT, IT ONLY COMES
ONCE EVERY 20 YEARS --
873
00:49:05,376 --> 00:49:09,280
WILL HAPPEN EVERY OTHER YEAR
BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.
874
00:49:22,327 --> 00:49:25,430
Friedman: THIS IS MY LAST STOP
BEFORE I LEAVE YEMEN --
875
00:49:25,463 --> 00:49:28,133
THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE LATEST
VICTIM OF THE WATER CONFLICT
876
00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:29,534
IS RECOVERING.
877
00:49:29,567 --> 00:49:34,439
WELL, THIS IS MOHAMED QAID,
WHO IS FROM QARADH.
878
00:49:34,472 --> 00:49:40,211
HE WAS HIT WITH THREE BULLETS
MAYBE THREE, FOUR DAYS AGO.
879
00:49:40,245 --> 00:49:42,147
AND HE SURVIVED.
880
00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:56,261
[ COUGHING ]
881
00:50:01,299 --> 00:50:03,334
THEY HAVE BINOCULARS,
SO THEY SEE PEOPLE.
882
00:50:03,368 --> 00:50:04,535
SO IT'S LIKE A SNIPER.
883
00:50:04,569 --> 00:50:06,337
SNIPER, YEAH.
[ SPEAKS ARABIC ]
884
00:50:06,371 --> 00:50:08,206
ALL OVER A FIGHT
OVER WATER?
885
00:50:20,618 --> 00:50:23,288
THERE IS NO POLITICS
OR ANYTHING.
886
00:50:23,321 --> 00:50:25,090
ALL JUST FOR THE WATER.
887
00:50:25,123 --> 00:50:26,757
THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
888
00:50:26,791 --> 00:50:28,193
[ GROANS ]
889
00:50:28,226 --> 00:50:30,161
WE NEED TO LEAVE HIM REST.
890
00:50:30,195 --> 00:50:33,298
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FEEL BETTER.
891
00:50:33,331 --> 00:50:35,133
Friedman:
AS WE DEPART,
892
00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:37,768
I'M STILL FINDING IT HARD TO
BELIEVE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE,
893
00:50:37,802 --> 00:50:40,071
EVEN THOUGH I'VE SEEN IT
WITH MY OWN EYES.
894
00:50:41,772 --> 00:50:43,474
[ SHOUTS IN ARABIC ]
895
00:50:49,747 --> 00:50:53,518
IN AMERICA, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE,
896
00:50:53,551 --> 00:50:56,587
WE THINK ABOUT STRUGGLES
FOR MONEY AND POWER
897
00:50:56,621 --> 00:50:59,390
OR CLASHES OVER RELIGION
AND IDEOLOGY.
898
00:50:59,424 --> 00:51:02,460
BUT TO ME, THERE IS SOMETHING
UNIQUELY TERRIFYING
899
00:51:02,493 --> 00:51:05,396
ABOUT PEOPLE KILLING EACH OTHER
900
00:51:05,430 --> 00:51:09,367
OVER SOMETHING
AS FUNDAMENTAL AS WATER,
901
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,270
BECAUSE THAT IS A FIGHT
FOR SURVIVAL.
902
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:19,110
AND IF YEMEN IS A PREVIEW OF
WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS IN STORE
903
00:51:19,144 --> 00:51:20,545
FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD,
904
00:51:20,578 --> 00:51:23,714
IT COULD BECOME A FIGHT
FOR SURVIVAL
905
00:51:23,748 --> 00:51:25,750
ON A TERRIFYING SCALE.
906
00:51:32,490 --> 00:51:34,825
[ HORNS HONKING ]
907
00:51:36,661 --> 00:51:39,230
[ MAN SPEAKING BENGALI ]
908
00:51:39,264 --> 00:51:41,599
HE'S SAYING
THAT WE ARE NEXT TO RANA PLAZA.
909
00:51:41,632 --> 00:51:44,569
"ONE DAY, THERE WAS THE BUILDING
WHERE I USED TO WORK.
910
00:51:44,602 --> 00:51:46,804
"NOW NOTHING IS THERE.
NOTHING IS THERE.
911
00:51:46,837 --> 00:51:50,107
I DON'T KNOW
HOW GOD SAVED ME."
912
00:51:58,483 --> 00:52:02,787
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
FROM THAT DAY?
913
00:52:11,296 --> 00:52:13,664
HE'S SAYING,
HOURS AFTER HOURS,
914
00:52:13,698 --> 00:52:16,567
HE WAS SHOUTING
THAT "PLEASE HELP ME.
915
00:52:16,601 --> 00:52:19,604
"EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO
CHOP MY LEG OFF, DO THAT.
916
00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:22,840
BUT I WANT TO SEE THE WORLD.
I WANT TO BE ALIVE."
917
00:52:22,873 --> 00:52:26,444
SO THEN THEY REALLY WORKED
WITH HIM FOR THREE HOURS
918
00:52:26,477 --> 00:52:29,480
TO TAKE OUT ALL THE RODS
FROM HIS BODY,
919
00:52:29,514 --> 00:52:31,482
AND THEN THEY RESCUED HIM.
920
00:52:31,516 --> 00:52:34,285
HOW MUCH TIME PASSED
BETWEEN THE BUILDING'S COLLAPSE
921
00:52:34,319 --> 00:52:35,686
AND YOUR BEING FOUND?
922
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:37,555
[ SPEAKING BENGALI ]
923
00:52:37,588 --> 00:52:40,825
AFTER EIGHT HOURS.
924
00:52:40,858 --> 00:52:42,593
[ SPEAKING BENGALI ]
925
00:52:42,627 --> 00:52:49,500
HE HAD A PERSON WHO ALREADY
EXPIRED JUST BESIDE HIM.
926
00:52:49,534 --> 00:52:50,868
OHH.
927
00:52:57,308 --> 00:52:58,909
Hall:
BECAUSE OF HIS INJURIES,
928
00:52:58,943 --> 00:53:02,380
SHAHIDUL CAN'T DO
A PHYSICAL JOB ANYMORE.
929
00:53:02,413 --> 00:53:05,750
HE'LL NEED TO FIND A CAREER
WHERE HE CAN SIT DOWN.
930
00:53:05,783 --> 00:53:08,919
[ CONVERSING IN BENGALI ]
931
00:53:08,953 --> 00:53:10,288
HE'S NOT FEELING GOOD.
932
00:53:10,321 --> 00:53:11,456
HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE HERE
ANYMORE.
933
00:53:11,489 --> 00:53:12,923
YEAH.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
934
00:53:12,957 --> 00:53:17,562
AT THE REHAB CENTER,
HE'S LEARNING TO USE A COMPUTER.
935
00:53:21,532 --> 00:53:23,301
GIVEN EVERYTHING
HE'S BEEN THROUGH,
936
00:53:23,334 --> 00:53:28,506
I'M AMAZED BY HIS OPTIMISM,
DRIVE, AND HOPE.
937
00:53:28,539 --> 00:53:32,543
WHEN WE SIT DOWN TOGETHER,
I WANT TO FINALLY HEAR THE STORY
938
00:53:32,577 --> 00:53:35,813
OF WHY SHAHIDUL LEFT HIS HOME
IN THE SOUTH.
939
00:53:49,427 --> 00:53:53,564
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT ANY
OF YOUR FOUR YOUNGER SIBLINGS
940
00:53:53,598 --> 00:53:57,001
WILL CHOOSE OR BE REQUIRED
TO MIGRATE AS WELL?
941
00:54:07,612 --> 00:54:09,347
HOW OLD IS HE NOW?
942
00:54:10,615 --> 00:54:12,417
Dr. Siddiqi:
11. HE'S NOW 11.
943
00:54:12,450 --> 00:54:14,719
BUT GRADUALLY,
HE MIGHT HAVE TO.
YES.
944
00:54:14,752 --> 00:54:20,891
WHEN YOU FIRST CAME,
DID YOU MISS BEING HOME, AND...
945
00:54:20,925 --> 00:54:22,460
DO YOU MISS IT NOW?
946
00:54:22,493 --> 00:54:25,296
[ CONVERSING IN BENGALI ]
947
00:54:25,330 --> 00:54:28,733
SO, HE MISSED HIS MOTHER
THE MOST.
948
00:54:28,766 --> 00:54:30,468
[ LAUGHS ]
949
00:54:30,501 --> 00:54:32,770
Hall:
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT SHAHIDUL
950
00:54:32,803 --> 00:54:35,673
WAS A VICTIM OF BAD LUCK --
951
00:54:35,706 --> 00:54:38,776
BEING IN THAT FACTORY
ON THAT DAY,
952
00:54:38,809 --> 00:54:41,078
BEING IN THE PATH
OF THE TWO CYCLONES
953
00:54:41,111 --> 00:54:43,748
THAT FORCED HIM
TO LEAVE HIS HOME.
954
00:54:43,781 --> 00:54:45,916
BUT HOW CAN YOU ARGUE
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
955
00:54:45,950 --> 00:54:50,355
ISN'T STACKING THE DECK
AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE HIM?
956
00:54:50,388 --> 00:54:53,057
AND NOW I WANT TO SEE
WHAT LIFE IS REALLY LIKE
957
00:54:53,090 --> 00:54:56,594
WHERE SHAHIDUL CAME FROM --
IN THE SOUTH,
958
00:54:56,627 --> 00:54:59,063
WHICH I'M STARTING TO THINK OF
AS THE FRONT LINE
959
00:54:59,096 --> 00:55:01,566
IN THIS COUNTRY'S BATTLE
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
960
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,033
I WANTED TO ASK YOU
961
00:55:03,067 --> 00:55:06,937
IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING
TO TAKE ME TO YOUR VILLAGE.
962
00:55:06,971 --> 00:55:08,739
I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT.
963
00:55:08,773 --> 00:55:13,544
[ CONVERSING IN BENGALI ]
964
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,384
Dr. Siddiqi: HE WILL TAKE YOU.
HE WILL TAKE YOU TO HIS VILLAGE.
965
00:55:19,417 --> 00:55:21,552
[ SPEAKING BENGALI ]
966
00:55:21,586 --> 00:55:24,522
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. [ LAUGHS ]
967
00:55:24,555 --> 00:55:26,824
Hall:
SHAHIDUL LEAVES FIRST.
968
00:55:26,857 --> 00:55:29,827
I'LL MEET BACK UP WITH HIM
IN A FEW DAYS.
969
00:55:31,629 --> 00:55:35,500
A BUS RIDE HOME
WOULD TAKE HIM OVER 10 HOURS.
970
00:55:35,533 --> 00:55:37,902
SO I BOUGHT HIM A PLANE TICKET
971
00:55:37,935 --> 00:55:39,904
THAT WILL GET HIM THERE
IN 45 MINUTES.
972
00:55:39,937 --> 00:55:43,641
IT WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME
ON A PLANE...
973
00:55:43,674 --> 00:55:47,778
AND PROBABLY THE BEST $60
I'VE EVER SPENT.
974
00:55:47,812 --> 00:55:49,847
[ ENGINES HUMMING ]
975
00:56:11,035 --> 00:56:14,171
Woman: "IN A PERFECT WORLD,
DEATH WOULD NEVER BE.
976
00:56:14,204 --> 00:56:17,708
"LOVE WOULD BE FOREVER
AND LAST ETERNITY.
977
00:56:17,742 --> 00:56:21,111
"IN A PERFECT WORLD,
YOU'D STILL BE BY OUR SIDE,
978
00:56:21,145 --> 00:56:23,481
"LIGHTING UP OUR HAPPY LIVES.
979
00:56:23,514 --> 00:56:25,716
YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE DIED."
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