This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum process a storm of historical proportions, Hurricane Milton. The storm recalls the trauma of Hurricane Katrina and the misinformation that targeted the Black community during that disaster which led to so many unnecessary deaths. Now we’re seeing more misinformation than ever–what lessons do we draw from Katrina and how do we avoid the worst with Milton? 

FEMA Rumor Response: www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-helene/rumor-response

Florida Division of Emergency on X/Twitter : https://x.com/FLSERT

Florida Shelter Info: https://www.floridadisaster.org/shelter-status

Uber also has been offering free rides to a shelter. The Uber code is MILTONRELIEF.

MORE DISASTER RESOURCES BELOW

And Tiffany shares a story about getting put into a confrontational interview in front of high school students, at an event where she found herself surrounded by unfriendly white conservatives. How do we act when we find ourselves in what feels like an alternate universe (with alternate facts)? 

And of course we’ll hear from you, our #NLPFam listeners. If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/. 

We are 26 days away from the election. Welcome home y’all! 

MORE DISASTER RESOURCES:

Hillsborough County has charter buses that have been running, including in various neighborhoods in Tampa, to help people get into shelters.Information about the schedule is on www.floridadisaster.org. The county just opened more shelters. The list of shelters can be found on the county’s website at https://hcfl.gov

People can call 1-800-729-3413 evacuation assistance between 7 AM to 7 PM.

Also, FEMA has an Office of Civil Rights to make sure that people are receiving the help they need fairly. They can call the resource line at (833) 286-7448. They can reach out to Fentrice.Driskell@myfloridahouse.gov and staff will help get them connected to the right resources.

South Carolina Emergency Management: https://www.scemd.org/

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Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. 

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