Coming up on today’s show:
Despite not having a new center to locate homeless persons, the city of Atlanta is closing its last so-called “shelter of last resort” in the city, which take in anyone, with almost no exceptions. Chuck Steffen, chair of the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, joins The Takeaway to explain the real root of the problem when it comes to homeless populations.
The National Weather Service issued a dire warning about Hurricane Harvey this weekend, saying “this event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.” Louis Uccellini is leading the agency as Director of the National Weather Service. He explains why this weather event is so unprecedented.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.