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We take a look back at a 2003 LOE documentary that predicted the kind of storm surge that hit New York City. We update the story with a scientist featured in that report, currently flooded out of his New York area home.
We revisit a Living on Earth documentary reported by John Rudolph in 2003 that examined storm surges and other potential effects of climate change on New York City. Then Klaus Jacob, senior research scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, featured in the original story, talks to host Steve Curwood from his flooded home on the Hudson River.