"The key to disaster survival? friends and neighbor" by Shankar Vedanta questions

What does Michinori Watanabe’s story add to the broadcast? (b) Evaluate Is it important to hear Watanabe’s firsthand account translated for an English audience? Explain.
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What information does Emily Chamlee-Wright provide? (b) Draw a Conclusion: Why do you think Shankar Vedantam includes the economist’s thoughts after the stories of people in disaster situations?

The central idea is reiterated at the end of the broadcast. How does the story of the fishing villages contribute to the central idea?

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Aldrich's findings show that ambulances and firetrucks and government aid are not the principal ways most people survive during — and recover after — a disaster. His data suggest that while official help is useful — in clearing the water and getting the power back on in a place such as New Orleans after Katrina, for example — government interventions cannot bring neighborhoods back, and most emergency responders take far too long to get to the scene of a disaster to save many lives. Rather, it is the personal ties among members of a community that determine survival during a disaster, and recovery in its aftermath.

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