This week on HearSay, April 14-18, 2008
Monday, April 14
From the Headlines: Riding the Storm Out
Forecasters are predicting a well-above-average 2008 hurricane season. Meanwhile, a new study from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prompted Virginia agencies to update the state's hurricane evacuation plans for the Hampton Roads area. we'll talk about what that means for you on today's HearSay with Michael Cline, State Coordinator of Emergency Management, Professor Eelco Dykstra,Professor of International Emergency Management at the George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, and WAVY-TV Meteorologist Don Slater.
www.readyvirginia.gov
http://www.preparehr.org/Website/
http://www.vdem.state.va.us/threats/hurricane/factsheet_coastal.cfm
www.aen911.com
2008 Azalea Festival Symposium
'Are we ready for a Katrina over Hampton Roads?'
April 15-16, 2008
Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Va. and
Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center, Suffolk, Va.
http://www.act.nato.int/content.asp?pageid=1249
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Tuesday, April 15
Unnatural Causes
A new PBS series looks at what’s making us sick in the first place, including new findings that suggest there is much more to poor health than bad habits, inadequate health care or unlucky genes. We'll discuss how the social circumstances in which we are born, live and work can affect our risk for disease.
UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK?
WHRO TV 15
Thursday, April 17th, 10:00-11:00pm
http://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses
www.whro.org
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Wednesday, April 16
Virginia Tech: One Year Later
On the one year anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Americans will come together across the nation to remember those who lost their lives to gun violence on the Blacksburg campus. Through light, art and music the Virginia Tech community will gather to honor friends, colleagues and family members.
http://www.remembrance.vt.edu
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Thursday, April 17
Pet Health
HearSay's favorite veterinarian Phyllis Neumann joins us in the studio to talk about your pet problems. Call in with your questions on all things furry, feathered, and finned.
www.toddslanevet.com
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Friday, April 18
James Gilmore
We continue a series of conversations with those who have announced their candidacy for the US Senate now that veteran Senator John Warner has announced his retirement. Joining us live in our studio today is James Gilmore. He was elected Virginia Attorney General in 1993 and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1997. A supporter of tax cuts, limited government, gun rights and a strong homeland security policy, you can call in with your questions for former Governor Gilmore today on HearSay.
http://www.jimgilmoreforsenate.com
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