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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

That was the questionon my mind when I found out about a disasterpreparedness conference...

That was the question
on my mind when I found out about a disaster
preparedness conference taking place just two states,
one floodplain, and one seismic fault line
away from Chicago, in Paducah, Kentucky

Full Transcript

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That was the question on my mind when I found out
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about a disaster preparedness conference
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taking place just two states, one floodplain,
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and one seismic fault line away from Chicago,
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in Paducah, Kentucky.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:24
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Kartemquin Films,Judith Helfand Productions

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Movie Summary

A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.
We're talking about ice storms, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
We're talking about ice storms,
We've got people from FEMA here, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
We've got people from FEMA here,
- [laughs] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- [laughs]
It's-- - Six Midwest states, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
It's-- - Six Midwest states,
All the bridges you crossed getting here will all be gone. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
All the bridges you crossed getting here will all be gone.
- Lightning has killed at least 67 people in the United States. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- Lightning has killed at least 67 people in the United Stat...
[electricity buzzing] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
[electricity buzzing]
It's for communities who are stable enough - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
It's for communities who are stable enough
- But what if you can't even conceive of a to-go kit - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- But what if you can't even conceive of a to-go kit
This is the disaster that I started working on. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
This is the disaster that I started working on.
These gray areas are the poorest - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
These gray areas are the poorest
What if we redefine disaster as extreme pernicious poverty? - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
What if we redefine disaster as extreme pernicious poverty?
[both chuckle] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
[both chuckle]
And even though I knew I might be putting some people - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
And even though I knew I might be putting some people
Isn't there a way to just think about economic development - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
Isn't there a way to just think about economic developm...
- If you're asking me, can emergency management - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
- If you're asking me, can emergency management
In fact, the FEMA regulations say, "Like it was." - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
In fact, the FEMA regulations say, "Like it was."
- I wondered about that term, "like it was." - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- I wondered about that term, "like it was."
So when General Heltzel invited me - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
So when General Heltzel invited me
The mission: to be ready for the massive earthquake - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
The mission: to be ready for the massive earthquake