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Jared Radbell

Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; pulmonologist specializing in interstitial lung disease and ARDS.

Sep 1, 2026

4:50
So it's really all interconnected of how these extreme weather events and climate change can impact our health care infrastructure.
4:57
Yeah, I think in the report, we quoted that roughly one in three hospitals are in, you know, a low enough line region within the US, they're at risk of flooding for, you know, any type of major tropical storm or hurricane.
5:14
I've had personal experience with this as a resident.
5:18
I evacuated my hospital twice during residency from 2011 to 2014.
5:23
So it's over a decade ago at this point.
5:26
I'm getting old.
5:28
And basically this was due to the result of hurricanes Irene and Sandy.

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10:41
So what are the key takeaways on what we can do?

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