Joanne McKenna
City Councillor At-Large for the City of Revere, Massachusetts; retired Revere Public Schools teacher with 33 years of service focused on community resilience and environmental initiatives.
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Jul 6, 2026
SineadHOST
Outline how the Red Cross works with communities to try and be better prepared.
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I kind of always think when an emergency happens, that's day one, that's ground zero.
Joanne McKennaGUEST
And for many people, there are weeks and months ahead where they're dealing with a whole raft of problems.
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People's lives will never be the same after experiencing a major weather event.
Joanne McKennaGUEST
Things that you never thought of in the past suddenly you become acutely aware of.
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SineadHOST
And Joanne you mentioned earlier you know about there's no two cases the same and even when we're talking about you know an individual or a family, what their basic needs are.