1. As of the writing of this news report, how many people had lost their lives from Hurricane Helene?

2. List the states affected by the hurricane.

3. When/where will Presidents Biden and Trump and Vice President Harris visit the areas affected by the storm?

4. What area had the highest amount of overall rainfall?

5. In addition to the tragic loss of lives, what damage was done by the storm?

6. a) People are still missing/being rescued in some remote locations where roads have cut them off from help. What is estimated to be the cost of property damage across the states from the storm?
b) What will be the overall economic loss from the storm?

7. Watch the videos under "Resources."

a) The longshoreman's union from the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports voted to go on strike October 1. Fifty percent of all shipped goods (including construction materials and automobiles) arrive into these ports.
How do you think the strike will affect rebuilding efforts?

b) In the Fox Business video, host Stuart Varney suggests President Biden should invoke the Taft-Hartley Act (which would pause the strike and bring workers back to work temporarily). When asked if he would do so, Biden said he wouldn't because he doesn't believe in the Taft-Hartley Act.
What do you think? Should President Biden invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to get the dockworkers back to work while they are negotiating a new contract? Explain your answer.

c) The union says they want their fair share. They say the companies make billions but dockworkers don't make enough.
Consider what union president Harold Daggett said about the strike in the video.  What are your thoughts after hearing this, especially in light of the devastation experienced by many Americans as a result of the hurricane (and also the truck drivers, farmers, small businesses and average Americans who will also be hurt by the strike).