Tues 9/10/13 at Noon & 7PM: One year ago, the Red Cross of Vermont and the New Hampshire Upper Valley started a program to train and equip towns to set up their own emergency shelters, an experience familiar to some towns during Tropical Storm Irene. Doug Bishop of the Red Cross updates us on the 40 towns that have participated in the Local Disaster Shelter Initiative's first year.
Also, Chester resident Emily Dakin. She's country director for Iraq for the International Rescue Committee, which has been providing humanitarian aid for refugees from the conflict in Syria. We learn what she’s observed in her work there.
And, music from Brattleboro native son Sam Amidon. He's just beginning a North American tour in support of his new album, "Bright Sunny South."
