Regular insurance is great for your standard day-to-day risks,
but for those once-in-a-generation catastrophes,
countries like Jamaica have made other preparations.
We all realize that hurricanes are inevitable,
and we can't just sit here and hope we have to be proactive.
On Planet Money, how Jamaica weathered the worst hurricane in the country's history with a bet.
Planet Money, listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey there, it's Tamara Keith.
And before we start the show today,
I just want to take a moment to talk about the vital role of public media.
Public media was founded to provide news and information to everyone for free,
to tell the stories of all our communities across the country.
But as of this fall, federal funding for public media,
including NPR and local NPR stations, has been eliminated.
Despite that, we remain committed to this work.
This year, the NPR Politics Podcast has covered all the big news coming out of Washington,
like the economy, immigration, health care,
And just as important,
we connect those policies to what's happening in towns and cities across the country,
from the factory floor to the grocery aisle.