The Story

Cities and towns across the Midwest are mopping up and thinking about their options after the floods. Should they rebuild? What will it take to rebuild an entire town? Irene McIntosh knows. Irene is a resident of  D'Iberville, Mississippi. The town of D'Iberville was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. But this past weekend, residents there celebrated the end of their rebuilding efforts. Also in this episode, Amy Lathrop is a herpetologist: she works with amphibians and reptiles in their habitats. Her work brings her to Vietnam, where this past May she was photographing frogs in an extremely remote jungle.While on the trail, she came across a green snake—a "Christmas present" she called it, given how difficult it is to find them in the wild. When she tried to photograph it, the snake bit her.