6:30 LRN Newscast August 15

In a survey of one-thousand Louisiana residents, 71 percent of the respondents believe in climate change. Restore the Mississippi River Delta conducted the poll and pollster Greg Rigamer says the percentage of those who believe in climate change varies between regions.
Cut 7 (11) “…58-percent.”
68 percent of respondents agree that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent.

CenturyLinkQuote has determined Louisiana is the safest state for children to go online. Spokesperson Elaine Thompson says Louisiana has a lot of laws on the books to protect kids..
cut 11 (09) “….than 10 laws”
Louisiana has one of the lowest victim rates for those under 20 at just five-percent.

It’s been a month since a named storm has formed in the Atlantic Basin despite high sea surface temperatures and a non-existent El Nino. Kevin Barnhart asked our state climatologist what’s going on…
Cut 3 (30) “…I’m Kevin barnhart”