As homeowners in the affected areas clean up after Thursday's storm, alot of them are going to be calling their insurance companies to find out what damage is covered and what's not.

Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny has some advice for consumers.

He spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

As New Hampshire grows we’re learning more about the hazards facing water quantity, quality and infrastructure and are exploring new ways to combat them. Hydrologists, environmentalist, inventors, and water groups are working hard on this effort, thinking up new technologies, new ideas and new plans so we’ll have enough clean potable water for our future. We conclude our series by exploring the future of our state’s drinking water and what some in the state are doing about it.

We'll also get an update on the storms that hit New Hampshire yesterday.

Guests

• Harry Stewart, Water Division Director at the Department of Environmental Services
• Brian Goetz, consultant for Weston and Sampson, a Portsmouth-based water treatment and wastewater design and consulting company and current president of New Hampshire’s Water Works Association

We'll also hear from

• Gregg Champlin, Deputy Public Information Officer for the New Hampshire Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Dean Kamen, founder and owner of DEKA Research and Development Corporation in Manchester; he has invented a water purification device called the Slingshot that can take any kind of polluted water and transfer it to potable water by using minimal energy
• David Paris, Water Supply Administrator for Manchester Water Works Water Treatment Plant
• John Edgar, Community Development Director for the town of Meredith

Authorities confirm that one person has died and dozens of homes have been damaged as a result of the storms that smashed through New Hampshire today.

To give us an update on the damage, we turn to Jim Van Dongen at the Office of Emergency Management.

Most actors will tell you that drama is easy - that the hardest thing to do well is comedy.

Humor lives in the moment and the more you take it apart, the less humorous it becomes. But despite the fact that jokes have been around for thousands of years, there has never really been a scholarly understanding of this art form. In his new book, "Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes," author Jim Holt examines the origins of this art form and how it has evolved over the centuries.

Jim is a contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and a collector of jokes. He joins Word of Mouth with more on the history and evolution of the joke.

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