With Hurricane Florence recently departing, I look at a paper that shows how having our service to the public as an outlet for expressing the outcome of our forecasting efforts may actually be saving us from even more mental health issues that we already see from the rigors of shiftwork.

0:42 - Exploring the Human Side of Meteorology: A Brief Report on the Psychology of Meteorologists

After taking this internal look at meteorologists, I turn to some emergency management journals. First, how do EMs interpret our forecasts?

15:37 - How emergency managers (mis?)interpret forecasts

Second, what demographic factors determine who evacuates and who leaves from hurricanes. One focuses on the general population of Taiwan, and the other focuses on the language and poverty barriers present in the Rio Grande Valley.

35:20 - Social determinants in choice of shelter: an evidence-based analysis

47:39 - Who will stay, who will leave: Decision-making of residents living in potential hurricane impact areas during a hypothetical hurricane event in the Rio Grande Valley

Meteorologists and Mental Health Resources

• DePodwin, B., 2018: She looks so happy, how can she be depressed?
• Milrad, S., 2016: The mental price of graduate school.
• Zee, G., 2017: Natural Disaster: I cover them. I am one. Kingswell.
• The Weather Junkies, 2018: Mental health in meteorology – Part 1.

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- Intro drums obtained from Looperman.