MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about the importance of preparedness as we enter peak hurricane season along with other topics.

• Show intro, introducing MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White - 01:32
• About the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) - 02:28
• What Malary White does at MEMA - 04:32
• How MEMA approaches peak hurricane season - 07:30
• On hurricane preparedness - 10:00
• MEMA resources, including their app  - 12:40
• Overview of contraflow - 17:12
• Lessons learned from past events - 19:06
• Clarifying common MEMA misconceptions - 22:20
• Hurricane season predictions - 24:16
• Favorite place(s) to eat - 27:38
• Favorite music and concert - 28:26
• Favorite summer travel spots - 29:52
• Show outro - 31:47