Weather Geeks

The Triple Whammy Flood Problem


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Guest: Dr. Matt Bilskie, Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia

A lot of our Weather Geeks listeners will remember the classic game show, “Press Your Luck” and living in a city along the Gulf or Atlantic coastlines is a lot like playing it! Every single hurricane season, you are hoping that you can make it across the board without hitting a Whammy. But sometimes, Mother Nature isn’t so kind and she could hit you with the Triple Whammy from a landfalling hurricane, which is scientifically called compound flooding! What is that and how can we mitigate against it? Our guest today Dr. Matt Bilskie has been working on methods to better assess this threat so your family and property can be safe and you don’t have to continue pressing your luck…

Chapters

  1. 00:00 Living on the Coast: Playing Press Your Luck
  2. 06:55 The Hazards of Water in Hurricanes
  3. 07:02 Understanding Compound Flooding
  4. 19:42 Mitigating Compound Flooding with Nature-Based Solutions
  5. 25:27 Future Floods and Climate Change

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