Guest: Dr. Dawn Wright, United States Science Envoy

RECORDED APRIL 18, 2024. Originally Released June 19, 2024

One of the greatest joys in being a scientist is passing your knowledge onto others, whether that is esteemed colleagues on the other side of a breakthrough or young minds that are infatuated with the field. Sometimes, passing that knowledge takes us out of our comfort zone and into other fields, and even other countries! Our guest today is one of the newly selected Science Envoys for the United States, where she will be sharing her wealth of knowledge while also collaborating and barrier-breaking along the way. Dr. Dawn Wright is an esteemed oceanographer with wondrous stories to tell us about her journeys to the bottom of the sea, and she joins us on the Weather Geeks podcast…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction and Background of Dr. Dawn Wright
2. 18:28 The Importance of Ocean Mapping and Seabed 2030
3. 28:16 Becoming a Science Envoy for Ocean Sustainability
4. 34:35 Establishing Centers of Excellence
5. 46:51 Taking Responsibility for Protecting the Ocean

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Guest: Weather Geeks Team

Working as a meteorologist is never boring, because the weather changes every single day! With how volatile each day could be, there are a lot of notable weather events that occur over the course of the year, and 2024 is no exception! Dozens of billion-dollar severe weather events, multiple landfalling hurricanes, and major challenges in social science regarding weather communications. This year will go down in the history books in many different categories, and hopefully a lot can be learned from these events to set ourselves up for a safer and calmer 2025…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Weather Events of 2024: A Year in Review
2. 04:39 Tornadoes and Severe Weather Trends
3. 10:17 Derechos: Understanding Wind Storms
4. 17:59 Hail Events and Their Impact
5. 20:47 Wildfires and Flash Flooding: A Dangerous Cycle
6. 22:38 Preparing for Unpredictable Weather Events
7. 23:24 Analyzing the 2024 Hurricane Season
8. 28:14 The Impact of Rainfall in Hurricane Damage
9. 29:19 Understanding Predecessor Rain Events
10. 33:27 Addressing Misinformation During Hurricanes
11. 40:13 Looking Ahead: Climate Trends and Future Preparedness

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Guest: Dr. Robin Murphy, Professor at Texas A&M University

With many natural disasters it takes time to fully understand the scope of the devastation. We have seen that countless times over the past few years with landfalling major hurricanes. The way that we currently assess storm damage is sufficient, but AI has recently changed the game in the way natural disasters are assessed. Joining us today is Dr. Robin Murphy, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University joins us to discuss how AI is playing a role in the assessment of natural disasters.

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction to AI in Disaster Assessment
2. 03:18 The Evolution of Robotics and AI in Disaster Response
3. 05:44 The Role of Drones in Damage Assessment
4. 09:18 Real-Time Data Collection and Analysis
5. 16:27 Scaling AI for Large-Scale Disasters
6. 19:55 Unexpected Flooding and Rapid Response
7. 22:44 Advancements in AI and Operational Use
8. 25:48 Applications Beyond Hurricanes: Tornadoes and More
9. 28:30 Future of AI in Damage Assessment
10. 35:12 Conclusion and Future Directions

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Guest: Dave Titley, Co-Founder of RV Weather Enterprises

Description: When you’re traveling somewhere, whether it’s on vacation or for business, odds are you are just going to check your phone’s weather app to let you know if you need to pack an umbrella or a heavier jacket at your destination. But what about traveling by RV the entire distance? Your journey could be plagued with weather impacts and you’re not going to want to check your phone app over and over and over. You’re going to want to turn to the RV weather experts! Our guest today is a friend of the show who has taken his 30+ years of meteorological experience and is giving it back to RV travelers across the country.

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Guest: Everette Joseph, Director of NCAR

Description: We have the NWS, NOAA. and NCEI, but another very valuable member of the meteorological alphabet soup is NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research! However, NCAR is not constricted by any government regulations, so they are free to dissect the atmosphere as they please. However, they have a mission to uphold, just like our government organizations, to understand the world around and above us so they can indirectly protect future lives and property. Today on Weather Geeks, we have the Director of NCAR Everette Joseph to chat about atmospheric research in the past, present and future!

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Guest: Evan Fisher

As the summer season turns to cooler fall temperatures, the annual passage of time is marked by the changing of the leaves. Whether you're leaf peeping in New England or hiking to see fall colors across the Rockies, the weather will play a huge role in how those fall colors turn out and when the’ll start to turn. Joining us today is Evan Fisher, creator of ExploreFall.com, to talk about this colorful transition of seasons, and about how he’s merging science and data presentation to make a more accessible foliage forecast available. 

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction and Background
2. 02:58 Creating Fall Foliage Maps
3. 08:00 Using AI and Deep Learning for Fall Foliage Forecasting
4. 10:03 Challenges and Limitations in Fall Foliage Forecasting
5. 15:13 Microclimates and Tree Types
6. 19:54 The Impact of Climate Change on Fall Foliage
7. 26:01 The Role of GIS in Fall Foliage Analysis

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Guest: Roy Wright, President & CEO of IBHS

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. After a natural disaster strikes a community, it takes a lot of time to recover, since you have to not only rebuild the infrastructure but also allow the people to rebound mentally and physically. However, some communities along the Gulf Coast do not get the luxury of extended recovery, as they are struck by compound disasters. What are those, and what can we do to improve mitigation and adaptation of these vulnerable communities so we don’t get fooled twice? We brought Roy Wright from IBHS on the show today to discuss…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Understanding Compound Disasters
2. 10:11 The National Academies Report on Gulf Disasters
3. 18:45 Community Engagement and Insights
4. 26:13 Key Recommendations for Future Preparedness
5. 32:57 The Role of IBHS in Disaster Mitigation

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As Hurricane Milton bears down on the state of Florida, Dr. Matt Sitkowski and Dr. Greg Postel of The Weather Channel sit down to discuss this prolific storm.

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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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Guest: Bill Haskell, Artist

Artists and musicians will often cite a muse as their inspiration for their works of art, which is usually a love interest or dreams of success. But what about the weather? Can it be a muse? For us Weather Geeks, we find inspiration in the weather in every single model run and supercell structure, and it turns out that we aren’t the only ones! Today on the show we have Bill Haskell to discuss how he incorporates the weather around him into his beautiful landscape paintings.

Chapters

1. 00:00 Finding Inspiration in Weather
2. 02:14 The Power of Weather in Art
3. 07:45 Tornadoes as Metaphors
4. 13:01 The Appeal of Tornado Paintings
5. 18:32 The Smallness of Humanity
6. 23:17 Incorporating Weather in Art

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