In Part 2 of this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton-Smith continues the conversation with Kent David, a senior leader in analytics consulting, and Tom Larsen, an expert in catastrophe risk management and insurance solutions, to talk about the atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones and snow that have made headlines and again put California’s natural hazard risks in the spotlight.

Get insights into the state’s wildfire risk, the consequences on reservoir capacity and the future impacts of the current snowpack while also learning a few choice colloquialisms from our guests.

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In This Episode:

2:02 – It snowed in California – a lot. But what happens when that snow melts?

5:55 – How much reservoir capacity is available in California to absorb the snowpack?

8:15 – Meteorologists modeled a dry winter. What happened?

10:37 – Do these winter storms change California’s wildfire risk?

12:44 – Katy, bar the door! Climate change will change flood insurance.

19:39 – Visit us in New Orleans, Louisiana!

20:15 – Mitigation is only the first step to becoming resilient.