919 - The Texas Floods and the Future of Forecasting

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About this episode:

The deadly Fourth of July floods in Kerr County, TX are raising urgent concerns about flash flooding risks and the future of storm response. In this episode: Hurricane specialist and storm surge expert Michael Lowry discusses what causes increasingly intense storms, details the significant strides made in forecasting, and outlines what’s at stake with potential cuts to NOAA.

Guest:

Michael Lowry is a hurricane specialist and storm surge expert for WPLG-TV in Miami, FL. He previously served as a senior scientist at the National Hurricane Center and as disaster planning chief at FEMA.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

Trying to Make Sense of the Unspeakable Texas Tragedy—Eye on the Tropics
The Trump Administration Has Blinded Hurricane Forecasters—Intelligencer
Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline—New York Times

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