Show Notes
Hosts: Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Description: In the final episode of The Triple Point Podcast, Jeff and Ryan look back on the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton across Florida and other parts of the southeast, and Ryan talks about his experience in the eye of Hurricane Milton. Originally recorded on October 17th just before the U.S. elections, there was plenty of conspiracy theories racing across social media about whether the government has the ability to create or control hurricanes. Jeff and Ryan dive into weather modification and geoengineering, Russia's propaganda disinformation campaign, and of course talk at length about the continual problem of risk communication, risk psychology, and decision making. LISTEN HERE
References:
- Supercharged hurricanes trigger 'perfect storm' for disinformation (AFP)
- Thirty shades of truth: conspiracy theories as stories of individuation, not of pathological delusion (Frontiers in Psychology)
- The Russian propaganda disinformation campaign pipeline (NBC News)
- NOAA debunks right-wing media claims that government can control hurricanes (Newsweek)
- Meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge (The Guardian)
- Should we be geoengineering the oceans? (Reuters)
- National Hurricane Center Experimental Cone (NOAA)
- Hurricane Helene: a visual timeline of storm’s devastation (The Guardian)
- Hurricane Milton weather re-cap (weather.com)
- Hurricane Milton’s impact across Florida (CNN)
- More than 500 people rescued from Clearwater apartment complex after Hurricane Milton (WFLA)
- How meteorologists are using AI to forecast Hurricane Milton and other storms (Time)
- U.S. Sea Level Change
- Flood Factor (FirstStreet Foundation)
- Climate Central Sea Level Map
- NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
- TPP Ep 6: Heatwaves, Cows, and Muppets–Oh my!
- TPP Ep 27: Weather modification and Geoengineering
- TPP Ep 22: Hunting hurricanes with Jeremy DeHart and Kyle Larson
- TPP Ep 25: Non-profit climate intelligence with Dr. Ed Kearns
- Jeff’s new native plant venture (dunesunflower.com)
- Mah na Mah na (Copyright owned by Disney; Composers: Piero Umiliani, George David Weiss & George Shearing)
Unpacking Conspiracy Theories: Seeds of Truth
[05:10]
Limitations of "weather control"
[21:28]
Reliving Hurricanes Helene and Milton
[26:45]
Risk psychology of weather
[46:18]
A final word: Let's Be United
[1:12:51]
One Final Laugh
[1:17:16]
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