RAdio Detection And Ranging, or RADAR, was developed during World War II and has gone on to benefit society beyond wartimes. Did you know RADAR detects rain, snow, tornado debris, and even bugs and birds?
How will the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season unfold? We can use data and extrapolations of El Nino information to try and predict it. But not all extrapolations have helped in the past and in the end, it takes just one Hurricane Katrina to devastate a community.
Hurricane Ian in southwestern Florida will prove to be yet another unfortunate case study for weather, emergency management, and social science communities to tackle, and they will likely focus on three major factors: COVID migrations, a false sense of risk, and shifting risk.