Episode 1 - Wildfires in Your Neighborhood
Show Notes
Hosts: Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Guest: Matt Stratton, Harrison County, MS Director of Emergency Management
Description: For our first episode we chatted with Matt Stratton from Harrison County, MS Emergency Management. We had a lively discussion on weather and climate, technology and how that connects with society. We also discussed a 2020 “woods” fire that threatened Harrison county communities.
References:
'Huge firefight' to defend New Mexico villages, city from blaze |
ReutersWildfires across the nation (Reuters)Rough Wildfire Year in Boulder (NPR)
Bronco Ember (NASA-funded cubesat project)
National Wildfire Preparedness Day
National Interagency Fire Center
UN Environment Programme Report: Spreading Like WildfireFire Map - NASA | LANCE | FIRMS
Weather and climate news
(0:00:47)
From Air Force meteorologist to emergency management
(0:05:17)
Harrison County emergency response to 2020 "Woods Fire"
(0:08:35)
Tools, technology, social media, and disaggregated data
(0:10:48)
Overcoming communication barriers to communicate risk to the public
(0:28:53)
Insights
(0:40:06)