WeatherBrains 689: John’s Cuckoo
WeatherBrains Episode 689 is now online (April 1, 2019). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s WeatherBrains is a special show regarding the NWS’s Hazard Simplification Program or “Haz Simp”. This program has been around for a couple of years and is designed to potentially redesign and reinvigorate the National Weather Service Watch/Warning/Advisory system.
Our Guest WeatherBrain this week is a Social Science Researcher and Project Manager for Haz Simp along with Eli Jacks of the NWS. Her background is in meteorology, but her PhD program is interdisciplinary with a focus on sociology of disasters and risk communication. Danielle Nagele, welcome to WeatherBrains!
Guest Panelist this week is soon-to-be graduating meteorology student from the University of Oklahoma. Jordan Overton, welcome to the show!
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
- Are “certain death” messages counter-productive?
- Why can’t the general public find their house on a map?
- Kim’s analysis on the March 3rd, 2019 F4 tornado in Lee County AL
- The Astronomy Report from Tony Rice
- and more!
Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.
WeatherBrains 101: No WB101 this week
Web Sites from Episode 689:
Picks of the Week:
Nate Johnson – Out
Jordan Overton – Oklahoma Weather Lab (OWL)
Troy Kimmel – XVII Agenda – MSU Southeast Severe Storms Symposium
Kim Klockow-McClain – Barry Myers Vote concerning NOAA
Bill Murray – Out
Dr. John Scala – Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them
Brian Peters – Out
Kevin Selle – The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
James Spann – Basic Storm Spotter Training
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Dr. John Scala, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Kevin Selle, Kim Klockow-McClain, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
