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Episode 66: Perspectives on Hurricane Laura

Surprise! It's a new episode of WeatherHype! On this special episode of WeatherHype, we are breaking down the messaging and graphics associated with Hurricane Laura and reflect on the impact that Laura made to communities in Texas and Louisiana. Tweets Discussed During the Episode: Modernized Hurricane Laura Graphics: https://twitter.com/geostrophic/status/1298392681631154179 NWS 'Unsurvivable' Tweet #1: https://twitter.com/nws/status/1298639490806947842 NWS 'Unsurvivable' Tweet #2: https://twitter.com/nws/status/1298665340801613824 Don't Use Hurricane Laura Hashtag: https://twitter.com/wx_becks/status/1298644828398522368 Modifications were made for the Introduction and transition music "Baby, I'm Bad Weather" by Toussaint Morrison and "BenJamin Banger" by Bobby Drake: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

65: Analyzing Broadcast Meteorology Language During Major Weather Events w/ Robert Prestley

We are joined by Robert Prestley (NCAR), who talks about his research analyzing broadcast meteorologists in Houston who were covering Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Using YouTube videos of the broadcasters, he used qualitative research methods to understand individual meteorologists at KHOU-TV and their use of specific words, phrases, and figurative language to talk about the impacts of Hurricane Harvey on Houstonians.   Modifications were made for the Introduction and transition music "Baby, I'm Bad Weather" by Toussaint Morrison: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and "1400"  and by Yung Kartz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Episode 64: Social Distancing with Castle and Minh

Minh and Castle catch up, and we're talking about.... of course, the coronavirus. Castle thinks he actually had COVID-19, so we walk through what that experience was like. And how does the pandemic play into weather and climate? We talk a bit about that. And Minh downloads TikTok... so that's a thing. Check in and listen to our latest episode of WeatherHype.

Episode 63: Color Consistency w/ Caroline MacDonald

It's National Weather Podcast Month, and we are joined by Caroline MacDonald to discuss the use of color in the weather enterprise! We touch on color as a means to communicate weather-related risk, Caroline's thesis project on color consistency, and, finally, discuss the challenges of maintaining color consistency in the weather enterprise that is dominated by marketing and branding constraints. Stick around, because an exciting episode of WeatherHype is coming up next! Make sure to check out the other podcasts that are participating in National Weather Podcast Month: Storm Front Freaks, B-Squared Podcast, Weather Brains, and Caroline Weather Group Modifications were made for the Introduction and transition music "Baby, I'm Bad Weather" by Toussaint Morrison: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and "1400"  and by Yung Kartz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/