#7 - Guest: Dr. Jay Hobgood - They Need a Hot Tub Time Machine!

In This Episode

• Guest:  Dr. Jay Hobgood, Director of the Atmospheric Science Program at The Ohio State University and Hurricane Expert
• Lightning Round:  Hurricane or Supermodel?
• Storm School with Brady teaches Hurricanes
• The team discusses Hurricane Evacuations and Deaths: Does the Public Really Understand What the Threat Is?
• Weather Fools: We share our most crazy examples
• WxResources: Highlighting weather resources for our listeners
• Listener Questions and Comments

Our Guest

Dr. Jay Hobgood is an Associate Professor and Director of the Atmospheric Science Program at The Ohio State Univeristy specializing in studying hurricanes and tropical storms.

 

Twitter: @jayhobgood

Website: http://jayhobgood.com

Hurricane Evacuation and Threats Discussion

LSU Hurricane Evacuation Survey Article via WWL-TV:

• LSU Conducting Hurricane Evacuation Survey

Hurricane Deaths Articles:

• NBC-How Hurricanes Kill It’s Not Always What You Think
• The Weather Channel-75% of US Deaths from Hurricanes, Tropical Storms are from Water, Not Wind
• Slate.com-Cause of Death: Hurricane

Weather Fools Links

Brady:  Faulty Hot Tub Caused Deadly 2015 Fire

MJ:  Sian Welby’s Ghostbusters Weather

Phil:  Car Gets Sucked Up By Tornado

WxResources Links

Dina:  RadarScope

Brady: College of DuPage Weather

Phil: Blitzortung Real-Time Lightning Map

Customizable ZoomRadar.com Map on StormFrontFreaks.com

 

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Credits

Opening and Closing Music:  Andrew Slotta