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In September 1989, a group of scientists and pilots known as the Hurricane Hunters took off in NOAA 42, a government research plane, to gather important information on the rapidly growing hurricane Hugo. In this episode, Shelly shares the harrowing story of the flight that would change everything about how the Hurricane Hunters entered and endured the eye of a category 5 hurricane. Don't miss a single legacy: join our Patreon for exclusive air disaster stories, layover episodes, and surprises!   Visit our website at taketotheskypodcast.com for show notes and our merch store!

How is NOAA using drones? Commander Paul Hemmick is Chief of NOAA's UAS Division at the Aircraft Operations Center.  Commander Hemmick received his NOAA Commission in 2004, serving in multiple operational and staff level assignments throughout his 16-year career.  He's piloted large ships, flown planes and is now heading NOAA's UAS operations.  In this role, he oversees safety, policy, and fleet oversight spanning a wide range of UAS missions.  With the recent formation of NOAA's UAS Operations Center, he is involved with implementing emerging UAS technologies to force multiply data collection and scientific observations across the Agency. In this edition of the Drone Radio Show, Paul talks about NOAA's mission, the use of uncrewed systems to study hurricanes and the role of NOAA's UAS Division in spearheading value-added research using drones.

In this month's episode of the American Blue Economy Podcast, our host Admiral Tim Gallaudet guides us on the topic of coastal resilience We look at ways to achieve coastal resilience and how that contributes to the American Blue Economy by protecting communities and businesses. Our coasts are subject to a range of challenges, including those associated with climate change (addressed in October's podcast), tropical storms, pollution, invasive species, competing uses, erosion, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, in addition to the COVID-caused economic downturn. With encouraging contributions from the following superstar cast of his former NOAA colleagues and partners, Admiral Gallaudet highlights the positive steps being taken to make coastal communities more resilient to them. Dr. Robert Twilley, Chairman of the Board & Interim Executive Director of the Coastal Sustainability Studio, Professor, LSU College of the Coast & Environment, former Executive Director, Louisiana Sea Grant Ed Levine, Managing Director of Scientific Support & Coordination, LLC., Former NOAA OR&R SSC, Vice Chair of the committee to revise the Oil In the Sea, IV publication at National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Pat Montanio, Former Director of NOAA Fisheries's Office of Habitat Conservation Dr. Kandis Boyd, Deputy Division Director at the National Science Foundation, and former acting Director of NOAA Research's WPO Dr. Russell Callender, Director of Washington Sea Grant, Former NOAA Assistant Administrator and head of National Ocean Service

I was absolutely privileged to have former NASA Astronaut and ex-NOAA Administrator, Kathy Sullivan on my podcast. Kathy can be called a geologist, an oceanographer, a scientist, an astronaut and an explorer. From being the first American woman to walk in space during her Shuttle missions to becoming the first woman to dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the world's deepest point, Kathy has had an incredible career. She was also the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of NOAA from 2014 to 2017. These days, among doing a number of other important things, Kathy hosts a podcast called Kathy Sullivan Explores, which I really recommend. In this episode, we talk about her astronaut journey, her experience diving to the world's deepest point, weather, the importance of providing intelligence over data and what action we can take with respect to climate change. I don't think a 40-minute episode is enough to get all her thoughts and advice, but I tried to cover different subjects. I hope you get inspired listening to Kathy as much as I did. ----- 01:54: Kathy's intro 03:41: Kathy's astronaut experience 09:20: The overview effect 15:45: Kathy's experience diving to the world's deepest point 20:30: The interconnectedness of the world 25:50 Kathy's journey at NOAA 28:02: Is weather a solved problem? 32:57: Providing "intelligence" over "data" 35:09: The importance of space for climate 36:37: What action can we take? 38:15: What's keeping Kathy busy these days 41:08: 1-line message for everyone -----

A strong geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. The watch is in effect for today October 30 and tomorrow the 31st. Due to all the people trying to read up on the solar flare, the Space Weather Prediction Center's web site was knocked offline and still remains inaccessible as of early Saturday afternoon.We took some screenshots of the storm watch before their site went down, however. Link in the description to view them and read more about this strange phenomenon. Some are comparing it to 1859's historic solar flare, which disrupted telegraph and other electrical systems around the world.Today, a solar flare like the one back in 1859 could cause disruption to flights, could disrupt vehicles, and may fry parts of the power grid. Time will tell if anything happens, but at least a watch has been issued so people have time to prepare their electrical systems.Update- NOAA SWPC web site is back onlineEarlier: https://www.fulcrumnews.com/blog/2021/10/30/solar-cycle-25s-imminent-possible-geomagnetic-storm-could-rival-1859s-carrington-event https://www.fulcrumnews.com/blog/2021/10/29/breaking-strong-geomagnetic-storm-watch-g3-for-october-30-and-october-31-2021-issued-by-noaa Learn more about FULCRUM https://www.fulcrumnews.com/about Get the membership! https://www.fulcrumnews.com/subscribe Show community & discussion https://facebook.com/FulcrumNews https://minds.com/fulcrum_news

Guest: Tom Di LibertoIt's baaack!! The NOAA Climate Prediction Center recently announced that La Nina has returned and will likely remain with us throughout the 2021-2022 winter season. But what exactly does that mean for us? For the globe? Luckily, we have someone who can help shed some light on its potential impacts. Tom Di Liberto is a meteorologist at Collabralink Technologies, and throughout his career, he has been researching, forecasting, and blogging about ENSO events for NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. Today, we'll shed light on how these events form and discuss if climate change is impacting them. Plus, we'll touch on the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference known as COP26, which could impact climate change policies across the globe.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As La Niña climate conditions are back for a second-straight winter, above-average temperatures will show up in the South and most of the eastern U.S.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COVID hospitalization count edges up slightly, back into Stage 3 range - word is expected this week on Pfizer vaccines for younger kids and the head of the American Academy of Pediatrics writes on why parents should get shots for their kids. Governor Abbott signs nine new bills into law including the final installation of new electoral maps that protect the GOP while undermining Texans of color. Mayoral candidate Jennifer Virden loses a legal challenge to an Austin fundraising ordinance. The current election on Prop A and eight state constitutional amendments has seen very low turnout so far. National and local authorities raise alarms about fentanyl-related overdoses of street-acquired drugs, including the recent loss of Texas Longhorns football player Jake Ehlinger. The Austin Business Journal releases its list of the 40 Fastest Growing Companies in Austin. A riot after the cancellation of a concert by rapper Playboi Carti over the weekend leads to higher security for his show at Cedar Park's H-E-B Center tonight. The Levitation Fest returns to Austin this week, while the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar will return in mid-December in an outdoor setting and much shorter schedule. And storms are likely overnight with the arrival of a cold front tonight which will drop our temperatures for the rest of the week - while NOAA predicts a warmer than average winter due to La Nina.

Billy Kidd Show Recap for Friday, October 22nd, 2021: Another concert venue in our neck of the woods will require proof of Covid vaccine. Plus, NOAA has announced their prediction for Rochester's Winter weather and more details about who will be performing at the upcoming CMA awards.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe & Joe Weather Show Sunday October 24, 2021 Severe weather today covers the Middle Mississippi Valley with 10% tornado risk as a slow moving storm heads east across the Lower Lakes. That storm will become a major ocean storm Tuesday and Wednesday bringing rain and some wind to the Northeast and Mid Atlantic. Another strong storm moves into the Western US with heavy rain and flash flooding. In the Northeast and Mid Atlantic a mostly dry Sunday before some areas see some rain overnight. Monday brings severe weather risk from the Northern Mid Atlantic to the Southeast US. We will look at the long range outlook and also look at NOAA's 2021-22 Winter forecast and what it means, as well as what it doesn't mean. Omni True Value Hardware has everything you need to get you through the winter. They have the best prices on rock salt and other snow removal products. http://omnitruevalue.com Wholesale Holiday Lighting By Gianinni for all your decorating needs. The holidays are alomst here so have your home decorated professionally or become a professional home decorator. https://liholidaylighting.com You can support this podcast by subscribing to Patreon for full weather coverage. https://patreon.com/meteorologistjoecioffi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-cioffi/support

Marisa Paige Butler graduated Cum Laude from Stonehill College in Easton Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a minor in Business Administration, also earning an athletic scholarship for soccer, lacrosse and cheerleading. She studied abroad at King's College London, where she specialized in Environmental and Political Economics. Last year Marisa became a certified Leave No Trace Trainer, and has led awareness workshops with the Miss Earth USA organization and with Big Brothers Big Sisters. She once lived on a catamaran for two weeks off the coast of Puerto Rico with NOAA's Corporative Shark Tagging Program, where she collected data on endangered sharks, the longest running shark study in the world. Marisa also grew up in front of a wildlife preserve where she assisted in rehabilitation for sick, injured and orphaned animals. She is the founder of a community clean up organization called ‘We Clean Trails' that meets every weekend to remove litter from natural places. As a group they have removed approximately 10,000 lbs of litter from San Diego since 2020. Connect with Marisa: https://www.instagram.com/marisapaigebutler/ https://www.instagram.com/wecleantrails/ https://www.instagram.com/missearthusa/ https://www.facebook.com/missearthusa --- JOIN EARLY ACCESS AND GET FREE "SEVEN TIPS FOR PAGEANTRY SUCCESS" MINI-COURSE (valued at $97): ⬇️⬇️⬇️ http://thepageantsorority.com/

地球面頂 ê 氣旋是攏按怎 leh 行？氣旋 tī 大西洋叫做 颶風，tī 太平洋叫做風颱。這幅圖 是 ùi 1985 年 到 2005 年 所有主要 ê 風暴路線。地圖展示 氣旋 通常 tī 海面出現，這是合理 ê，因為溫暖 ê 海水蒸發了後會予 in 能量。Ùi 地圖閣看會著氣旋袂 kah 地球赤道 交叉，嘛真少倚近赤道。因為 科氏效應 tī 赤道 ê 作用是零，氣旋愛有科氏力才有法度循環。科氏力 嘛造成 氣旋 照弧形路線走離赤道。這款長期趨勢嘛是一个 研究主題。有證據表示，平均來講，颶風 tī 過去 30 冬 tī 北大西洋 變甲 閣較強矣，而且 in ê 強度 看起來是會愈來愈強。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章： https://apod.tw/daily/20210915/ 影像提供：National Hurricane Center, NOAA, NASA 資料處理：Nilfanion (via Wikipedia) 音樂：PiSCO - 鼎鼎 聲優：阿錕 翻譯：An-Li Tsai (NCU) 原文：https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210915.html Powered by Firstory Hosting

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Solicita dos informes gratis sin compromiso https://www.informa.es/ llamando al 902 176 076 http://tel/, o en informa.es https://www.informa.es/. ... son sus datos / Impacto leve de la tormenta magnética / Barrido LIDAR nocturno asusta / Capitan Kirk al espacio hoy / Evento de Apple el lunes / Drones con hélices de tambor / Magic Leap 2  Grupo de futbolistas demandan a las firmas de datos que recopilan sus jugadas. Un grupo de cientos de jugadores británicos de fútbol dicen que, bajo el RGPD, sus movimientos en el campo son datos personales https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58873132 y con lo cual, necesitan su permiso expreso para ser recogidos.  La tormenta magnética llegó sin causar problemas. Auroras boreales en la latitud de Irlanda y Escocia, muy poco comunes, quedaron tapadas por una noche muy nubosa. Se pudo ver muy bien en el sur de Canadá https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8BexUJHuo/. Los telescopios de Canarias dejan vídeos con las grandes manchas solares https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4piZifu7yg donde se originó el plasma.  Barridos batimétricos de la costa dejan asustados a residentes de Los Ángeles. Aviones de la NOAA estadounidense que normalmente mapean y miden la profundidad (batimetría) de de las costas de día, están operando por la noche por el alto tráfico. Dejando unos vídeos bastante impresionantes https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1447692604653531136?s=28 de su lídar verdes en la superficie.  La segunda misión tripulada de Blue Origin es hoy. A las 16h horario español https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-18-mission-updates peninsular (14h UTC https://www.google.com/search?q=utc+time+to+my+location) despegará el cohete New Sheppard con William Shatner "y otros tres" a bordo. — Un rato antes intentaré comentarlo desde Twitch http://twitch.com/alexbarredo.  Nuevo evento de Apple la semana que viene. El lunes 18 Apple presentará sus nuevos portátiles https://es.gizmodo.com/apple-presentara-nuevos-macbook-pro-la-semana-que-viene-1847847354 con procesadores Apple Silicon. Lo comentaré en directo en Twitch http://twitch.com/alexbarredo, como suelo hacer. — Permitidme que entre en el terreno especulativo: serán dos portátiles de 14 y 16", más puertos y, según un rumor fuerte de última hora, con pantallas de 120 Hz.  El día siguiente, martes 19, se presentan los nuevos Pixel https://es.gizmodo.com/todos-los-detalles-sobre-el-google-pixel-6-filtrados-a-1847844614 (y algunas sorpresas seguramente).  CycloTech muestra el primer vuelo controlado de su dron con hélices de tambor. La empresa austriaca sorprendió el año pasado con los planes para un dron con impulsores cicloidales de estilo Voith-Schneider, normalmente usados en el agua. Por fin podemos verlo en funcionamiento https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7SQ1nb4HQ. — El prototipo actual pesa 80 Kg, pero el objetivo es un aeronave https://newatlas.com/aircraft/cyclotech-first-flight-prototype/ de cinco asientos.  Spotify lidera en audiencia de podcasts pero Apple Podcasts en descargas. Aunque el estudio https://podnews.net/article/podtrac-us-downloads-and-users-sep21 se refiere a EE.UU., podemos trazar seguramente una línea paralela para el resto del mundo. Un usuario de Apple Podcast escucha unos 20 episodios por mes, frente a unos seis en Spotify.  Esta es la gráfica clave https://twitter.com/mixx_io/status/1448056291432222725: los usuarios de clientes de podcasts específicos escuchan 4 ó 5 veces más episodios que las plataformas genéricas.  Subastan un mítico objetivo Canon por 500.000 euros, convirtiéndolo en el más caro de la historia. Se trata de una lente muy especial https://gizmodo.com/incredibly-rare-canon-super-telephoto-lens-sells-for-ov-1847847883 ("EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM super-telefoto") que el fabricante japonés creaba bajo encargo. Canon tardaba casi un año en producirla y solo hay unas 20 unidades en circulación. — Yo no tengo ni idea de cámaras, pero os dejo un vídeo donde lo prueban https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmPpvANYtM.  Filtran la lista de organizaciones y grupos prohibidos en Facebook. Un compendio de más de 100 páginas (PDF) https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21083819/facebook-dangerous-individuals-and-organizations-list-reproduced-snapshot.pdf llenas de lo mejor de cada casa https://theintercept.com/2021/10/12/facebook-secret-blacklist-dangerous/. Está repleta de nombres propios de individuos y organizaciones de todo el mundo que la empresa no permite operar en sus plataformas digitales bajo ningún concepto.  Magic Leap anuncia su segundo modelo más ligero y con más campo de visión aumentada. Su diseño es más esbelto https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-first-year-magic-leap-opportunity-ahead-magic-leap-inc-/?published=t&trackingId=DNZDwreXZU5bKwvTrpdWKw%3D%3D, aunque mantendrá la "petaca" externa. Llegará en 2022 por un precio indeterminado, cuatro años después del primer modelo y muchos vaivenes en la compañía.  Su nueva CEO, Peggy Johnson, dice que van a centrarse en el mercado industrial primero. — Lo mismo que hizo Microsoft con HoloLens y Google con las Glass hace unos años.  El día 8 de noviembre veremos las primeras gafas AR de Niantic, creadores de Pokemon Go, Ingress, etc.  Microsoft lleva su subsistema Linux a la tienda. Instalar por completo el potente WSL es tan sencillo como pinchar un botón https://www.genbeta.com/windows/usuarios-windows-11-pueden-instalar-wsl-facilmente-microsoft-store, aunque solo si utilizas Windows 11. No sé si llegará en el futuro a Windows 10. Al estar integrado en la Store, las actualizaciones de WSL serán independientes de Windows. — Enlace directo https://aka.ms/wslstorepage y explicación a fondo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVxYFMa1ltM.

The University of Maryland, NOAA, the U.S. Coast Guard, and others recently used an airborne advanced imaging radar from NASA, a drone, and a patrol boat to examine natural oil seepage off the California coast.

Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll plant 10 extra trees for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth. The current hurricane category scale doesn't accurately convey the danger of a storm, because it doesn't account for a hurricane's most destructive factors. ⬇️ PREORDER OUR FIRST BOOK (out October 12th) ⬇️ DFTBA (get SUPER-cool book bundles here!): https://store.dftba.com/collections/minuteearth Amazon - http://bit.ly/MinuteEarthExplains Bookshop.org - http://bit.ly/MinuteEarthexplains Barnes and Noble - http://bit.ly/Minuteearthexplains Indigo (Canada)- http://bit.ly/MinuteearthExplains LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Storm surge: a sea level rise caused by strong winds pushing the water and a change in atmospheric pressure of a storm. Hurricane: a tropical cyclone occurring in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: the current scale used to categorize hurricanes from 1 to 5 based on the hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Julián Gustavo Gómez (@TheJulianGomez) | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Arcadi Garcia i Rius (@garirius) | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia i Rius David Goldenberg • Julián Gustavo Gómez Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Belles, Jonathan. “Surface Pressure a Better Indicator of Hurricane Damage Potential, New Study Says | the Weather Channel - Articles from the Weather Channel | Weather.com.” The Weather Channel, 2020, https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-01-29-hurricane-surface-pressure-damage-potential-wind. Erdman, Jonathan. “88% of U.S. Deaths from Hurricanes, Tropical Storms Are from Water, Not Wind | the Weather Channel - Articles from the Weather Channel | Weather.com.” The Weather Channel, 2021, https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/hurricanes-tropical-storms-us-deaths-surge-flooding. Gibbens, Sarah. “Hurricane Categories Don't Tell the Whole Story.” Environment, National Geographic, 14 Sept. 2021, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/hurricane-categories-do-not-tell-the-whole-story-see-what-matters. Klotzbach, Philip J., et al. "Surface pressure a more skillful predictor of normalized hurricane damage than maximum sustained wind." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101.6 (2020): E830-E846. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/6/bamsD190062.xml Olson, Richard S. “Add a New Hurricane Category. Cat 6 | Opinion.” Sun-Sentinel.com, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2019, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-olson-cat-six-hurricane-category-20191203-4fwaq7hjmbdkli3sg5trmfysku-story.html. Pilkington, Stephanie F., and Hussam N. Mahmoud. "Using artificial neural networks to forecast economic impact of multi-hazard hurricane-based events." Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure 1.1-2 (2016): 63-83. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23789689.2016.1179529 Plumer, Brad. “Hurricane Patricia: Why a Record Storm Did Surprisingly Little Damage.” Vox, Vox, 26 Oct. 2015, https://www.vox.com/2015/10/26/9615274/hurricane-patricia-aftermath. ‌“Storm Surge Overview.” Noaa.gov, 2021, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/.

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Woodscraft IPA from Great Escape Beerworks in Springfield, MO. She then gives the Termites a summary of her birthday activity at her sister's house in Jefferson City, where her nieces and nephew made her a cake covered in animal faces to represent her yard. Kathleen then headed to Johnny Morris's Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, MO for a few days of fun golf with her siblings and friends, thrilled to be able to play Tiger Woods' Payne's Valley course while she was there. Kathleen was given a few birthday presents last week: Ron White gave her a new driver for her golf bag, her cousins gave her a pair of limited edition Hidden Valley Ranch Crocs (which she's excited to wear), and her friend Heidi gave her a cool Ranch cookbook and gallons of ranch dressing, which she'll put to good use the next time her nieces and nephews visit her house.TERMITE SHOUTOUTS: Kathleen gives thanks to the Termites who leave notes at shows and send mail to her PO Box. She begins by thanking Termite Denise for the “May I Please Have a Vodka Cranberry?” mask to wear on airplanes. Termites Kendra (who is a Liquor Inspector) and Sarah sent some fun “Bridgeport Badger” tees to celebrate their basement bar, and Termites Ashley and Joseph invited Kathleen to their wedding and sent a Ranch themed insulated cup that Kathleen can't wait to use on her boat. “GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for new and delicious not-so-nutritious junk food AND in continuing her search for the best Ranch, Kathleen samples Scorchin' BBQ Pringles, which she finds to be WAY too hot. She moves on to taste Sir Kensington's Ranch, which is dairy-free and has a hint of dill in it. Kathleen gives it a thumbs-up, but she feels that the texture and tang makes it more of a dip than a dressing. She finishes her tasting with Charlie Gitto's Sweet Italian Vinaigrette from St. Louis, which she loves on a salad as part of a massive Italian dinner but will always prefer anything from Imo's (also a St. Louis original.)UPDATE ON KATHLEEN'S QUEEN'S COURT: Kathleen provides an update on the Queens, reporting that Queen Dolly has released a line of Christmas holiday cooking line with Williams Sonoma which is available to order now. Queen Tanya celebrated her birthday October 10th and posted a video of her cake, and Cher announced on Twitter that “she's back,” whatever that means to Queen Cher this week ☺ WALLY THE WALRUS WEBCAM: As a follow-up to Episode 56, Kathleen announces that Wally the Walrus has swum from Ireland to Iceland, where the Icelandic people have renamed him, Valli. A webcam has been set up so that people can watch a live stream of his activity. NRA REELECTS THEIR KING: Kathleen reads an update announcing that the NRA recently reelected their CEO, Wayne LaPierre. The NY Attorney General's office is suing to dissolve the NRA for allegedly misusing charitable funds, but the NRA feels as though the AG's office has a “misinformed view” of their unparalleled dedication to the Second Amendment. OOPS BRITNEY DID IT AGAIN: Waist-deep in the aftermath of the #FreeBritney movement, Kathleen shakes her head when reading an update that Britney Spears, temporarily free from her Conservatorship, has once again taken to Instagram to post a risqué video of her frolicking topless in the ocean. SHAKIRA ATTACKED BY WILD BOARS: Kathleen reads an article from Spain advising that in addition to Shakira's tax woes, the pop singer has also revealed that she and her son were recently attacked by a pair of wild boars in a park near Barcelona. The hogs attacked Shakira and stole her purse, which was documented in a series of Instagram Stories on the singer's account. Kathleen muses that the cause of the purse snatching must have been caused by “secret snacks” in Shakira's handbag, admitting that she also has secret treats in her travel purse with her favorites being Lance Crackers and Tootsie Pops (specifically the “red” kind.)MURDAUGH MURDER INVESTIGATION CONTINUES: Kathleen is fascinated with the ongoing news being released in South Carolina regarding the murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh and is thrilled to have been connected with journalist Mandy Matney via Twitter. Matney, along with her fiancé David, are the team investigating this corrupt family and all the cover-ups that have been made on their behalf for decades as they maintained power in a finite area of South Carolina, reporting their findings on their “Murdaugh Murders” podcast. Kathleen reads the latest development after the arrest of patriarch Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the diversion of more than $3.5 million in death settlement money meant for the sons of his family's deceased housekeeper to an account said to be fraudulent.BARRY MANILOW SET TO BREAK ELVIS'S VEGAS RECORD: Kathleen is a massive fan of both Elvis and Barry Manilow, and is excited to read an article advising that although Elvis Presley holds the record for most performances in Vegas, Barry Manilow will pass him after signing a major deal that runs through 2023.Elvis Presley played a staggering 837 shows in Sin City, according to Showbiz 411, but Manilow's new contract with the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino will push him past that mark. SCIENCE IS HARD: Kathleen reads an article announcing the winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and laughs out loud because she doesn't understand ANY of the details explaining why the award was given. Benjamin List and David MacMillan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. The technology has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research and has made chemistry greener. Kathleen reads the released a few times and states her ongoing position that “science is hard.”A CRYPTO TRADING HAMSTER: That's right, Termites. Kathleen reads an article about Mr. Goxx, a German hamster who is crushing the cryptocurrency market with his trading and outtrading human investors. Mr. Goxx initiates a trade by entering The Goxx Box, occasionally running on the “Intention Wheel” and then choosing either the “Buy” or “Sell” tunnel that will cause the transaction to take place. All trading activity is available to stream on Twitch (where he is listed as the CEO of Goxx Capital), or you can watch Mr. Goxx's YouTube channel for past activity ☺ MISSOURI CANNIBALS AND VICKI'S GUN: Kathleen is horrified to read an article from her home state of Missouri, where the FBI office in Kansas City received an anonymous tip on September 16th advising that a woman had been kidnapped and photos of her in a cage were being circulated on the Dark Web. Local law enforcement in Dallas County obtained a search warrant for James Phelps, who has since been arrested. Further investigation found that Phelps is a cannibal, and human remains have been located on his property. As this county isn't far from Kathleen's family “farm,” she shares that her mom is usually armed when walking the property, and everyone makes fun of her because she carries a gun to prevent animal attacks and “rape.” While the rape of an 80-year-old most likely isn't a concern in acres of Missouri backwoods, nobody in the Madigan clan ever thought a cannibal would be roaming the area. Stay tuned, Termites…THE OLDEST MAN IN THE WORLD DIES AT 127: Kathleen reads an article from the Guinness World Records team, announcing that at the age of 127 the oldest man who ever lived has died. OCEAN DRONE FILMS INTERIOR OF CAT 4 HURRICANE: Kathleen LOVES following extreme weather patterns, and is excited when she reads that a new ocean drone has captured footage from the inside of a major hurricane. The technology behind the Saildrone Explorer SD1045 battles 50-foot waves and 120mph winds, gathering scientific data that will help NOAA scientists improve their forecast models that predict rapid intensification of hurricanes.NAZI CAMP SECRETARY ATTEMPTS TO FLEE TRIAL: Kathleen reads an article about a 96-year-old woman who was scheduled to go on trial for war crimes as a Nazi secretary and fled into hiding. Irmgard Furchner left her home near Hamburg in a taxi a few hours before proceedings were due to start at the state courthouse. Despite her advanced age, the German woman was to be tried in juvenile court because she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes. Police detained her hours after her attempted escape, and the court is reviewing whether the flight attempt should be considered in her sentencing. APPLAUDING THE FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER: Kathleen has a renowned hatred for Mark Zuckerberg's lack of accountability in monitoring false narratives and polarizing content on Facebook and applauds the recent actions of whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former data scientist at Facebook, whose Senatorial testimony has led to what may be the most threatening scandal in the company's history. Haugen provided a clear and detailed glimpse inside the notoriously secretive tech giant, stating that Facebook harms children, sows division, and undermines democracy in pursuit of breakneck growth and "astronomical profits." There is currently a decades-old law known as Section 230, which immunizes social media companies from being sued over what their users post, but lawmakers are examining possible carve-outs. WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching the “Untold” series on Netflix, especially the episode called “Crimes and Penalties.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

Jim Smith is Chairman of the Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission and Executive Chef of The Hummingbird Way. Chef Smith was the Executive Chef of the State of Alabama for eight years serving multiple Alabama Governor's. As the state chef, he has placed an emphasis on using the best local ingredients and has made strides to encourage support of local farmers and Alabama fishers. He used his position as ambassador of food, to promote farmer's markets and events that support Alabama food products. In 2011 he was crowned the King of American Seafood by winning The Great American Seafood-Cook-Off and became the national spokesperson for Alabama Seafood, American Sustainable Seafood, Gulf Seafood and the NOAA. As the winner he traveled the country educating the Americans about the benefits of sustainable seafood. As Chairman of the Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission, Chef Smith is proud to be a part of the great work being done to promote Alabama Seafood and Chef Advocate for Wild American Shrimp. He also works closely with The James Beard Foundation as a Boot Camp for Policy and Change Alum, supporter of James Beard Foundation's Smart Catch Sustainable Seafood program, and Scholarship Programs. Chef Smith is best known for his appearances on Seasons 14 and 16 of the acclaimed Bravo television cooking competition show, Top Chef. With a top ten finish and fan favorite support he proud of his competitive efforts and has high hopes for the future.    Pete and Jim on this episode talk through Jim's unique experiences in the food industry and how that gives him the edge in the industry. Pete and Jim open up talking about how Jim's time as the Governor's Chef taught him how to be organized and efficient as a cook since Jim would at times be cooking for hundreds of people and have to cook prep the food by himself. Jim gives insight on how executive chefs can stay organized and also, teach their staffs to be organized and lead the way rather than the executive chef handling everything organization wise because one person handling all of that is not going to be scalable as you grow as a business. When you have more people on the team the more chaotic it gets, therefore you must be meticulous in the kitchen if your restaurant is going to succeed long term.    Pete and Jim also discuss opening a restaurant and how Jim was his own investor by cashing out on many assets he had and how that freed him up to run his restaurant the way he desired and knew best. With that though there was great risk and Jim and Pete gives insight to those who are looking to open a restaurant how that process should look as you create a game plan for your restaurant.       Connect with Jim: Instagram, Website The Hummingbird Way: Website, Instagram, Connect with Pete: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, The MessLords, PRFOUNDATION Pete's Restaurants: PaniniPetes, SunsetPointe, Ed'sSeafoodShed, Squidink,

... dispuestas a conocerte / YouTube defiende el cambio climático / Apple recurre el juicio / Doble combo de filtraciones militares / Nintendo no acaba con el drift Patrocinador: La mejor manera de conseguir nuevos clientes para tu empresa es de la mano de Informa D&B https://www.informa.es/, la empresa líder información sobre empresas y empresarios. El 89% de las empresas del Ibex 35 ya confían en ellos. Solicita dos informes gratis sin compromiso https://www.informa.es/ llamando al 902 176 076 http://tel/, o en informa.es https://www.informa.es/. ... dispuestas a conocerte / YouTube defiende el cambio climático / Apple recurre el juicio / Doble combo de filtraciones militares / Nintendo no acaba con el drift  Hoy impactará con la Tierra una tormenta solar "moderada". Una eyección de masa coronal solar (una nube de plasma magnetizada) del día 9 se dirige hacia nuestro planeta https://www.tiempo.com/ram/una-llamarada-solar-se-dirige-hacia-la-tierra-y-no-viene-sola.html y aunque es improbable, podría causar problemas "moderados" en la red eléctrica, emisiones de radio, satélites, etc. — Podéis aquí ver la llamarada https://spaceweather.com/images2021/09oct21/m1p6_anim.gif.  Según el modelado informático, la zona más afectada será sobre el Paralelo 55º Norte https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralelo_55_norte, que atraviesa Canadá, el Norte de Europa y Rusia.  Los efectos persistirán entrado el martes 12. Desde el NOAA https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g2-moderate-geomagnetic-storm-watch-issued-11-october-2021 pronostican auroras boreales https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=10&year=2021 en zonas más al sur "como Nueva York o Wisconsin", que están a la misma latitud que el Norte de España, por ejemplo.  Google se planta contra el cambio climático. Eliminará los anuncios de cualquier vídeo de YouTube https://www.europapress.es/portaltic/internet/noticia-youtube-dejara-monetizar-videos-nieguen-cambio-climatico-20211008142139.html que refute el consenso científico acreditado sobre el cambio climático, aunque permanecerán visibles. — Afirman hacerlo en parte por presión de los anunciantes, que no quieren mostrar sus productos en ese tipo de vídeos.  Apple recurre el resultado del juicio contra Epic Games para salvar las comisiones. La jueza dió a Apple 90 días para permitir que los desarrolladores pudieran ofrecer sistemas alternativos de pago dentro de sus apps. El tribunal revisará el recurso el mes que viene https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/08/apple-appeals-ruling-in-epic-games-lawsuit-requests-stay-on-app-store-changes, apenas 20 días de que se cumpla el plazo, mientras la industria permanece en vilo por si los decisiones se enquistan.  Recuperan una cámara tras tres años en el fondo del mar. Un buque pesquero encontró en sus redes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/seal-camera-lost-at-sea-retrieved-offshore-nova-scotia-1.6204068 una cámara que estudiaba los movimientos de una foca gris y que se soltó de su espalda en 2018. La devolvieron a los científicos del proyecto que han podido recuperar 19 horas de vídeo, y la instalarán de nuevo en otra foca en breve.  Detienen a dos sospechosos de filtrar información de submarinos nucleares. Un ingeniero estadounidense y su mujer filtraron información secreta sobre la propulsión nuclear de nueva generación a un "agente extranjero", escondida en una tarjeta SD en un bocadillo https://archive.ph/0WEYk. — La operación resultó ser una trampa para atrapar filtradores.  Vuelven a filtrar documentos secretos militares en el foro de War Thunder. En esta ocasión han sido militares franceses que han publicado parte de las especificaciones https://www.levelup.com/noticias/645707/Jugador-de-War-Thunder-filtro-archivos-militares-para-ganar-una-discusion-sobre-tanques secretas del Leclerc Series 2 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMX-56_Leclerc. — El videojuego de tanques favorito de los militares de artillería y millones de jugadores más, vuelve a al picota tras la filtración del Challenger 2 https://www.levelup.com/noticias/633506/Usuario-filtra-documentos-militares-para-probar-que-un-tanque-de-War-Thunder-es-inexacto británico.  Nintendo dice que quizá nunca arreglarán el drift en los mandos de Switch. Aunque los mandos de la nueva Switch OLED vienen con articulaciones mejoradas https://es.gizmodo.com/nintendo-sugiere-que-el-problema-de-drift-de-la-switch-1847824541, desde la compañía dicen que es un problema que podría seguir sucediendo debido al propio desgaste de los componentes. — ¿En otras generaciones de consolas hemos visto estos deterioros?  Facebook pedirá a los menores que se tomen un descanso de Instagram cuando la plataforma detecte que están mirando un tipo de contenido de forma relativamente obsesiva https://www.engadget.com/facebook-instagram-teen-take-a-break-205617444.html. Entiendo que contenido que Instagram sabe que no es muy saludable, pero no lo suficiente como para eliminarlo de la plataforma. — No han dado apenas detalles realmente.

The People Affected by Vaccine Mandates Mark and Vec discuss some of the stories of people affected by vaccine mandates. NCLA Files Petition in Mexican Gulf Fishermen Class Action Lawsuit The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Final Rule, Electronic Reporting for Federally Permitted Charter vessels and Headboats in Gulf of Mexico Fisheries, subjects charter boats operating in the Gulf of Mexico to 24-hour warrantless surveillance. NCLA has filed a petition with NOAA requesting the Final Rule be amended and its effective date be delayed for 90 days until March 14, 2022. NOAA should permit the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana time to determine the validity of the Rule before requiring petitioners and their respective class—thousands of Gulf charter boat captains and companies—to purchase, install, and operate what they believe are costly and unconstitutionally invasive tracking devices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NOAA recently announced that summer 2021 was the hottest on record. During this episode, Jenna is joined by Taylour Chang and Nā‘ālehu Anthony to explore the visually dynamic and spiritually arresting, Artists of Hawai‘i Now exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art, featuring bold, boundary-pushing works from 18 artists. This exhibition couldn't be timelier. It provides an urgent and necessary call to act on topics that are challenging our world—Indigenous rights, the environment, and a range of social concerns.

This week on Coastal Conundrum, we're excited to welcome back Nicole LeBoeuf, the Assistant Administrator for NOAA's National Ocean Service, to talk about what the Nation's premiere coastal and ocean agency has been up to since 2020. The show focuses on new themes, initiatives, and changes across the ocean service related to enhancing coastal resilience in the face of climate change impacts and the promotion of green infrastructure. Link to Ocean Service modeling vision Link to initiative on integrating Equity into NOAA's work Link to High Tide flooding and sea level rise work Link to NOAA USACE International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management

ABC's Alex Stone reports that state documents show the first reports of possible oil on the water came in on Friday evening.  By early Saturday morning NOAA reported likely oil seen in satellite imagery.  But it wasn't until nearly 9am on Saturday morning that the owner of the pipeline reported the leak and hours after that when the public was informed.  Today, the first federal lawsuit was already being filed against the pipeline owner.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founded as a collective unit, NOAA came from an understanding that our oceans and atmosphere are inextricably linked and that our planet depends upon it, not only for our quality of our lives, but for life itself.  BUT its roots go back to the 18th Century and it involves a weather nerd who would go on to become President of the United States of America.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn about how brushing your teeth can slow aging; how blowholes start as noses; and how humans manipulate the weather. Additional resources from Andrew Steele: Pick up "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544924  Website: https://andrewsteele.co.uk/  Follow @statto on Twitter https://twitter.com/statto  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrAndrewSteele  Whales and dolphins in the womb start with nostrils on the tip of their noses by Grant Currin Urton, J. (2021). Now how did that get up there? New study sheds light on development and evolution of dolphin, whale blowholes. UW News. https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/08/05/dolphin-whale-blowholes/  ‌Roston, R. A., & Roth, V. L. (2021). Different transformations underlie blowhole and nasal passage development in a toothed whale (Odontoceti: Stenella attenuata ) and a baleen whale (Mysticeti: Balaenoptera physalus ). Journal of Anatomy. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13492  How weather manipulation works by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Joseph in Peoria, Illinois) Is weather control a dream or nightmare? (2017, October 19). Science News for Students. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/weather-control-dream-or-nightmare  ‌Eoin O'Carroll, & Paulson, A. (2018, October 15). Unintended consequences: Climate-hacking poses big ethical questions. The Christian Science Monitor; The Christian Science Monitor. https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2018/1015/Unintended-consequences-Climate-hacking-poses-big-ethical-questions  Our Mission Modification ? (2013). Noaa.gov. https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hrd_sub/modification.html  ‌Cool Science: How Kurt Vonnegut's Brother Tried To Break Up Hurricanes | GE News. (2020). Ge.com. https://www.ge.com/news/reports/cool-science-vonnegut-ge-research  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day withCody Gough andAshley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NOAA Corps is one of 8 US uniformed services. Its history goes back to 1807 as the civilian Coast Survey, and 1917 as the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps. In 1965 its ancestor Environmental Science Services Administration Corps came about and finally in 1970 it was named the NOAA Corps. Lt Dustin Picard talks about the history/mission of the Corps, as well as its interesting and important work. The Corps has coordinated with the USCG, U.S. Navy, and other services at times. It supports the mission of NOAA and is today part of Homeland Security. Its missions involve ocean and coast survey work, fisheries compliance, ocean research, and weather aviation. Picard talks with former NOAA Corps officer Lt (j.g.) Jim Fausone.

Blood-red sunsets in the Midwest are striking but ominous illustrations of new data: Parts of the Midwest are being exposed to more wildfire smoke from the West Coast and Canada compared to more than a decade ago. Experts say the impact of the smoke on health in the region is a concern.Meteorological patterns — weather, air currents, fronts — sweep wildfire smoke hundreds of miles across the country. Nowhere in the Midwest is this increased exposure to wildfire smoke more pronounced than in western Nebraska. Take the case of Scottsbluff, a city of about 15,000 in Nebraska's panhandle. From 2016 to 2020, Scottsbluff experienced a 45% increase in days on which wildfire smoke was in the atmosphere. That's compared to an earlier period that was analyzed, from 2009 to 2013.A year ago in Scottsbluff the concentration of particulate matter — tiny pieces of debris suspended in the air — exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standards. That was a result of smoke sweeping into western Nebraska from wildfires in Canada.Western and central Kansas also saw meaningful increases in smoke days, according to a data analysis conducted by NPR California Newsroom and the Stanford University Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab.“Although we see variability from year to year, the trend appears to be increasing impacts of smoke across Kansas over the last several years,” said Matt Lara, a spokesman with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in an email.Lara said the effect from smoke may be mostly in the upper atmosphere, causing hazy skies and dramatic sunset. He added that sometimes, such as late July and early August this year, federal air standards for daily particulate matter are exceeded. “Some of these impacts may not be surface based but upper atmosphere and cause hazy skies and dramatic sunsets but others, such as late July and early August this year did cause air monitoring sites to exceed the federal air quality standards for daily particulate matter.”‘Expect this to get worse'Health and meteorology experts say the growing presence of wildfire smoke in parts of Kansas and Nebraska could pose health risks to those who breathe it in. That concern is compounded, given the likelihood that vast and intense fires from California and surrounding areas will persist.“All the science -- and there's a lot of science on this -- suggests if we don't change our game on this, people should expect this to get worse,” said Burke, who helped NPR's California Newsroom assemble its smoke data. “It's going to be worse in the West, but it's certainly going to get worse in the Midwest as well as more people are exposed to smoke from fires in the West.”The analysis relied on satellite images captured every few hours by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that showed plumes of smoke billowing into the atmosphere from western wildfires. Those images were then plotted over nearly every zip code across the continental United States to show the areas where the wildfire smoke reaches.Smoky skies, clear effectsIn California and more broadly along the West Coast, the growing frequency and intensity of wildfire pose clear air quality and health risks.The NPR California Newsroom analysis examined data from state health facilities and found there were 30,000 more hospitalizations from cardiac and respiratory conditions in 2018, which was a record year for fires at the time.Shawn Jacobs, the warning coordination meteorologist at the North Platte National Weather Service office, said that the climate in central and western Nebraska may play a role in how smoke is distributed in the region. The state's climate becomes more aird west of Kearney, Nebraska, and the lack of moisture allows for greater temperature swings. More fluctuation means more movement, preventing the smoke from settling, Jacobs said. These trends are being noticed by western Nebraskans.“So much so that there are times when people have called us and asked, ‘Is there a fire nearby?' because we're seeing this smoke,” Jacobs said.Colleen Reid, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado who studies the impacts of wildfire smoke, said the health effects are clear when there are high concentrations of smoke in the air.That risk arises from tiny particles that are so small they can pass into the bloodstream from the lungs when people breathe.The particulate matter can lead to asthma, cardiovascular problems and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The health risks are less clear the further the smoke travels.“In terms of the Midwest where you're getting the smoke transmitted long distances, there needs to be more research to understand whether the long-range transport changes the way it affects health,” Reid said.Where skies are clearerThe presence of smoke is relatively muted in areas like eastern Kansas and Nebraska, as well as Iowa and Missouri. Wide swaths of northwest Missouri had modest increases in exposure to smoke, but many areas of the state had decreases in smoke days during the two periods analyzed by the NPR California Newsroom and Stanford.The presence of wildfire smoke does not often exceed EPA standards for air quality in the Midwest, and it has never been enough to result in a violation of the Clean Air Act. Even so, EPA officials keep an eye on wildfire smoke migrating from the west to the Midwest.“It is something that is on our radar; it's a concern,” said Lance Avey, an air and radiation division meteorologist for the EPA's Region 7, which covers Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.Doug Norsby, air quality planner with the Mid-America Regional Council, said that while the occurrence of poor air quality days in the Kansas City region from wildfire smoke are infrequent, the presence of particulate matter from smoke is an issue that has captured the organization's attention.“I would say it's a flashing warning light on our mental dashboard,” said Norsby.The EPA is currently evaluating particulate matter from wildfire smoke and other sources to determine whether it should change its air quality standards. That review happens every five years.Why wildfires?Experts said two main causes have triggered the increase in wildfires along the West Coast, Canada and the Rockies. One is the tendency to extinguish small fires that, if allowed to burn, would clear acres of leaf litter and dead wood. Without those smaller fires, dry leaves and wood ignites and leads to the more intense and out-of-control fires that have plagued California and other western states in recent years.“The Smokey The Bear campaign has been really successful,” said Marshall Burke, associate professor in Stanford University's Department of Earth System Science. “What do we do when a fire starts? We put them out.”Burke said California should carry out prescribed burns — also known as controlled burns — on more than 1 million acres of land in California each year. “We're not doing anything close to that,” Burke said.Reduced rainfall and rising temperatures from climate change also make for stronger wildfires.Those blood-red sunsets are a telltale sign of smoke in the air.Eric James, a scientist with NOAA's global systems laboratory, said large fires that pump smoke into the upper atmosphere enter the jet stream and can travel across the continental United States.“We see this most years, this long-range transport of smoke,” James said “It has gotten more intense in the last few years from what we've seen.”The Midwest has the occasional wildfire, as well as controlled burns in places like the Flint Hills in Kansas. But James said most of the wildfire smoke in the Midwest is attributed to western blazes.“I think the majority of the impact is from these large forest fires in the Pacific coastal states, Colorado and the intermountain west,” James said.

We're doing a multi-episode deep dive into climate change. For this episode we're joined by meteorologist, journalist, and author Bob Henson who will explain the science of climate change. We'll talk about climate versus weather, how weather patterns are changing, the Texas cold wave, hurricanes, strategies of mitigation and adaptation, how climate change is impacting supply chains, and more. Bob's book is “The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change” and you can follow him on Twitter @bhensonweather. Hosted by: Michael Klein, Lesley Dixon and Dr. Steve Linscombe

How worried should you be about a Solar Storm hitting Earth? What is a Solar Storm anyway? Tune in to our latest episode to find out! We have Merch!! https://www.butitisrocketscience.com/shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/biirs Find us on social media! Instagram: butitisrocketscience Twitter: butitisRS Facebook: But it is Rocket Science Anna's Sources: Gary, Prof. Dale E. “Astrophysics I: Lecture #23.” New Jersey Institute of Technology , web.njit.edu/~gary/320/Lecture23.html. “How Likely Is Another Carrington Event?: Earth.” EarthSky, 30 Sept. 2020, earthsky.org/space/how-likely-space-super-storms-solar-flares-carrington-event/. “Lead.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead. Moriña, David, et al. “Probability Estimation of a Carrington-like Geomagnetic Storm.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 20 Feb. 2019, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38918-8. Newman, Lily Hay. “A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'.” Wired, Conde Nast, 26 Aug. 2021, www.wired.com/story/solar-storm-internet-apocalypse-undersea-cables/. Riley, Pete. “On the Probability of Occurrence of Extreme Space Weather Events.” National Academies , 7 Oct. 2014, On the Probability of Occurrence of Extreme Space Weather Events. “Solar Storm.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm. “Sunspots and Solar Flares.” NASA, NASA, 22 July 2021, spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-activity. US Department of Commerce, NOAA. “The Sun and Sunspots.” National Weather Service, NOAA's National Weather Service, 7 Aug. 2020, www.weather.gov/fsd/sunspots. Ventana al Conocimiento (Knowledge Window) Scientific journalism Estimated reading time Time 3 to read, et al. “When Will the next Solar Superstorm Occur?” OpenMind, 18 Sept. 2019, www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/environment/when-will-the-next-solar-superstorm-occur/. Henna's Sources: “Carrington Event.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Sept. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event. Chapman, S. C., et al. “Using the Index over the Last 14 Solar Cycles to CHARACTERIZE EXTREME Geomagnetic Activity.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, no. 3, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086524. Evan Gough, Universe Today. “Destructive Solar Storms Usually Hit Earth Every 25 Years or so, Say Scientists.” ScienceAlert, https://www.sciencealert.com/destructive-super-solar-storms-usually-hit-us-four-times-a-century. Geographics. The Carrington Event, Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgV1rwMY4yg&ab_channel=Geographics. “Geomagnetic Storm.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm. Klein, Christopher. “A Perfect SOLAR Superstorm: The 1859 Carrington Event.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 Mar. 2012, https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event. Solar Storms, Kurzgesagt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHSSJDJ4oo&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell. Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Practical tips on how to register your boat's locator beacon  Links (Amazon links are affiliate links, meaning that The Boat Galley Podcast earns from qualifying purchases; some other links may be affiliate links): NOAA Registration Site  EPIRB (Amazon)   Nica email   Carolyn email  Click to see all podcast sponsors, past and present. Music: “Slow Down” by Yvette Craig  

Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thriller and horror author Dan Padavona grew up in Cortland, New York, outside the beautiful Finger Lakes, where he earned degrees from SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oneonta. He entered the National Weather Service in 1994 and later became a forecaster for NOAA. After publishing Storberry in 2014, Dan fell in love with writing and authored nine additional titles by the end of 2017. Bram Stoker Award winner and legendary horror author Brian Keene called Dan “one of the most exciting writers to burst upon the scene in quite some time.”His works are currently being produced for audio books and foreign translations. He's a supporter of Scares That Care and regularly donates to cancer research. Dan loves animals, especially his dogs and Russian tortoise.When he's not writing, Dan enjoys photography, biking, weight lifting, and storm chasing. Dan has videotaped tornadoes from New York to Oklahoma and Texas, and was nearly swept up by a strong twister outside Sweetwater, Texas. A self-proclaimed ice cream and gelato lover, Dan admits to spending too much time in the gym, compensating for his questionable nutritional decisions.Dan Padavona is the author of The Wolf Lake series, The Darkwater Cove series, The Scarlett Bell series, and Dark Vanishings, finalist for eFestival of Word's 2016 Indie Novel of the Year award. Storberry, his vampire horror debut, reached #1 on the Amazon Horror and Occult charts in May 2016.https://www.danpadavona.com/ Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com Subscribe now to ensure you catch next weeks episode of How to Rocket Your PI Business PodcastApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3XyqgbdrlWbBpnTBYvFYDk?si=kT_29qTMQSWvdeIZOXWRFg

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On this episode of Between Two Wings we talk with Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Shaw, a NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot. Hear what it's like to prepare for and fly into the eye of a hurricane to gather life-saving data, how personal minimums keep all pilots safe, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aK4UhYfYho&t=40s

Heavy-lift UAS, NOAA data collection, motorsports coverage, delivery drones and bad weather, DRL sponsorship, VTOL collaboration, smuggling contraband, Volocopter, batteries, Drone Safety Awareness Week.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is half-way through and, like 2020, is expected to be another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season as estimated by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. As of September 14, 2021, there have been over a dozen named storms, including three major hurricanes, Grace, Ida, and Larry, that reached Category 3 status or higher. Climate computer models predict that rising ocean temperatures—warm water being fuel for hurricanes—impact storm activity; but does this mean that as our planet warms, hurricanes are actually becoming stronger and more destructive? Alok Patel speaks with climate scientists and a hurricane researcher to get inside the anatomy of tropical storms, and to better understand what the evidence shows, and what we can expect for the future.

In this special episode of the American Blue Economy Podcast, our host Rear Admiral (ret) Tim Gallaudet interviews renowned ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard about his book Into the Deep: A Memoir from the Man Who Found Titanic. Ocean mapping and exploration contribute to every component of the American Blue Economy, and we learn about many of Ballard's innovative advances in the field. Longtime colleagues, Gallaudet and BalIard discuss their common connections and experience in ocean science, technology, and adventure. From the extreme depths of the deep sea to the Halls of Congress, we discover that Ballard did much more than discovering famous shipwrecks and never-before seen scientific findings. He helped establish NOAA's Office for Ocean Exploration and Research, and he influenced the acquisition of the agency's first dedicated exploration ship Okeanos Explorer. We learn that Gallaudet pursued a career in Naval Oceanography after seeing Ballard give a presentation on the Titanic at the US Naval Academy, and coming full circle 3 decades later with NOAA, he led development of the National Ocean Exploration Strategy and Plan based on Ballard's vision. The most compelling piece is learning about the person that is this great discoverer - the son, brother, father, husband, friend, and human being. Come dive into one of the most epic episodes this year!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain has worked for NOAA for nearly 18 years, with most of that time being with the National Weather Service in various roles.  Her current acting role is the Acting Deputy Director for the National Weather Service Office of Organizational Excellence.  She has a Bachelor's in Meteorology from Penn State and a Masters in Science Technology Studies from Virginia Tech and is pursuing a Certification in Facilitation from Georgetown University.  Andrea Bleistine, welcome!  Our Second Guest WeatherBrain has worked for the National Weather Service for over 30 years.  She spent 15 years at the National Hurricane Center in Miami as a Hurricane Specialist.  She has a Bachelor's in Meteorology, a Master's in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, and a MBA in Technology Management.  Her current role is Director of the National Weather Service Office of Dissemination.

Are we really ready for what is coming, Hunter S. Thompson a week after 9/11, Yale study - climate change in the American mind, this summer was hotter than the Dust Bowl summer, & leaked IPCC report. Written by Hunter S. Thompson a week after 9/11 - "We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history -- which is no doubt true -- but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a war-time economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks." Yale study - climate change in the American mind - source "46% of Americans still believe climate change is "natural" or "not happening." 25% are worried about it. A mere 15% think they will be harmed from the fallout, and just 10% have put any real effort into changing their lifestyle. 63% of people have made no lifestyle changes since 2008." This summer was hotter than the Dust Bowl summer, NOAA says - source "The period from June through August this year was the hottest on record in the United States, exceeding even the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday." "We leaked the upcoming IPCC report!" - Scientist Rebellion - source "We have leaked part III of the upcoming IPCC report. There's no time to wait around, there's no time for continued inaction – the people deserve to know NOW what our corporate owned politicians have done to them. The greatest crime ever has already been carried out – the perpetrators are still at liberty, but the victims are starting to pile up. We leaked the report because governments – pressured and bribed by fossil fuel and other industries, protecting their failed ideology and avoiding accountability – have edited the conclusions before official reports were released in the past. We leaked it to show that scientists are willing to disobey and take personal risk to inform the public. We plead with people to go into serious nonviolent resistance. To join us in the streets to apply unbearable pressure on this genocidal system – to take it down before it takes us all down with it." What's happening in America and are we ready for what is coming?- my little rant Produced by The Wild 1 Media. Check out our other podcasts- https://darksidediaries.sounder.fm https://anchor.fm/ttmygh https://crypto101.sounder.fm/

NBC's Monica Alba reports on President Joe Biden's new pandemic strategy that will impact as many as 80 million Americans. Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, discusses vaccine requirements in light of President Biden's strategy to lean on employer mandates. The Wall Street Journal's Sadie Gurman delivers the latest on the Biden administration's plan to sue Texas in an attempt to block the state's new abortion ban. NBC's Josh Lederman is live in Washington to discuss the first large-scale flight out of Afghanistan since U.S. troops pulled out of the country. Meteorologist Michelle Grossman breaks down the NOAA's report showing the summer of 2021 was the hottest summer ever recorded in the U.S. CNBC's Andrea Day details how weddings are making a major comeback after widespread postponements due to the pandemic. Plus, CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports on the newest glasses from Facebook and Ray Ban.

Guest: Dr. Louis W. UccelliniAfter an incredible career that has spanned more than 50 years, the Director of the National Weather Service, Dr. Louis Uccellini, has announced he will be retiring on January 1, 2022. As one of our most esteemed returning guests, we are honored to have this opportunity to speak with Dr. Uccellini and recollect the countless contributions he has made to the weather and climate enterprise. Throughout his career, he has been a dedicated public servant, an innovative leader at the highest levels of NOAA and the National Weather Service, and led the charge in having the United States become a Weather-Ready Nation. His legacy will have lasting impacts on the field of meteorology, and today, we're excited to celebrate his accomplishments and discuss what's next for him. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Turkish President Erdogan and the de-facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan, spoke on the phone earlier this week in the latest sign of a possible thaw between the regional rivals. Turkey and the UAE have been at odds over Ankara's support for the Muslim Brotherhood and on opposing sides on a number of issues - from the conflict in Libya to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Horn of Africa. Journalist Amberin Zaman joins The Greek Current to look into the call between the leaders of Turkey and the UAE and overall relations between the two countries. We also discuss the role played by the Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in facilitating these talks.Read Amberin Zaman's report in Al-Monitor here: Iraqi Kurdish leader helps ease Turkey-UAE tensionsYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Council of Europe slams Greece over contentious migration billRights body raps Greece over migrant rescue crackdownCyprus says August was hottest month on record since 1983Global sizzling: July was hottest month on record, NOAA says

From protecting kelp forests and corals to inspiring international collaboration with a common goal, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) play a vital role in conserving our Earth's special marine places. In this episode, we speak with Lauren Wenzel, director of NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center, about the importance of MPAs, NOAA's role in managing them, and what the future might look like for these special places. Episode permanent link, transcript, and show notes

From protecting kelp forests and corals to inspiring international collaboration with a common goal, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) play a vital role in conserving our Earth's special marine places. In this episode, we speak with Lauren Wenzel, director of NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center, about the importance of MPAs, NOAA's role in managing them, and what the future might look like for these special places. Episode permanent link, transcript, and show notes

July 2021 has the unfortunate distinction as being the world's hottest month ever recorded according to global data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.   July is typically the warmest month of the year, but this July was the warmest month of any year on record. The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was […]

Originally aired on March 29, 2021.On this Management Matters Rewind, we welcome Kathy Sullivan, former NASA Astronaut, former Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of NOAA, and Academy Fellow, to discuss her career experiences and climate change issues related to biodiversity, national security, and international relations.Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Samstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Sieben-Tage-Inzidenz in Deutschland steigt weiter Die Zahl der mit dem Coronavirus infizierten Menschen in Deutschland nimmt wieder stärker zu. Dem Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) wurden von den Gesundheitsämtern 5644 neue Positiv-Tests gemeldet. Das sind 2438 mehr als am Samstag vor einer Woche. Die Sieben-Tage-Inzidenz stieg auf 32,7 von 30,1 am Vortag. Bundesgesundheitsminister Jens Spahn (CDU) stellt sich laut einem Bericht der "Bild"-Zeitung auf einen weiteren Anstieg der Neuinfektionen und neue Corona-Restriktionen ein. "Die vierte Welle kommt", sagte er demnach in einer Sitzung der Unionsfraktion im Bundestag. Viele Verstöße bei Einreisen aus Risikogebieten Die Bundespolizei hat seit Januar rund 150.000 Verstöße bei Einreisen aus Corona-Risikogebieten festgestellt. Es geht vor allem um die Pflicht zur Einreiseanmeldung, die nicht eingehalten wurde. Wie die Behörde dem RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) mitteilte, wurden die meisten Verstöße bei Einreisen auf dem Landweg festgestellt. Hier wurden 132.000 Verstöße registriert. Auch an den Flughäfen kontrolliert die Bundespolizei seit November 2020 stichprobenartig die Anmeldepflicht. USA üben scharfe Kritik an Afghanistans Regierung Die US-Regierung hat der afghanischen Führung und den Sicherheitskräften angesichts des Vormarsches der Taliban mangelnde Kampfbereitschaft vorgeworfen. Es sei "beunruhigend" zu sehen, dass die politische und militärische Führung nicht den Willen gehabt habe, sich den militanten Islamisten zu widersetzen, sagte Pentagon-Sprecher John Kirby. Um ihr Personal in der Hauptstadt Kabul zu schützen, verlegen die USA 3000 Soldaten dorthin. 5000 weitere Soldaten werden zudem im Nahen Osten stationiert, um als Verstärkung bereitzustehen. Regierung und Opposition in Venezuela vereinbaren Dialog Im südamerikanischen Krisenstaat Venezuela haben sich Regierung und Opposition auf neue Gespräche verständigt. Unter Vermittlung Norwegens erklärten sich beide Seiten bereit, über einen Ausweg aus der jahrelangen Krise zu beraten. "Sie haben den mutigen Beschluss gefasst, einen umfassenden Verhandlungsprozess einzuleiten", sagte Dag Nylander, Chef der norwegischen Vermittlungsdelegation, in Mexiko-Stadt, wo die Gespräche stattfinden sollen. Nylander hatte auch schon an den Friedensverhandlungen zwischen der kolumbianischen Regierung und der FARC-Guerilla teilgenommen. Viele Tote durch Überschwemmungen in der Türkei Bei den schweren Überschwemmungen in der türkischen Schwarzmeer-Region sind nach neuen Angaben mindestens 38 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Wie die Katastrophenschutzbehörde mitteilte, werden zudem mehrere Menschen vermisst. Der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan besuchte die betroffenen Gebiete. Einige der Bewohner machten ihrer Wut über die örtlichen Behörden Luft. Diese hätten nicht rechtzeitig vor den Wassermassen gewarnt. Juli sprengt nach US-Angaben alle Hitzerekorde Der vergangene Monat war nach Messungen der US-Klimabehörde NOAA weltweit der wärmste Juli seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen im Jahr 1880. Die Durchschnittstemperatur über Land- und Ozeanflächen habe um 0,93 Grad Celsius über dem Durchschnittswert des 20. Jahrhunderts von 15,8 Grad gelegen, teilte die NOAA mit. Damit übertraf der Juli 2021 die gleichen Monate der Jahre 2016, 2019 und 2020 - laut NOAA die bisherigen Rekordhalter - um 0,01 Grad Celsius. Gladbach ärgert Bayern beim Auftakt der neuen Bundesliga-Saison Titelverteidiger Bayern München hat einen erfolgreichen Start in die 59. Saison der Fußball-Bundesliga verpasst. Unter dem neuen Trainer Julian Nagelsmann musste sich der über weite Strecken überlegene deutsche Rekordmeister bei Borussia Mönchengladbach mit einem 1:1 begnügen.

The delta variant might have some of us feeling like we’re reliving March 2020, but a new piece in The Atlantic is making us smart on how the COVID-19 pandemic might end. We’ll discuss what it’ll mean when the virus becomes endemic and blends into the background of our lives. Plus, people are getting vaccine boosters under the table, and it’s getting ‘hot in herre’: Earth just went though the hottest month on record! Then, we end Friday like we usually do, with a round of Half Full/Half-Empty. Here’s everything we talked about: “It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record” from NOAA “Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Endgame” from The Atlantic  “Unvaccinated people face more Covid restrictions in future” from CNBC  “Alabama Just Tossed 65,000 Vaccines. Turns Out It’s Not Easy To Donate Unused Doses” from NPR “One Million People Have Opted for a Third COVID Booster Shot, CDC Estimates” from Newsweek  “Major League Baseball hopes a real-life ‘Field of Dreams’ will bring back fans” from Marketplace “The microwedding is here to stay, this event planner says” from Marketplace “Senate proposal lays path for universal pre-K” from Marketplace “Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition” from CNN Our show needs your voice! Tell us what you think of the show or ask a question for our hosts to answer! Send a voice memo or give us a call at 508-82-SMART (508-827-6278).

The delta variant might have some of us feeling like we’re reliving March 2020, but a new piece in The Atlantic is making us smart on how the COVID-19 pandemic might end. We’ll discuss what it’ll mean when the virus becomes endemic and blends into the background of our lives. Plus, people are getting vaccine boosters under the table, and it’s getting ‘hot in herre’: Earth just went though the hottest month on record! Then, we end Friday like we usually do, with a round of Half Full/Half-Empty. Here’s everything we talked about: “It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record” from NOAA “Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Endgame” from The Atlantic  “Unvaccinated people face more Covid restrictions in future” from CNBC  “Alabama Just Tossed 65,000 Vaccines. Turns Out It’s Not Easy To Donate Unused Doses” from NPR “One Million People Have Opted for a Third COVID Booster Shot, CDC Estimates” from Newsweek  “Major League Baseball hopes a real-life ‘Field of Dreams’ will bring back fans” from Marketplace “The microwedding is here to stay, this event planner says” from Marketplace “Senate proposal lays path for universal pre-K” from Marketplace “Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition” from CNN Our show needs your voice! Tell us what you think of the show or ask a question for our hosts to answer! Send a voice memo or give us a call at 508-82-SMART (508-827-6278).

RUSH: I am holding this latest story right here in my formerly nicotine stained fingers: “Forecasters See Less Active '06 Hurricane Season” (Gasping.) “The United States hurricane season will be slightly less intense this year than first predicted with nine hurricanes expected to form, government forecasters said on Tuesday, but they warned the most dangerous part of the season was still to come.” Really? We know this. The peak is in the middle of September. NOAA “said the 2006 season could produce between 12 to 15 named storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes and three or four of them being classified as ‘major' hurricanes that could threaten the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts.” Now, you know, I want to be very careful here because these people have a tough job. They have incredible expectations placed on them, and those expectations are not helped by all the media hype about hurricanes and disasters and so forth, but come on. Does anybody really expect that they can tell you in April or March what's going to happen in a hurricane season? They think they do, but the best that we can do is issue a wild guess based on data that we have collected and analyzed in computers over a number of years in the past. Remember we were told a new cycle here? Global warming was a debated topic as to whether or not it affected hurricanes, but regardless, new cycle, intense hurricanes, lot more of them, brace yourselves! https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2006/08/08/global_warming_hurricane_forecasters_were_wrong/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Photo:  La Niña, the counterpart to El Nino, alters rainfall patterns over the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins. La Nina develops when stronger-than-average trade winds push the warm surface waters of the equatorial Pacific west.  Since cold water rises to replace the warm water, La Nina leaves the eastern and central Pacific Ocean much cooler than normal, while the western Pacific is much warmer than normal.  These anomalies in sea surface temperature are mirrored in rainfall patterns, with warmer-than-normal temperatures resulting in enhanced rainfall.  In general, La Nina brings unusually heavy rain to the West Pacific, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. Jeff Bliss @JCBliss #PacificWatch  La Niña will not bring relief. Jeff Bliss @JCBliss #PacificWatch  California drought: La Niña could dash hopes of desperately needed rain this winter -- The punishing drought conditions afflicting most of California are expected to endure for months, climate experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association said Thursday. There is a 60% chance, NOAA experts said, of a La Niña event this winter — conditions that would likely bring about a cool and very dry winter. San Francisco Chronicle