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States of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey as a powerful Nor'easter slams the region with heavy rain and winds. This, as the Midwest is bracing for another round of tornadoes and as the bomb cyclone impacts millions on the west coast. Al Roker has everything you need to know.  Plus, experts at the FDA are set to weigh in on whether to recommend the Pfizer vaccine to younger kids, and Moderna is now getting ready to seek approval as well. Also ahead, the latest on the tragic shooting on set of Alec Baldwin's new film.

Photo: A 1999 tornado. The funnel is the thin tube reaching from the cloud to the ground. The lower part of this tornado is surrounded by a translucent dust cloud, kicked up by the tornado's strong winds at the surface. The wind of the tornado has a much wider radius than the funnel itself.  Here:  near Anadarko, Oklahoma, @Batchelorshow Once-in-50-years tornadoes strike Australia twice in days, at NSW and Queensland. Jeremy Zakis, NSW. HFN https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-22/qld-storms-tornado-bom-rain-hail-weather-supercell/100558628

Today's two topics are totally unrelated, separated by a short break. Up front, we'll talk about Thursday's tornadic thunderstorms that produced "unusual" October tornadoes in NEOhio. After the break, I let down my hair (figuratively, of course, since my hair is short these days) and I give you MY all-time top 12 songs that have weather in their title. Do you have a top 3 or top 5? What are they? Share them via email at weatherjazz@yahoo.com or via the WeatherJazz® Podcast Audience Connect Line at (234)-525-5888. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrebernier/support

Guest: Dr. Jeremy PorterWhen we talk about weather disasters, our minds often go towards tornadoes, hurricanes, and severe weather. But flooding is the most common, and most expensive, natural disaster in the United States. First Street Foundation, a science and technology nonprofit, has released a new study evaluating the flood risk to our nation's critical infrastructure. The study evaluates the risk for every neighborhood, zip code, city and county in the country. Joining us today is Dr. Jeremy Porter, who leads the research & development efforts at First Street Foundation, to break down the findings and impacts of this expansive research study.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kevin Guerin is an investor-focused real estate agent and part of the Roofstock Certified Agent network. Serving the Central Texas Market for over 20 years, Kevin is a wealth of knowledge for investors looking to expand into the Central Texas market.   In this episode, Michael and Kevin discuss neighborhoods, price points, tax assessments, rates of appreciation, common issues that investors need to be aware of.   Contact Kevin: https://www.guerinpropertyservices.com/contact --- Transcript Before we jump into the episode, here's a quick disclaimer about our content. The Remote Real Estate Investor podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. The views, opinions and strategies of both the hosts and the guests are their own and should not be considered as guidance from Roofstock. Make sure to always run your own numbers, make your own independent decisions and seek investment advice from licensed professionals.   Michael: Hey, everyone, welcome to another episode of The Remote Real Estate Investor. I'm Michael Albaum and today I'm interviewing Kevin Guerin who is our Roofstock certified agent out in Central Texas. Kevin's going to be talking to us today about some of the Central Texas markets as well as the Austin market and some of the things that we as investors should be aware of. So let's get into it.   Kevin Guerin, out in Austin, Texas. Thanks so much for joining us. How are you today, man?   Kevin: Good. Thanks for having me.   Michael: Now, my pleasure. My pleasure. So I know we were chatting just before we hopped on recording here, but for everyone listening at home, or in the car, or wherever they are. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Are you an Austin guy born and bred and how long you've been in Texas.   Kevin Born and raised in Texas, which doesn't happen that much anymore, it seems but I've been a I was born in Houston moved to Dallas at a young age than it was in a small town called Granberry outside of Fort Worth through high school. And then as soon as I graduated high school, I came down here to Central Texas and went to school. It used to be Southwest Texas now it's called Texas State. But that was in 1987. And I haven't gone anywhere since. So I've been down here a long, long time.   Michael: Right on and in that time. I mean, just from what I've seen in Texas, or Austin do in the last five to 10 years. You must have seen it really changed in the last 30 years.   Kevin: Yeah, the last 30 years have been crazy. This place went from you know, the capital of Texas with the University of Texas downtown to all of these tech businesses moving here and just the growth of people just moving to the city. The high rises downtown. They kind of they call it crane city from time to time because there's just there's cranes building all of these big condo buildings and just people moving here left and right. Because quality living is great, that's a beautiful city. People just love being in Austin.   Michael: That's awesome. That's awesome. What do you love most about living in Austin?   Kevin: Well, we live out by the lake. there's a there's a few lakes that are out here. So we live out by Lake Travis. So you know, we take the kids, wakeboarding, and hay out of the lake as much as possible. And a bunch of hike and bike trails out here and sports and fitness is huge. And in the Austin area. And so we're on a baseball field or a golf course on the lake most of the most of the time and just kind of get out into the, into the nature in the wilderness and enjoy life.   Michael: That's awesome, man. All right, well, let's jump into the meat and potatoes here of the episode. And I would love if you could share with everybody a little bit about Austin as a market and who is coming to the market in terms of companies.   Kevin: Yeah, so Austin. Austin has been a solid market Austin and the cities around it has just been a great place for for investing, you know, for years now. Tons of people moving here, our rentals just don't sit vacant very long, because there's just still a shortage of supply. I remember one time I looked and it said that about 186 people per day were moving to the city of Austin. So when you think about that number and how many buildings are here, it's just you know, it's a supply and demand thing.   So now we've got you know, Apple is expanding Amazon. Tesla, obviously in Tesla's the latest announcement, I guess they're moving their home offices here. Samsung's talking about putting another big operation where they're building more chips or things in town. It seems like every week, there's a different tech company that's moving here and not just from California, they're coming here from other places like VR Bo is here. Indeed is here there's a lot of different companies that love to have their base here. So it's great with the University of Texas here and the other universities here is huge talent pool of, of employees. And so they're here and they're taking advantage of that.   Michael: That's awesome. I mean, it's really sounds like a mini Silicon Valley or another Silicon Valley might even be bigger geographically than what we have out here in California.   Kevin: I think it is I think we still have more land to build on. A lot of our current investors like to purchase things that are going to be a little bit closer into where all these tech companies are going. But there's still a lot more land around where you know, we're gonna have the appreciation because of simple supply and demand and people are going to want to buy and live closer in but it's, it's just never going to get as congested as some of the other places because you know, we don't have an ocean right on the other side to where that we have to stop building. There's there's Still space out there. There's still farmland. But I think prices are going to continue what they've been doing for years just because not everybody wants to be an hour out. Everybody wants to be 15 minutes away.   Michael: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that makes total sense. So let's talk about prices for a little bit, what are you seeing and maybe you can give people kind of a high level 30,000 foot level tour of Austin and some of the different markets and sub markets within the city where they could look for rentals if they're looking at they're interested in investing in Austin proper.   Kevin: Yeah, prices. Who would have ever thought that through a COVID we would see price increases the way that we have over the last couple of years, but the days of trying to find something around 200,000 or even gone like we're, we're definitely creeping up to more expensive markets, or the sweet spot is kind of in between three and 400,000 that's gonna get you to 2000-2500 square foot house or so. A lot of the markets that that investors are really interested in are going to be kind of north of downtown Austin.   So we've got some other sub markets or smaller cities up north of Austin called Round Rock, there's Georgetown, there's Cedar Park, Leander, gosh, Liberty Hill even now hadow bunch of these little areas that have great subdivisions, masterplan subdivisions that have the hike and bike trails, and the resort style pool and the gymnasiums and things that are that are there that that they offer for, for people who live in these places. And, you know, we can rent them out quickly for a nice amount of rent. It's just, we can't get enough of them. We manage a bunch of properties. Here, we manage about 250 or so. And we may have two or three vacant right now. And that's just because we just put them on the market a few days ago. So things go really quick.   South is also pretty pretty happening right now because the Tesla that everybody knows about is down right by the airport. So there's some some markets maner Dell Valley and Kyle Buda people are buying those areas to because they know that there's going to be you know, however many 1000 employees at Tesla, they're going to need places to live to so we don't really focus as much in the city of Austin itself. The school systems not as good there as it is as some of these sub markets. So most of my most of my investors want, you know, the better schools. So we go into the other places that have higher rankings in the school districts.   Michael: Okay, that's great. And just as kind of a ballpark figure in that three to $400,000 rental, the 2000 2500 square foot, what would an average rent and north of the city expect it to be?   Kevin: It all depends on the sun, the square footage and sub square footage in the subdivision. And you know, the age of the home. So if it's a newer home $350,000 and it's going to be 2020 200 square feet somewhere in there. Again, it depends on which subdivision is but we're anywhere from 1900 a month to 20 $500 a month somewhere in there nowhere near the 1% rule that we used to be yours in the past but now hopefully we're still we're still able to you know at 20% down are so we're still even able to get to at least even or maybe cash flowing just a little bit after property management fees and taxes and HOAall that all that good stuff.   Michael: All that fun stuff. Yeah. Talk to us a little bit about property taxes. Since this is one of the biggest misses I see, especially for new investors, and even those seasoned investors investing remotely. How do those work in Austin, just again, high level cuz I know county by county, it's likely to differ slightly.   Kevin: Yeah, we're gonna be a little bit higher than most of the other markets, we're gonna be anywhere from two and a quarter to 3% of the county assessed value. So a lot of people think when you buy a house at 400,000, that that that percentage is going to be based off of that 400,000. But what it's actually based off of is what each county assesses that property for so the county may think that this house is only worth 300,000. So then then that the 2.5% is only off of that 300,000 instead of the 400,000. So it is definitely a little bit higher than some of the other markets that Roofstock is in. But we thank goodness we don't have a state income tax here. And it is how they pay for a lot of the schools. That's why some of the schools are good. Most of the people here go to public schools, they don't have to go to any kind of charter private schools because the public school system here is really good. And a lot of that comes from property taxes.   Michael: That's great. Do you know how often the properties are reassessed   Kevin: The property taxes are reassessed every year, and I believe the taxes the tax bills are due may 31. But most people are going to have a mortgage and it's going to be you know rolled into it but they reassess it every single year.   Michael: Okay, perfect. So in theory, if you buy that house for 400,000 County assessor's it for 300,000 a year you buy it that could go up year over year. And you know, is there a limit for the amount that that could go up and could have jumped to 400,000? The following year,   Kevin: There's a cap, I want to say is 20%. cap. So I don't think you can go all the way up to the top, you know, can't can't jump 100,000.   Michael: Okay. Okay, perfect. So that's great to know. And also great to keep in mind for everybody listening, as you're looking to determine what your property taxes are. Definitely chat with Kevin chat with your local personnel on the ground to get a handle on, you know what that current assessed value might be, and to wrap your head around what it might be able to get up to?   Kevin: Yeah, all those records are posted on the county website. So the tax assessor website, so whenever we're running our analysis, we go straight there and look to see what it was last year, and see what it was the year before that to kind of get an idea of what the increase may be going forward. But all of those numbers are on there to where you're not really guessing you're you're looking at the actuals.   Michael: You're calculating? That's great. That's great. So Kevin, I know there's a lot of other really great markets in Central Texas. Can you talk to our listeners about what some of those might be? And maybe a little bit, they might be a little bit less competitive?   Kevin: Yeah, so we, we've helped people buy homes from Killeen, Texas, which is up. That's where Fort Hood is. It's a little bit north of Austin prices are a little bit cheaper up there. We had one listed the other day for rent and my leasing agent said he had to finally just just shut it off because he got so many phone calls on it, but homes up there are going to be you know, under 200,000 or so. So they're a little bit a little bit more affordable.   New Braunfels is another market that has just exploded last I saw it was like the seventh fastest growing city in the country. And it's halfway in between Austin and San Antonio. So what I think a lot of people are doing is, you know, mom may work up in Austin dad may work down in San Antonio, but they live in New Braunfels and split the commute time.   Georgetown is also another area that if you look on a map, it's going to look like it's a good distance away from Austin, but it's simply not they've we've built some toll roads here where you can legally drive 85 miles an hour on them and get places really quick. And Georgetown has just exploded over the last few years. It's got a it's got a university there, Southwestern University, it's got a bunch of medical but there's just the ton of great subdivisions going on up in the Georgetown area.   So that place is also exploded, and, you know, even all the way down to San Antonio, San Antonio is going to be a little bit more affordable. I've been nervous in the years past about how long things were gonna sit in the market, vacant for rent in San Antonio. But those days are gone too. I think people have just been priced out of the Austin market a little bit people that are moving here from different states. And they're going to some of these other areas that are just a little bit more affordable. And San Antonio is definitely one of those along with Killeen, New Braunfels, Georgetown, I mean, I would take a look at all those areas, because I think you're gonna get some really good deals that are going to fill, fill quickly. And you're still going to have that appreciation play that everybody says it's kind of icing on the cake. But around here when it's historical, and it's been 15% over the last 10-15 years, you kind of have to consider that when you're you're looking at the different investments that you want to make.   Michael: Yeah, absolutely. And in talking about some of the different price points and some of those different markets you mentioned, does the rent scale fairly linearly, or does that does that price to rent ratio actually get stronger with some of these more affordable markets?   Kevin: That definitely get stronger if somebody's strictly looking for cash for the cash flow play, they're going to have to go in some of these sub markets because it won't quite be the 1% but it's going to be a little bit more affordable on the on the price of the home and rents are going to be stronger. Austin the rents just can't keep up with the explosion that we've had with with home prices going through the roof rents are always going to be lagging when it comes to you know, being able to get up to that next levels but some of these other markets that didn't have the explosion that's Austin's Austin's had over the last few years they're definitely stronger on the on the cash flow play.   And a lot of our clients that's what they're doing they're buying it they get that they get the easy one that's going to have the cash flow every month and then after they get that one and get some rents coming in then they look for that growth play property that's going to be close to Apple or close to Samsung and and that way they kind of they're kind of a wash when it comes to you know how they're looking at their investments when they're making a little bit monthly on one but they know that in 10 years is where they're gonna make make most of their money on the on the Austin property.   Michael: Make the big money. Yeah, that makes sense. And just as a frame of reference for people, how far is it to drive from Austin to San Antonio because I just like being California I have no idea how long that takes.   Kevin: So it's it's depending on what side of town you want to be on but you know from like the downtown area to the downtown area is about an hour and a half. And what they're saying is Dallas and Fort Worth is a Metroplex that kind of grew together. Now there's our LinkedIn in between where the Cowboys play and the Rangers play, but it's it's they call it Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. They're saying the same thing is going to happen here because in between Austin and San Antonio are these other sub markets from Kyle to Sam Marcus, where they go to college to New Braunfels to Selma and shirts and San Antonio so it's all grown together and you can I mean obviously I've been here for 30 plus years I've seen that happen you used to be driving in the middle of nowhere but now you're just driving driving within cities.   So it's you know, some parts are hour hour and 15 minutes to get from one part to the other, but they're pretty easy to get to and again with those toll roads that they've added, you can you can fly down there and get there really quick.   Michael: Yeah. And that makes total sense then for those folks splitting the difference one partner living working in Austin, the other in San Antonio, it's a 45 minute split down the middle. I mean, especially someone coming from California. That's like a dream to commute. 45 minutes to work.   Kevin: Yeah, yeah, no, most places here if you're going 45 minutes, they feel like it's a long way. At most things around here. point eight V is going to be you know, between 20 to 30 minutes to get from, you know, these cities that are up north of town to downtown or to the university or to the Capitol. It's pretty easy to get around except for I 35. I 35 is the one interstate that runs through Austin and they can get congested just because of all the people that are here but as I said, they've built some toll roads and they're continuing to build them that helps people get around a little bit quicker.   Michael: Okay, that's great. Kevin, talk to us a little bit about insurance cuz all I hear about not all I hear about but I so often hear about hail storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, these type of issues in Texas. So in Central Texas in Austin and some of these other markets do you have a lot of those natural hazard issues?   Kevin: Hail is the biggest one. When we get hurricanes that hit the coast here, a lot of people kind of hope that that it makes it up to Austin to fill the lakes that are historically 10 to 15 feet low. So hail is the one thing that you know if you buy a house here and you're gonna hold it for 10 years you're going to replace the roof, the roof is going to need need to be replaced at some point because a hailstorm is going to roll through here with golf ball and sometimes baseball sized hail that will damage your roof. Tornadoes or just south enough to where we don't have a whole lot of tornadoes knock on wood that has not been a huge issue flooding is not an issue here it's it's literally the only thing that you have to worry about is hail.   And then we do have foundation issues at time to time there's some of the the ground around here is has some issues with some shifting and so we get an inspection on every single property just to make sure that homes haven't settled a little bit too much but those are two of the biggest things that we look for is how's the roof does it need to be replaced and you know is the foundation doing as it's supposed to do it most of them are going to be slab up here because most of them are going to be newer construction we don't have basements here so we got to make sure that the foundation is doing what it should the roof is in good shape and insurance will cover the roof it won't cover the foundation but insurance is not expensive here either I'm not sure what it is and other parts of the country but most people are getting really good coverage for you know eight sometimes 700 800 to 1100 a year to cover those things again not the foundation but wind and and rain and hail that kind of stuff.   Michael: Oh that's super cheap on like a $300,000 property I mean that's that's pretty amazing.   Kevin: Good. Well we can we need it with some of the property taxes that we have to pay. Michael: Yeah, it all it all evens out. So would you say that foundation and hail damage are two things that somebody kind of colloquialisms unique to this central Texas that people should really expect to see or not be shooked. If they see that on an inspection report or other other things that are kind of unique to Central Texas that hey, every property just has termite damage for every property is going to have this type of thing. Because a lot of remote investors when they see certain things that they're not used to seeing get really spooked. So talk to people about what they what they should be expect to see and what how they should keep their cool.   Kevin: Yeah, yeah. Almost every inspection report is going to state something about a hairline crack because of a foundation shift or you know, they're going to say that they can tell that there's been some sort of movement, we shouldn't freak out about it because It's going most properties are going to move just a little bit. But you know, in 10 years, if it's only moved a quarter of an inch, I think we're going to be good, you know, the HV AC system because it is hot here. Most of the time, we'll only have a few months where it's cool. People's hv AC systems are going to be used a lot. So when we're doing our inspections, we also really dive deep into how the unit looks. How old is the unit? Does it look like it's you know, somebody's been cranking it down to 65 degrees every day for the last three or four years it changing out that AC filter, but you know, we're looking at the ACS really close the roof, obviously the foundation, but none of them scare you away, if you know if we can get the sellers to take care of whatever small items there are.   But I would say the foundation is one that yeah, if it's got if it's got major issues, we're going to get a foundation company to go in there and take a look and see if it's something we should just run away from the roof. Literally most people don't even know that their roof has the damage on it. So we get somebody out there to take a look at it. And you know if they say yeah, this, this area had a storm six months ago, and there's enough damage on there, we have a lot of sellers that are that are taking care of replacing the roof before we close because that needed to be done. They just didn't, you know, nobody's hopped up on the roof lately to see that it needed to be done.   Michael: And to just give people an idea of what a roof replacement costs, do you have a ballpark idea for your, you know, 2000 square foot property.   Kevin: Yeah. 7500 to 12,000, depending on all the peaks and how high it is. I think two stories are going to be more expensive than a you know, a flat one story, but they're gonna be last one we just saw was right around 7500 for a full replacement.   Michael: Okay. Okay, that's great to know. That's great to know. And then, Kevin, my last question for you is we're recording this mid October 2021. So for everyone listening, keep that in mind. But what are you seeing people do who are winning offers? Are they coming in all cash? Are they going over ask and you can talk specifically to kind of each of the sub markets that you touched on if you'd like, but just you know, what do folks need to do to win these twin these properties?   Kevin: Yeah, you know, I think that the craziness of for about 10 months last November was the first time that I ever had anybody wanted to make an offer above list price. Like that was unheard of here. I've never seen that before. And I actually told him I said, You're crazy. We don't we don't do that here list price, we'll win it. Like No, no, we need to go. I think it was $20,000. Over I said, well, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard. And then every offer after that for about 10 months had to be above lists, we had multiple offers on things I was one of 75 offer one of 75 offers on a house in Pflugerville. It ended up going for like $100,000 over on a $300,000 house, it was chaotic, those times a little bit. They've slowed.   So we're still a strong market, there may be a couple of offers on property, but it's not the way it was. So now I would just suggest, you know, you definitely can't come in significantly lower and expect to win anything sellers, sellers are still sellers are still living in the past, when they think that they're going to get 75 offers at $100,000 over list. Those days are gone. So right, they have to be educated things have slowed down a little bit, let's price it appropriately, and then hope that we can get that price.   So you know, if we're coming in at less price financing is fine. People are still writing the appraisal waivers. So if it does get appraised a little bit lower than what they're willing to offer, they're coming to the table with a little bit of funds. But I'm not even seeing those as much as we were there for a little bit. But I would say it depends on the days on the market is something just hit the market and somebody really likes it, it checks all of their boxes, let's go in at list price and try to get it wrapped up. If it's been on the market for 20 plus days, maybe able to get a little bit of a discount, but I would you know $10,000 off or maybe 15-20,000 try to meet at $10,000 off somewhere in there.   But we've got to be strong with them. Just again, because there's not as much inventory as we've had in years past. There's more than there was a few months ago but sellers are still expecting to make a little bit of money on on their cell and they're getting it so nobody's giving away properties. Nobody's discounting big. We just got to make a lot of the other terms good, you know, we want to try to close within 30 days, our due diligence periods, try to make them a little bit shorter. Give them a nice deposit at the beginning to where they know that we're serious. So we try to sweeten the pot that way. And if we can if we can go in with a highly qualified buyer close in 30 days at what people are asking then Hopefully we can we can capture some deals.   Michael: That's fantastic. All right Kevin My last question for you is you are a rootstock certified agent out in Central Texas so what is it that you're looking for when you're publishing properties to the rootstock select marketplace program?   Kevin: Sure so we found that most of our clients are they like newer they like newer properties in nicer areas with better schools that are going to obviously rent quickly so we try to get something within you know, built within 2010 and newer, if we can't find enough of that then we go to the year 2000 and newer, we try to get to 1700 square feet to about 23-24 maybe 2500 square feet depending on the area and just something that looks clean that has what everybody's looking for you know the granite countertops the the good looking wood floors, we don't want any you know green bedroom green walls in the bedrooms and pink bathrooms we try to go pretty basic but you know, modern looking looking homes that that is not going to ship they're not gonna scare a potential renter away when they walk in there.   A lot of our clients just don't want to go in and spend a bunch of money up front they just want to buy something that may just need to be cleaned and maybe one wall painted and then they put it on the market and get it rented really quick and the price range you know we kind of talked about it some of these sub markets will look and try to find something in that 225 range and then you know everybody realizes when they're buying in Austin it's just gonna be a little bit more so we try to put a good variety out there because you know everybody's looking for something different for the most part.   Michael:  Alrighty everybody that was our episode a big big, big thank you to Kevin, I learned a ton about the central Texas markets as a whole hopefully you did too. Check us out wherever you listen to your podcasts, Google, Spotify and apple. We love comments and ratings. We look forward to seeing on the next one and as always, happy investing

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Guest: Chris VagaskyIntroduction: The joy that fills sports fans' hearts as they loudly sing, “Take me out to the ballgame…” is almost palpable, but one thing that may not come to their mind is the threat lightning poses. We've seen the images of lighting bolts racing across the sky as fans hunker down in their seats, and this reminds us how deadly this phenomenon can be. Meteorologist Chris Vagasky, who is the Lightning Applications Manager at Vaisala, has dug through the data and found some shocking statistics for some of the league's most popular stadiums. We'll break down who's most at risk for lighting and discuss how his research is being used to improve MLB's weather safety policies. Get your peanuts & join us for the discussion...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending October 2nd, 2021... we'll look at inflation frustration for the Fed, a mortgage rate surprise, and a new checklist for today's homebuyers. Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review.Economic News We begin with economic news from this past week, and new predictions about inflation. Fed Chief Jerome Powell says that inflation has been worse than expected because of supply-chain bottlenecks, but he still expects prices to settle back down next year, once those supply-chain issues are resolved. He said during a forum with central bank leaders: “It's frustrating to see the supply chain problems not getting better, in fact they are probably getting worse.” (1)The annual rate of inflation is about 4.2% right now, according to the Fed's preferred PCE index. The more popular CPI is about the same. It is currently at 4.3%. When you remove energy and food, the CPI is about 3%. The Fed likes to see the inflation rate at around 2%. (2)New jobless claims hit a two-month high this last week thanks to a surge in California and Michigan. The government says new state claims were up 11,000 to 362,000. The California numbers are due to the processing of a claims backlog while the Michigan case load is likely due to a surge in delta infections. (3) Housing is one segment of the economy that hasn't slowed down. The National Association of Realtors reports that pending sales surged unexpectedly in August. NAR says pending home sales were up 8.1% compared with July. Economists had expected an increase of less than half a percent. NAR'S chief economist, Lawrence Yun, says: “Rising inventory and moderating price conditions are bringing buyers back to the market.” (4)Builders continue to run into headwinds because of expensive building materials, and a shortage of labor and land. The Commerce Department says that overall construction spending was flat in August. It says that an increase in public spending was offset by a decline in residential spending. It was down .7% for single-family construction and .8% for multi-families. (5) Meanwhile, home prices continue their march skyward. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows a year-over-year increase of 19.7% in July. That represents the fourth month in a row for record home price growth. The 20-city index is even higher with a 19.9% year-over-year reading. (6)There are mixed reports from consumers on the state of the economy. The consumer confidence index dropped several points, to a seven-month low while the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey rose slightly. (7) (8)Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates for all kinds of loans have risen due to a jump in the 10-year Treasury yield. Freddie Mac says the average 30-year fixed-rate loan rose 13 basis points to 3.1%. The 15-year was also up 13 basis points to 2.28%. (9)In other news making headlines…New Homes Are Bigger with More BedroomsHomes are getting larger with more bedrooms, thanks to a demand for more space. The National Association of Homebuilders says the share of single-family homes with four or more bedrooms rose from 42% in 2018 to 45% in 2020. (10)A desire for multigenerational homes is also driving the increase. The NAHB says about 16% of buyers expressed a desire for that kind of home last year, compared to just 11% the year before.Homebuyers Consider Disaster RiskAnother important consideration for homebuyers is the risk of a natural disaster. According to a survey conducted by realtor.com, three in four homebuyers say they assess the risk of a disaster when choosing a location. (11)Tornadoes have created the most concern, with severe cold or winter storms close behind. Floods come next, followed by hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, droughts, and sinkholes. While 39% said they are worried about tornadoes, only 8% said they are worried about sinkholes.Home With More Light Are Healthier Homebuyers may want to consider how much natural light they get in a home, and the benefit of “smart windows.” A new study shows that people who live in a home with smart windows experience less stress and anxiety, and sleep better at night. (12)Smart windows have technology that allows them to automatically adjust the tint, to allow for a maximum amount of light throughout the day. The study was done by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health which tracked people with smart windows, and compared the result to people with standard windows.The result shows a delay in the production of melatonin for people with standard windows. That kept them from falling asleep as quickly, and from getting as much sleep overall. Researchers say the people with smart windows not only slept better, but experienced less stress and anxiety. That's it for today. Check the show notes for links. And please remember to hit the subscribe button, and leave a review!You can also join RealWealth for free at newsforinvestors.com. As a member, you have access to the Investor Portal where you can view sample property pro-formas and connect with our network of resources, including experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more.Thanks for listening. I'm Kathy Fettke. Links:1 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-says-high-u-s-inflation-could-last-into-early-next-year-due-to-shortages-11632938138?mod=federal-reserve2 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-inflation-rises-sharply-again-in-august-and-remains-at-30-year-high-pce-shows-11633092039?mod=bnbh3 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-jobless-claims-jump-to-two-month-high-amid-surge-in-california-11633005982?mod=economic-report4 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pending-home-sales-unexpectedly-surge-higher-as-the-housing-market-paves-the-way-for-a-rebound-11632924670?mod=economy-politics5 -https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-construction-spending-flat-august-2021-10-01/6 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/home-prices-rise-at-record-pace-for-fourth-consecutive-month-but-economists-arent-worried-about-the-housing-market-just-yet-11632835548?mod=economic-report7 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-consumer-confidence-slumps-to-7-month-low-on-delta-and-inflation-worries-11632838499?mod=economy-politics8 -https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-consumer-sentiment-rises-in-late-september-depressed-optimism-continues-university-of-michigan-2716330983149 -http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/10 -https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2021/09/30/more-new-homes-are-being-built-with-4-plus-bedrooms11 -https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2021/09/28/buyers-consider-disaster-risk-in-purchase-decisions12 -https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2021/09/24/homes-with-more-daylight-may-improve-moods

Chris and Chandler talk the biggest rivalry in our area as the Raiders and Tornadoes tangle, two de facto Region Championships, the Rams four-week gauntlet, and the Bucs getting charged up to take on CCS. All of that and more on this episode of SETN Preps --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/setn-preps/support

Guest: Dr. Allison WingIntroduction:We've got our heads in the clouds today on Weather Geeks! When you see clouds dotting the skyscape, you may only think about how picturesque they look, but they actually play very important roles in weather and climate. Today's guest is Dr. Allison Wing who has been studying the presence and patterns of clouds in a warmer world and how they're accounted for in our climate models. Since clouds can affect our planet's radiation balance, it's important we know how they will behave in an increasingly warmer world. Dr. Wing and her colleagues have developed climate models to help answer some of these questions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Guest: Dr. Rick KnabbIntroduction:Hurricane Ida became a storm for the record books as it made landfall in Port Fourchon, LA on August 29th with sustained winds of 150 mph. The devastation from Ida's high-end category 4 hurricane winds, storm surge, and torrential rainfall were widespread across Louisiana, but the devastation didn't end there. As Ida's remnants tracked into the Northeast, it produced prolific amounts of rainfall, breaking records and claiming dozens of lives. With such extreme events on the rise, communication of their potential impacts can bring challenges for forecasters and emergency managers. Here to highlight those challenges is The Weather Channel's own, Dr. Rick Knabb, former Director of the National Hurricane Center. Let's discuss...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Guest: Dr. Robert RohdeIntroduction:While the science of humans' impact on climate change is now clear, there are still a lot of skeptics out there. One group of scientists was tasked with evaluating concerns of climate skeptics to disprove climate warming, but once they dug into and processed the data, their work only confirmed the warming. We're talking with Dr. Robert Rohde, lead scientist at Berkeley Earth about the work he and his organization have been doing to further the science of climate change. To create accurate assessments and projections of our climate requires scientists to process A LOT of data, and Robert is one of the key people helping to do that. We'll talk about how Berkeley Earth is working to educate people about climate change and how they hope to build partnerships with environmental and industry groups around the world.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Its great to see more and more children achieve different feats whether its teenager Emma Raducanu winning the US Open or 5 year old Harvey hiking the Appalachian Mountains. Scientists warn on why fossil fuels must remain underground. To echo this, the world's first giant carbon sucking machine, Orca is now operating in Iceland. Please do listen to other news below, and let me know what you think of my news.9/11 Twenty years of terrorist attackGuinea coupBRICS meeting in IndiaHurricane Ida in LuisianaLargest carbon sucking plant, Orcan in IcelandFossil fuels must stay underground - ScientistsFind of the decade cometEmma Raducanu wins US Open.China limits online gaming for childrenFollow me on instagram with @littlemindchats, 

This week the guys are Kush Chatting about massive floods in NYC last Wednesday from Hurricane Ida, Tornadoes in New Jersey, anyone in Texas 21 & over can carry a firearm in public without a permit, Russ in Dyckman, Tall People Problems, Drake's “Certified Lover Boy” Album review, Kanye West “Life Of The Party” Drake Diss Track that Drake leaked, Federal Unemployment Benefits Expire, BOZO OF THE WEEK: The United States Government, Fat Joe Vs. Ja Rule VERZUZ & more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Joe Biden said that we don't use the term “Tornadoes” anymore. Also, a new report shows that Dr. Fauci funded gain of function research in Wuhan & lied to us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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Hour 1 -  Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: According to leaked documents, our own State Department helped block flights out of Afghanistan. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of the terror group known as the Haqqani network who is wanted by the FBI, has been named the Taliban's interim interior minister. President Biden was screamed at by people in New Jersey as he surveyed storm damage in the area on Tuesday, with some calling on him to resign. Biden claimed that the protesters were upset with his views on "Climate Change." President Biden also stated yesterday that tornadoes are no longer called tornadoes. Biden touted his "Build Back Better" spending plans on infrastructure as a way to ensure that devastation from deadly storms would not happen in the future. Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen claimed Tuesday that President Joe Biden was focusing on Hurricane Ida because it was the only disaster not of his own making. A bail fund once backed by Vice President Kamala Harris helped free an alleged domestic abuser who is now accused of murder.

Tim is joined by John Nichol. During 15 years' service in the Royal Air Force John Nichol flew Tornadoes in both the Air Defence and Ground Attack roles. On active duty during the first Gulf War in 1991 he was shot down on the first low-level, daylight raid of the conflict.

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With hurricane Ida's path of destruction growing at least 8 confirmed tornadoes have hit the Northeast. New York City is flooded with never before seen rain fall and a New Jersey transit commuter train is stuck in floodwaters. At least 46 storm-related deaths have been reported in the Northeast with the New Jersey Governor requesting a major disaster declaration from President Biden. At least 13 storm-related deaths have been reported along the Gulf Coast with 883,000 customers without power in Louisiana. There have been hundreds of water rescues near Philadelphia, with the Schuylkill River rising 2-feet above the major flood stage. The Supreme Court's conservative majority opens a path for the end of Roe v. Wade by allowing a new Texas abortion law to stand. The law effectively bans the vast majority of abortions and allows private citizens to sue anyone who assists someone seeking an abortion. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is among many lawmakers whose phone records are of interest to the January 6 White House Select Committee. 600 people have now been charged in connection to the Capitol Riot. The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, who have achieved four Olympic Golds and won four World Cup Championships, is appealing an equal pay lawsuit, which it filed against the United States Soccer Federation in 2019. The players allege they are not receiving pay equal to the men's team's income. A Federal Court threw out the claim, finding that the women's team negotiated a different pay structure. The legal battle now enters its next chapter. On tonight's panel: CNN's Miguel Marquez, Paula Newton, Pete Muntean and Christine Brennan. Plus: Donovan Richards, Mayor Hector Lora, Cynthia Lee Sheng, and Rep. Jamie Maskin. Hosted by Laura Coates, in for Don Lemon. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Days after bringing devastating damage to New Orleans and the Louisiana Gulf Coast, the remnants of Ida are producing historic tornadoes and flash flooding in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where the Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton joins us live from West Chester County, Penn. WATCH LARRY SPRINKLE REFLECT ON HIS COVERAGE OF HURRICANE HUGO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST SUPPORT US ON PATREON VISIT OUR WEBSITE SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Cal Fire spokesman Henry Herrera updates on the battle against the Caldor Fire as the flames move closer to the Lake Tahoe Basin. CNBC's Valerie Castro delivers the latest on the widespread power outages impacting New Orleans after Hurricane Ida. NBC's Josh Lederman discusses the plan to evacuate Afghan allies and remaining Americans in Afghanistan without any U.S. troops on the ground Lawyer Amy Howe, co-founder of the SCOTUS Blog, delivers her insights on what the Texas Abortion Ban means and what happens next. CNBC's Meg Tirrell explains what's happening with Pfizer and Merck's new trials for antiviral pills. Plus, the latest coverage of Hurricane Ida's storm system sending tornadoes ripping through New Jersey.

Guest: Aaron TartakovskyIntroduction: Water is one of our most precious natural resources. We can't live without it and we have a finite supply of it. That's why it's so important to not only manage how we use it, but also how we reuse it. Today we're joined by CEO and co-founder of Epic Cleantec, Aaron Tartakovsky, who's company has been working to create more sustainable methods for water and wastewater management. With the world's growing population, aging infrastructures, and increasing concerns of water scarcity due to climate change, we have a greater responsibility to ensure this vital resource keeps flowing to everyone who needs it. We'll talk about how new strategies are being implemented by Epic Cleantec, and hopefully, you'll learn a little more about ways you can help.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Every Rom Com heads to Tornado Alley, as Jen, Sophia, and Serena take on “Twister” - a summer blockbuster action movie with a rom-com core. We’ll discuss the importance of romance to the action genre. We’ll talk about a cast which includes Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. And we’ll share our research on tornado science, tornado safety, storm chasers, and more. Don’t miss this fun ride through the 2nd highest-grossing movie of 1996, as we continue our summer romance series! 0:00-9:33 Introduction; Serena’s Trip to Iceland; Our Experiences with Tornadoes 9:33-16:44 Trailer, Basic Info, Interesting Facts, General Opinion 16:44-26:18 Cast & Crew In-Depth 26:18-31:39 Action Romances and Why We’re Talking about “Twister” on a Rom Com Podcast 31:39-51:01 Opening Scenes; Introducing the Storm Chasers; Basic Facts About Tornadoes; The Suckzone: Or, Is Dusty a Creeper?; Dorothy and Real World Efforts to Study Tornadoes; Tornado Warning Times Today Tornado Facts: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501517/8-facts-about-biggest-tornadoes-earth https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/tornadosafety/index.html https://www.al.com/news/2015/04/real_vs_reel_how_much_is_ficti.html https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/06/16/tornado-warning-system-has-come-long-way-but-could-better/5152104001/ 51:01-1:02:37 Tornado 1 1:02:37-1:10:18 Tornado 2 1:10:18-1:18:26 Visiting Aunt Meg in Wakita, The Fujita Scale The Fujita Scale: https://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-okc-appendix 1:18:26 SPOILERS BEGIN 1:18:26-1:25:54 Tornado 3 1:25:54-1:37:54 Tornado 4, Wakita Tornado Aftermath 1:37:54-1:44:59 Tornado 5 1:44:59-1:51:51 Things “Twister” Got Wrong, Tornado Safety Tips, Real Life Stormchasers How Realistic is “Twister”: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/twister-wrong-and-right-abou

At least 5 people are confirmed dead after Tropical Depression Fred brought devasting flooding to western North Carolina. No place was harder hit than Haywood County, where floodwaters engulfed towns like Canton. On Wednesday, North Carolina Roy Cooper returned to the western North Carolina mountains to visit residents and businesses in Haywood and Buncombe counties. Looking back at the historic event, we're joined by Jason Boyer, Chief Meteorologist for WLOS in Asheville, and Chris Mulcahy, a meteorologist from WCNC Charlotte. Jason Boyer introduces us to a fundraising effort to help the people of Haywood County, North Carolina, who experienced flooding in places along the Pigeon River such as Cruso and Canton. Donate to the United Way and WLOS' Hope for Haywood Chris Mulcahy takes us inside a National Weather Service storm survey that confirmed an EF-1 tornado in parts of Iredell and Alexander counties. See Chris' full story More from the Carolina Weather Group: WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE WATCH THE CAROLINA WEATHER NET: Live, streaming every day for free SUPPORT US ON PATREON VISIT OUR WEBSITE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Guest: Ken GrahamIntroduction: June 1st through November 30th, it's a time many people, especially those who live along the U.S. coastline, are watching for what's going on in the Atlantic Ocean. Following a record-setting 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, and a quick start to the 2021 season, many are wondering what may lie ahead. Today, we're talking with the director of the National Hurricane Center, Ken Graham. We'll discuss some of the recent storms from last season and the 2021 season so far, changes to certain storm products, and messaging to the general public. Let's get started...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest: Ran Korber & Paul WalshIntroduction:When it comes to keeping ourselves healthy, we know about eating right and keeping active, but there's another thing we should keep an eye on as well: air quality. And it's not just smog we're talking about: it's also things like wildfires and pollen that affect the air we breathe. Today's guest started his business because he was looking for a new place to live with his wife, who has asthma. They were looking for a city where air quality wouldn't have as big of an impact on her health but found the data to help make that decision was hard to come by. Ran Korber founded Breezeomter, a company that helps fill in the gaps in existing air quality monitoring and joins us today to discuss what goes into air quality monitoring and some of the ways this data is used might surprise you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

#weather #fred #severeweather Fred, a tropical storm that made landfall in Florida Monday, is bringing with it rich, tropical moisture that will produce flash flooding and severe weather, including damaging winds and tornadoes, in North Carolina and South Carolina Tuesday. Rainfall rates could be as intense as 1 to 2 inches an hour, with total rainfall amounts between 5 and 10 inches possible. There will be a risk of flash flooding, including landslides. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center is calling for a "moderate" risk of flashing flooding Tuesday in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. Locations include, but are not limited to, Asheville, Greeville, Spartanburg, and Clemson. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined locations including Charlotte, Statesville, Hickory, Boone, Blowing Rock, Greenboro, Winston-Salem, Asheville, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, and more in a Slight Risk, which is a tier 2 out of 5 for the possibility of severe weather. Storms could produce damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes. Meanwhile the National Hurricane Center is continuing to track Fred: 1. Through Tuesday, heavy rainfall may lead to considerable flash, urban, small stream, and isolated river flooding impacts across portions of the Florida Big Bend and Panhandle. By the middle of the week as Fred lifts north and inland, heavy rainfall and flooding will impact the southern and central Appalachians, the Piedmont of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Landslides are possible across the mountains of North Carolina and Blue Ridge Escarpment on Tuesday. 2. Dangerous storm surge inundation is ongoing along portions of the coast of the Florida Panhandle and the Florida Big Bend region. 3. Tropical storm conditions will continue along the coastline within the warning area over the next few hours and will continue to spread farther inland later today and tonight across portions of the Florida Panhandle, southwestern Georgia, and southeastern Alabama. SUPPORT US ON PATREON VISIT OUR WEBSITE WATCH US ON YOUTUBE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Guest: Rear Admiral Timothy GallaudetIntroduction:When we think of weather, climate and oceanography, one of the main organizations that comes to mind in the United States is NOAA: the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Today we want to dive into the ‘O' in that acronym and look at the role NOAA plays with our planet's oceans. Who better than the former Administrator of NOAA, Rear Admiral (ret) Timothy Gallaudet of the U.S. Navy. He has almost two decades of service in the Navy, and was also appointed as Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Welcome, Rear Admiral Gallaudet!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Also happening today, weather caused more than 300 flights to be canceled at O'Hare Airport last night and the threat of a possible tornado led to the evacuation of an air traffic control tower for a short time; two brothers are due in bond court today after being charged in the shooting death of a Chicago police officer and the wounding of her partner; and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Steve picked a set of songs for expats and Drew picked a set of surf rock tunes.  Artists this week: The Smiths, The Drums, The Sherlocks, The Clash, The Academic, Beck, Geddy Lee, The Pretenders, The Electric Mess, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, The Tornadoes, Jan & Dean, Stretch Princess, Ships Have Sailed, Southern Avenue, Art Of Noise, The Cars, Go-Go's.   On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      * 5pm Friday *      * 10am Sunday *      * 8pm Monday * Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ Twitter: @SUBedford1051 Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio Instagram: SuburbanUnderground And available on demand on your favorite podcast app!

What EF means when it comes to tornadoes, longer seasons, what's a snow drought; in part II of our two-part series on weather and climate, National Weather Service-Chicago Meteorologist Rafal Ogorek, and State Climatologist Trent Ford discuss our roller-coaster weather year thus far, the numbers they collect and look at and weather and climate research taking place.

Guest: Dr. Chad Hanson2020 was the worst year on record for wildfires in the state of California as more than fourmillion acres were burned. Words like ‘apocalyptic' were used to describe the aftermath. Theloss of lives and property are devastating, but are we making the problem worse withmisconceptions about the role wildfires play in the forest ecosystem? Fire ecologist Dr. ChadBenson joins us today to talk about some of the reasons that wildfires have increased over pastdecades and how our actions have helped to fuel this increase.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The First Gulf War was the combat debut for the RAF Tornado, and also for many of the aircrew who would fly one. John Nichol served as a navigator in the RAF for 15 years, even returning to service after being shot down in 1991. In this conversation with James, John shares his own experiences of the Tornado and the First Gulf War during which he was shot down, intertwined with the story of the aircraft and those of his fellow aircrew. John's book, ‘Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm' is published by Simon and Schuster. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The National Weather Service (NWS) plans some changes when it comes to weather advisories. An assessment of what climate change means to Illinois recently received an update. In the first of a two-part series, find out what both mean to you, with NWS Meteorologist Rafal Ogorek, and Illinois State Climatologist, Trent Ford, Ph.D.

Guest: Dr. Tracy FanaraToday's topic may sound like something you would see in a Sci-Fi movie… We're talking about Dead Zones! No, it doesn't have anything to do with zombies, but these dead zones can be very harmful and even deadly to aquatic life. Dr. Tracy Fanara is a scientist and engineer who has been studying these and other types of phenomena to help educate the public and work to change our practices that contribute to them. Today we'll be focusing on the Gulf of Mexico, but these events can occur in water bodies across the globe where conditions are right.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest: Dr. Andrew GrundsteinIntroduction:The summer season is upon us and with it the Olympic Games in Tokyo! Today we're going to focus on how weather comes into play not only during the events themselves, but also how it factors into planning a large-scale international sports event. Today's guest, Dr. Andrew Grundstein of the University of Georgia, is on the International Olympic Committee for his weather-climate expertise and has been on the podcast before, for his focus on one particular aspect of the heat: how it impacts athletes. So we're going to focus on Dr. Grundstein's experience with how weather and climate went into the planning for the Tokyo Games and how weather can affect the athletes competing.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we talked about Luke Prokop becoming the first NHL prospect to come out as gay, dancing robots, mosquito tornadoes, and more!

Guest: Dr. Kathryn SullivanIntroduction:“To boldly go where no man has gone before” has a great ring to it and it started many a Star Trek episode and movie, but breaking the glass ceiling to boldly go where no woman has gone before can describe our guest today who was: the 1st woman to walk in space, the 1st woman to go to deepest point in space, and the 1st woman to dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's oceans. These are just a few of her many accomplishments. Today we'll talk about breaking barriers and the amazing career of Dr. Kathryn Sullivan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

En este episodio, dos historias de personas que se enfrentan a tornados, una sin querer y la otra deliberadamente. ¿Te interesa saber cuál es tu nivel de inglés? ¡El Duolingo English Test es una forma conveniente, rápida y accesible de descubrirlo! Haz el examen de prueba gratis y revisa tu resultado en go.duolingo.com/relatosenglishtest. La transcripción de este episodio la puedes encontrar en podcast.duolingo.com.

Guest: Eric KlosIntroduction: If you suffer from ailments like asthma and allergies, you know how difficult it can be to manage your symptoms in everyday life. While there have been advancements in the medical and pharmaceutical fields, many people would prefer never having their conditions aggravated in the first place! Today we're sitting down with the CEO and Founder of the DailyBreath app that seeks to serve as a warning system for people to manage and even avoid their triggers that can make them sick, and in the worst cases, send them to the emergency room. We'll talk about his motivation behind this innovative application and his future plans to help keep people well.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

America’s largest Protestant denomination may be about to split over race, gender, and political issues. The New Yorker reports on how this week’s meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention could mark a turning point. The problem of homelessness has intensified during the pandemic. The Washington Post talks to residents of an encampment on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Tornadoes are deadly and cause billions of dollars in damage every year. Vox explains why science is so bad at predicting them and what’s being done to improve forecasts. The Atlantic's deputy managing editor investigates an apple that mysteriously survived for more than a year on a colleague’s desk in their locked-down office. (And she ate some of it too.)