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 In this updated episode you'll discover how to use the EFT distant healing process shared in an earlier episode for sending distant healing to the people, animals, plant life, land, buildings, all life forms, and everything affected by the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles.---Resources:Two webinar videos guiding you through distance healing, one for a natural disaster and a second for any distant healing situation. Additional bonus video for using dowsing and other surrogate based methods."Distant Healing for Weather Disasters". Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DboSRsPEhzo"How to Do Heart to Heart Distance Healing". Note: Fast forward to the 16 minute point in the video to begin learning Heart to Heart Distance Healing. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ET6LHvp1NIBonus: "Dowsing and Distant Energy Healing". Note: In addition to using dowsing for distant healing, this video demonstrates other methods to include hands on healing with a surrogate. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJzpeveTK0How to Recive Your Free EFT Distant Healing GuideCreate a blank email with the subject line reading, "“Distant Healing for Hawaii” (note: this exact protocol can be applied to the Los Angeles fires). Address the email to CarterMethod@gmail.com and send it off. You'll receive the free guide by return email.Map of Greater Los Angeles area you can use as a surrogate object: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.0204789,-118.4117326,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c75ddc27da13:0xe22fdf6f254608f4!8m2!3d34.0549076!4d-118.242643!16s%2Fm%2F030qb3t?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D---Host:Stephen Carter. Websitee: https://StressReliefRadio.com. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.---Technical information:New intro recorded with Twisted Wave. Main episode content recorded with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave, Audacity, Hush, and Levelator. Findal edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: SE DynaCaster DCM8. ---Key words:Los Angeles fires, distant healing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Thought Field Therapy, TFT, tapping energy psychology, meridian tapping,

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Electric grids have buckled more frequently and outages have become longer across the U.S. as the warming atmosphere carries more water and stirs up more destructive storms, according to an AP analysis of government data. In the Pacific Northwest, a “bomb cyclone” caused roughly half a million outages. People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are particularly at risk when the power goes out, and many live in homes that lack the weatherizing and backup power supplies needed to better handle high temperatures and cold freezes or can't pay their electricity bills, said Columbia University sociomedical sciences professor Diana Hernandez, who studies energy instability in U.S. homes. CenterPoint Energy, Houston's power utility, says it is focused now on improving resiliency, customer communications and community partnerships with the one defining goal: “to build the most resilient coastal grid in the country that can better withstand the extreme weather of the future.” Texas lawmakers, meanwhile, are debating whether assisted living facilities need more regulation. One suggestion: requiring them to have enough emergency generator fuel to power lifesaving equipment and keep indoor temperatures safe during an extended blackout. The legislative panel also reviewed emergency responses in November. Regulated facilities and nursing centers fared better than places such as senior communities that aren't subject to strict oversight, according to city and state officials. This meant hundreds of apartment complexes catering to older adults, as well as private homes, were likely more susceptible to losing power and going without food. Texas energy companies have been required since 2003 to provide advance notice of scheduled outages to medically vulnerable households that submit a form with physician approval. But that law didn't require the utilities to share these lists with state or local emergency management agencies. The utility's efforts bring little solace to community members at a Houston living center for seniors, Commons of Grace, where outages have become a haunting facet of life for more than 100 residents, said Belinda Taylor, who runs a nonprofit partnered with the managing company. “I'm just frustrated that we didn't get the services that we needed,” Taylor said. “It's ridiculous that we have had to suffer.” This article was provided by The Associated Press.

In this episode you and I talk about the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. You then discover two distant healing resources you can use to help the people, pets, farm and wild animals, land, water, structures, and all life forms affected by the devastation. One of those resources is a "how to" video from a live distant healing for hurricane disaster healing circle and the second is a podcast episode with step-by-step instructions for applying EFT / Tapping for a natural disaster event.Two resources shared in this episode:"Distant Healing for Weather Disasters". Livestream event recording on YouTube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DboSRsPEhzo"EFT Distant Healing for Wildfire Devastation in Hawaii". Listening link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eft-distant-healing-for-wildfire-devastation-in-hawaii/id1461508588?i=1000624315908---Host:Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com---Technical information:Recorded with Twisted Wave. Edits with Hush and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro to include Voice Profiler. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos.---Key Words:Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene, distance healing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Reiki,

In this episode you and I talk about the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. You then discover two distant healing resources you can use to help the people, pets, farm and wild animals, land, water, structures, and all life forms affected by the devastation. One of those resources is a "how to" video from a live distant healing for hurricane disaster healing circle and the second is a podcast episode with step-by-step instructions for applying EFT / Tapping for a natural disaster event.Note: This information is shared in "EFT Tapping Junction" and "Energy Healing for Wellbeing".Two resources shared in this episode:"Distant Healing for Weather Disasters". Livestream event recording on YouTube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DboSRsPEhzo"EFT Distant Healing for Wildfire Devastation in Hawaii". Listening link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eft-distant-healing-for-wildfire-devastation-in-hawaii/id1461508588?i=1000624315908---Technical information:Recorded with Twisted Wave. Edits with Hush and Levelator. Final edits with Hindenburg Pro including Voice Profiler.---Host:Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com---Key Words:Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene, distance healing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Reiki,

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Global warming has contributed to a record number of weather and climate disasters. Shuang-Ye Wu, professor and chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences at the University of Dayton, breaks down why. Wu is a climate scientist who uses climate models to project future climate change and its potential impacts on the hydrological […]

All sorts of weather records were set in 2023 and pretty much none of them were good news.  Among the most painful was that the U.S. suffered a record 25 weather- and climate-related disasters that caused more than a billion dollars in damage. The increasing accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased the […]

This week, Joe Biden and Barack Obama wished Iran a happy 9/11. The Bidens are, possibly, facing trials for corruption. Ukraine moves the line in the stalemate with Russia. Chinese spies have infiltrated Britain's Parliament. And our panel discussion covers the catastrophe in North Africa. Links [01:39] Funding Islamic Terror on 9/11 (16 minutes) The King of the South [17:29] Biden Corruption (12 minutes) “How Close Is the U.S. to Civil War” [29:00] Ukraine Strikes Black Sea Fleet (10 minutes) The Prophesied ‘Prince of Russia' [39:07] Chinese Spies Running for Parliament (6 minutes) “Wake Up to the Threat From China” The United States and Britain in Prophecy [45:47] PANEL: Tragedy in North Africa (# minutes) “Why Niger Is a Catastrophe for Europe” “Why the Trumpet Watches Increased ‘Natural' and Weather Disasters”

In this episode you and I explore how to send distant healing to help the people, pets, animals, all life forms, and the land affected by the devasting wildfires in Maui, Hiwaii. You'll will discover a simple, powerful, easily done method using EFT or any tapping method in addition to whatever other energy methods you are comfortable using.---Resources for Distant Healing:Two webinar videos guiding you through distance healing, one for a natural disaster and a second for any distant healing situation. Additional bonus video for using dowsing and other surrogate based methods."Distant Healing for Weather Disasters". Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DboSRsPEhzo"How to Do Heart to Heart Distance Healing". Note: Fast forward to the 16 minute point in the video to begin learning Heart to Heart Distance Healing. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ET6LHvp1NIBonus: "Dowsing and Distant Energy Healing". Note: In addition to using dowsing for distant healing, this video demonstrates other methods to include hands on healing with a surrogate. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJzpeveTK0How to Recive Your Free EFT Distant Healing for Hawaii GuideCreate a blank email with the subject line reading, "“Distant Healing for Hawaii”. Address the email to CarterMethod@gmail.com and send it off. You'll receive the free guide by return email.---Host:Stephen Carter. Websitee: https://StressReliefRadio.com. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.---Technical information:Recorded with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave, Audacity, Hush, and Levelator. Findal edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: SE DynaCaster DCM8. Intro recorded with Audacity with same processing as original recording.---Key words:Maui, Maui fire, Maui Wildfire, Hawaii, distant healing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Thought Field Therapy, TFT, tapping energy psychology, meridian tapping,

The number of billion dollar weather disasters in the United States has jumped in recent years. Lead Scientist on the NOAA quarterly report, Adam Smith, talks about how they arrive at those figures, what types of disasters are most expensive, and what part of the country is most vulnerable. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Hello, everybody. I'm meteorologist Sean Sublette and welcome to Across the Sky, our National Lee Enterprises weather podcast. Lee Enterprises has print and digital news operations in 77 locations across the country, including in my home base in Richmond, Virginia. I'm joined by my colleagues from across the sky, Matt Holiner in Chicago, Joe Martucci at the Jersey Shore. Our colleague Kirsten Lang continues to take a little time off in Tulsa for a few weeks. Gentlemen, we've got a great guest this week. We've all heard about the billion dollar disasters report. Adam Smith from NCI. That's Noah. National Centers of Environmental Information is joining us to talk all about this, because this this is fascinating stuff. I mean, some of this can get very complex and deep into the weeds. So Adam does a really good job, I think, talking about how they come up with this data and why it's relevant. Yeah. And most of us across the country have been hit by some billion dollar disasters since they've been tracking this year, going back to, I believe it was 1980. So it's something that probably has impacted you, whether you remember it or not. So we were happy to have Adam on in the end to drop his knowledge on us here for our podcast. And really what caused us to reach out to Adam is when they came out with their report at the beginning of May, looking at just the for the first four months of the year, we've already had $7 billion disasters and that's the second most all time if they've started keeping records in 1980. And probably what's more remarkable is if you look at the average number of billion dollar disasters for the entire year from 1980 to 2022, it's $8 billion disasters in the entire year. And we've already had seven in the first four months. So that is not what we want to see. But that's been the recent trend because if you look at just the last five years, 2018 to 2022, we've had $18 billion disasters on average. So in the last five years the average is 18. When you go back to 1980, the average is eight. So there is a clear uptick in the number of billion dollar disasters. So we had to get Adam on that talk about, yeah, fortunately he was telling us so much of this was driven by a very recent uptick in tropical cyclones slash hurricanes. We also talk about the droughts. You know, there's long term drought that until this past winter has been plaguing the western United States. So we get into all those things. We'll also talk about, you know, some of the intricacies of this and why it's sometimes the data is misinterpreted. So we'll get to all of that as we begin our conversation with Adam Smith at the National Centers for Environmental Information. And we welcome Adam Smith, visible scientist at the Climate Sciences and Services Division at the Noah National Center for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina. He is the lead researcher for the quarterly Billion dollar Disasters Report, and he has been involved in the nexus of climate and weather risk for more than a decade. Adam, welcome and thank you for taking the time with us on the podcast. Thank you for having me. So I wanted to started at the big level because a lot of this stuff is kind of esoteric or for the home listeners, home viewers. So take us at a top down level. Our is this kind of stuff quantified in terms of this disaster? Is this amount of money? This disaster is this amount of money? You aggregate this up. So at the bigger level, how was this done? So to do this type of analysis require is a broad array of public and private sector partners. For example, the insurance and reinsurance industry, of course, even the catastrophe modelers also federal agencies like FEMA, USDA, the National Interagency Fire Center, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Energy Information Administration, and at the state level, of course, state agencies and management authorities, they have a lot of data pre and post disaster. And so we're looking at quantify in total direct losses across about 16 different asset classes using the combination of that public and private sector data. So this would be insured, under-insured and uninsured damages to homes, to businesses, to government buildings like schools, the contents of all of these structures. Even time element losses such as business interruption or loss of living quarters. When you're out of your home lost, being repaired or rebuilt. But there's other assets even that the private sectors that often pay attention to as comprehensively, for example, public assets, roads, bridges, levee systems, even the Department of Defense, military bases, electrical grids are also something we look at as far as damage that's also a public private partnership and damage to to vehicles, to boats, to offshore energy platforms. And finally, the agriculture sector, of course, is heavily impacted by heat waves, cold waves and drought. So we look at crops, livestock being calls that increase in particular with drought damage to commercial timber, often with hurricanes in the southeast and wildfire fighting suppression costs. So those are the 16 different asset classes that we have homogeneous data over space and time. Going back many decades. That's consistently available. But it's equally important to know what we are not able to capture. So that would be things like non-market losses to environmental damage, environmental degradation, a natural capital, those type of losses, mental and physical health care related costs, which are likely substantial in the downstream ripple effects outside of a hazard region. There's also not quantified, so you could say this is a conservative but solid baseline estimate. Another piece of the puzzle would be one of the first key transformations we make would be the reciprocal of the insurance penetration rate, which varies by asset, by region and by hazard. Because we're looking at hurricanes, severe storm events like tornado hail and high wind events, heat waves, cold waves, winter storms, wildfire drought and urban flooding and river basin flooding. And some of those are very discrete events. And M.S., a day to day, three days like a severe storm complex or a hail storm. But some we treat more seasonal like droughts and wildfires because they're often slow onset events that get more impactful, particularly in the fall as the West dries out, as we've seen many times in recent years. Hey, Adam, it's Matt. So looking through April of this year, there were seven confirmed $2 billion assets. But what I noticed is underneath that, you lost three more potential billion dollar disasters. And I'm just curious, what is the difference there? Why are there three additional ones that could not be confirmed yet? You have seven confirmed billion dollars of three additional ones that cannot be confirmed yet. So what's the what does it take to become a confirmed billion dollar disaster versus these preliminary ones? Yes, that's a great question. This is this is a new feature we just added in recent months based on user feedback and requests. So that has to do with the data latency across all these different public and private data sources. We partner with the data latency, basically a fancy word for how long it takes a data to mature and stabilize. That varies based on the size and the impact, the intensity of an event. So we like to probe. Probably one month is about the bare minimum for the smallest billion dollar disaster event, like a hailstorm in Colorado, for example, whereas hurricanes could take many months, you know, six months or more. As we've seen in Florida, often times the claims process continues and continues. So this provides this section you're talking about the potential billion dollar disaster events. It kind of pulls back the curtain a little bit to say what events are we looking at as far as the data maturity that may be added to the list in the coming months? And correct me if I'm wrong, but if those three were confirmed, that would put us at ten through the first four months of year, which would be a new record because the current record is $8 billion disasters in 2017 and 2020, right? That would be correct. So these are not yet confirmed, but if they were all confirmed, we would be on a record base. That's correct. I mean, I'm going to parlayed and said more of a, let's say, 30,000 feet view of this where we've been over the past couple of decades with these billion dollar disasters. And I'll note, I know you adjust for inflation so the numbers are accurate in terms of something in 2000 is the same as now. But also furthermore, you know, where are we seeing what types of events are giving us our biggest increases and as are anything that we've seen, decreases that over time as well, a lot of these different hazards have had frequency and cost trends that are really going in the wrong direction in terms of they're getting worse for different parts of our nation. So if you can remember, the last three hurricane season is 2020 through 2022 were quite active. I believe we had more Category four and Category five landfalling hurricanes on record in that period than most of what the record shows and heard. That and hurricanes to the point are the most costly of these extremes we measure and it makes sense are big, powerful storms. So we have a lot of assets, a lot of population in harm's way along the Gulf Coast, in the southeast. We've also seen a lot of inland flooding events, urban planning events, more in the 20 tens decade than we had in the 1980s, nineties and 2000s combined. It implies, of course, we have more population, more exposure, but climate change is putting its thumb on the scale for some of these extremes, like heavy rainfall in the eastern U.S. As we know, the costliest flaperon equation, everyone see increase in temperature. The water vapor increases and therefore it adds to the heavy rainfall potential, which we've seen. But of course, how we build, where we build the vulnerabilities there, the floodplains, those all go into the to the equations as well. But if we go to the West Coast, you know, we've seen four of the last six wildfire seasons have been pretty off the scale in terms of cost, really almost an order of magnitude more costly than the average wildfire season in place. Yeah, just over the last four decades. Last year in 2022, thankfully, wasn't quite as bad in much of the West, with the exception of a few states like New Mexico and and some of the north central northwestern states. Yes. So so there's a lot of trends are going in the wrong direction. But what I like to highlight is, well, we can learn from this. We can learn from one way wrong, what we can do better in the future because we know these extremes. We're going to continue with exposure, with vulnerability, with climate change, all in the mix. And so I think the key is to learn from them and to mitigate future damages. So looking at 2022, for example, the most costly events were a hurricane in impacted, you know, southwest Florida, but trapped across Florida. And so it had the trifecta of impacts, a storm surge, the very high winds, but the flooding also well inland and really across Florida, many places that are not properly insured for flood insurance. And so that was in excess of 100 billion is is in the top some of the top most costly hurricanes on record. But I think that what sneaks under the radar a bit was the the drought from 2022. It was very expansive and expensive from California to the Mississippi River. This was a $22.2 billion event, really is the most costly drought in the U.S. in a decade, dating back to 2012, which was a very impactful drought. We may still remember. So and drought also people focus on agriculture, aspects of the impacts of drought. But there's also the the the loss of hydropower in parts of the West and California in particular. And as we know, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, they were dredging parts of the Mississippi River to help open up the flow because the low flow was reducing the commerce, the traffic up and down the river. So, yeah, all these impacts from an impact from an asset point of view and from a socioeconomic point of view are multidimensional. And so we have to address our vulnerabilities. Yeah. Before we toss to break, I want to go back to the drought situation in the West because that is such a long evolution event. How our are you able to say, you know, well, this fits into this timeframe, You know, there's one drought or did the drought, you know, you know, we know it's a multi-year, almost multi-decade old drought or they ratification. So how do you decide, okay, well, the drought we're going to fit into this quarter or this specific calendar year, How do you kind of get through that? For example, back in was the 2016 or 2017, there was like a flash drought that impacted North Dakota, South Dakota and maybe Montana, I believe. And it was a more bust, a smaller, isolated, but a very intense drought, you know, d3d for drought conditions, which are the most severe, but since the year 2000, what we've seen more often is just large swaths of the West with, you know, half a dozen to a dozen states that are heavily impacted throughout their growing season of their primary crops, anywhere from D2 to D3 to D4 impacts. And a lot of the states are giving drought designations based on weather is data in the East or G-3 or higher in the West. And so we track, you know, using s and other great drought data and USDA crop insurance data. We track how the maturity of the the crop season correlates with the the drought intensity. You know, often what we've seen is drought in Tennessee with heat in the summer and early fall will spike right when the crops are most vulnerable. And so therefore it amplifies the crop loss and the damages. Also, we see certainly for the larger area droughts and the long duration droughts, which we've seen much since year 2000. In the West, different states will struggle with wildfire cattle feed costs. So we look at cost per ton for things like corn or hay, silage and just that the delta between that year's drought impact price increase versus the five year state cost per ton increase for those feeding commodities. So there's a lot that goes into it and drought is one of the more complex assets to to analyze for as an event. Yeah, because everybody gets a little bit differently I'm sure. All right. So we'll take a little bit of a break. And on the other side, we'll dig a little bit deeper into the weeds about some of the pitfalls and irregularities and difficulties in quantifying this information with Adam Smith from Noah and CGI on the Across the Sky podcast. Stay with us. And we're back on the Across the Sky podcast. Our guest is Adam Smith, the Noah National Centers of Environmental Information, talking about the billion dollar disasters, reports that that come out about every quarter. And I'm I want to talk a little bit about the methodology. So, you know, even when we adjust for inflation, it seems like growing population, that coincident increase in wealth development along the coasts, more people building on property. How do you handle all those things in the report? Historically, inflation using CPI, you A-Z as a means for doing so is what we do, and we adjust that monthly based on the end date of an event or for drought. We use the begin date. But I think a fair question has come up in recent years about adjusting for things like housing population, other assets in harm's way, because we do know that people are moving to the south and the southeast in the west, which are really hot spots for different hazards hurricanes, severe convective storms, drought, flooding, you name it. And so we are actually embarking barking this late summer into fall and looking at some of the different assets and trying to add some additional adjustments. We do actually normalize for things like population or state level GDP. In our mapping section, you can look at any combination of years, any combination of hazards, any individual disaster. Of the 355 separate billion dollar disasters over the last 44 years, you can look at state level analysis that does normalized by population GDP. We just haven't taken that through all of the different pools throughout the entire site. But we're going to do more work on that front. I think one of the challenges, though, is a lot of the literature does talk about using, you know, population density or housing density as ways to normalize. I think that's a start, but I don't think that's a complete answer because we are looking at 16 different asset classes that are highly variables in terms of their spatial distribution, how much the concentration and the value of those have changed where they've happened. So we really need to come up with a more robust strategy to deal with the normalization in a in a really comprehensive way. But we have partners at Treasury, federal agencies and academia that are also looking at similar questions. So this is an active area of research. And Adam know has been keeping track of these billion dollar disasters since 1980. But it does raise the question of why 1980? So why is that the start point and could we look back farther than 1980? Is it possible can we try and calculate, well, how many billion dollar disasters that were in the seventies or sixties, or is there something that's preventing that? Yes, in 1980 when we started doing this work, and I think the reinsurance companies like Munich Reinsurance and Sports Reinsurance have actually looked back pre 1980. But in the United States, looking at the public and private sector data, 1980 in terms of the beginning of a decade is really where we get the first consistent snapshot of the comprehensive homogeneous data over space and time. This was a good starting point. For example, I think the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program data really doesn't really get going until the late seventies, if I'm if I'm not mistaken. But, you know, if you look at some really extreme events like tornado outbreaks, which we had many in the 1970s, because they were so impactful, they killed so many people, they were there historical events, you could do some analysis. I think the caveat would be pre 1980, the farther you go back in time, the larger the error bars would be in terms of the uncertainty of the data in the assumptions and the impact those assumptions would make on the analysis. And so what got you interested in getting into these EO, registering these billion dollar disasters or even working within NCI memory? Always interested and, you know, climate and this kind of information. What what was your journey that brought you here? Yes. So I've worked at NCI since really beginning Charles in five. And this this was kind of a legacy project actually predated my time, of course. But the way it was structured, the data that went into it was it was a comprehensive it wasn't peer reviewed, it was embedded. It was it was not quite as comprehensive as it could have been. So we spent probably five years working at mini partners, developing different data relationships and understanding and writing some papers, having conferences, and then kind of made it more robust and did a reanalysis. But I think in terms of my involvement with it, I've always been kind of a, a natural interdisciplinary thinker. I like I like thinking in that problem space, chaos and uncertainty don't really scare me as much as it might other people. And so I think it's a challenge and it's in frankly, it's just interesting. It's fun to do. And as we've seen over the last seven years, from 2016 through 2022 and 43, these billion dollar disasters have cost over $1 trillion of damage to the United States. It took about 34, 35 years from 1980 through about 2014 to get the first trillion before we got the second trillion in the last seven years. So the point being, you know, there's a lot at stake here in terms of understanding the spatial dimensions of impact, the socioeconomic vulnerabilities and trying to bring that as just one of many different federal data tools to help people unpack and better understand the a data analysis and our tools, not the be all end all. There's been a proliferation of different tools, like FEMA's National Risk Index is a great one, but there's there's probably half a dozen in the last two years. So we're just trying to do our part. And it's a very it's an interesting and active space to research. Now, I have another question for for people who really are not overly familiar with this. Adam, if you could kind of enlighten folks I know everybody's under everybody can understand what insurance is, but can you talk about what reinsurance is? Because that's a term that gets tossed around a lot that I don't think gets a lot of its a lot of explanation. So something like Munich Re Would you would you reference early what what is reinsurance. So yeah, reinsurance is effectively insurance for insurance companies. It's it's when really impactful events like a hurricane Ian hits Florida and causes tens of billions of dollars of insured loss that's so impactful. And so far on the distribution potential as a rare event that insurance companies wisely back up their investments with paying for additional insurance, which are often global bodies like Munich Reinsurance. Willis Reinsurance. But even the public sector, like FEMA's national Flood Insurance Program, has wisely recently started investing more and more in reinsurance layers to basically backstop the federal government payouts for flood insurance. Because as we've seen with hurricanes in particular, like Harvey, like Ian, like Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the costs quickly run up into the billions in terms of just the insured flood losses alone. But the uninsured flood losses are several times often the the insured losses from these events. And Adam, of course, looking at the big picture, we're seeing the number of billion dollar disasters going up. But I wonder if we could dive in a little bit more and talk about regionally, what are these? Are we seeing a particular region that's seeing more events than in the past and also as far as that type of event? So are we seeing a trend in the type of events that are causing billion dollar disasters compared to the eighties and nineties and what we're seeing now? So as far as types of events go in peculiar regions that are really seeing a particular uptick. So looking at the state scale, Texas, Florida and Louisiana would be the top three states In terms of the impact, yeah, Texas is close to $400 billion of total losses from these billion dollar disasters 1980 to present. Florida is also close to 400 billion. Louisiana is above or around 300 billion. And you can dive into all this data online. But if you were to normalize that by population or state GDP, you would see Louisiana certainly has the most acute impacts because they have a much smaller population, much more GDP, economic size than either Texas or Florida. And you can think back to 2020. We had, I think, four or five landfalling hurricanes make landfall and in Louisiana. So it lengthens and makes more costly the cleanup effort. But we saw the same thing last year in Florida with Hurricane Ian hitting. And then four or five weeks later, Hurricane Nicole hitting the other part of Florida and some similar counties had impacts. So this is an example of compound extremes with cascading impacts. And we're seeing that in the Gulf Coast. We're seeing that in in California with wildfire seasons lengthened due to the kind of semi persistent drought. Thankfully, that a lot of that drought's been diminished early in 2022 from absolute rivers. But anyway, we go from drought to wildfire to mud flow. Debris flows in the mountainsides from the burn scars in California. So you get this compound linkage that amplifies the impacts in the national Climate Assessment has has targeted this as a topic and really amplified and put a spotlight on it. So, yeah, certainly certain regions of the country are have been struggling in recent years in terms of high frequency events. And in Austin, these events hit similar areas and populations and even places like Louisiana, people are actually moving out of parts of Louisiana because I think it's just it's just too much to deal with. One thing I kind of, I guess, struggle with my head is that, you know, we're having Morty's billion dollar disasters. At the same time, I feel like there's never been more importance on messaging and emergency management here. Can you link the two? Because we would think that we're trying to be a more weather ready nation at that. That's a NOAA initiative, but we're still seeing Morty's billion dollar disaster. Yeah, I think that one challenges, as we talked about, people are moving of course, to different parts of the country, say they retired, they went to Florida or Texas and they may be from the northeast or somewhere in the Midwest. Well, when you move to a new place, I think it's one besides, you know, picking out where your your your location, where you want to live, you need to know your hazard. You need to know your natural born abilities, what has happened in the past. And you have so many great resources at the federal level, at the state level, academics have have published a lot of great papers looking at, you know, where the extremes and hazards are. And it's not one hazard. Often it's different, it's multifaceted. And so educating yourself in terms of what can happen, but also educating yourself and preparing in case if you are confronted with a high risk and you can actually act on it and protect yourself, your family, your business, your home, your assets. And so it does ultimately come down to the individual. But I think there's, you know, certainly an education process and understanding and some responsibility. And it's at all levels. And we have more than enough events in recent years to learn from and better prepare and for future extremes. Yeah, for sure. We get all kinds of weather across this country for, you know, everybody gets it a little bit differently. And before we let you go, I anything else you want to share where people can find this information online and anything else that y'all are working on that we should look forward to. One thing I did not mention is we worked in recent last few years with FEMA and Census, and we integrated as a county level in the census tract level a lot of socioeconomic vulnerability information and you can compare that with hazard risk or information and the billion dollar disaster information for your for your area, for your region. Yeah, just type. Billion-Dollar Disasters or weather costs in Google and it will come up. But we have many different tools and we're always trying to expand and add more nuance and depth and usefulness to the tools we we're working on developing user reports, dynamic reporting, so that can be developed and you know, like a PDF, you could just take it with you and read it separate from a web page. But there's there's just so much to do in this space. And there, you know, it's not just us, as many different research groups across the federal government, private sector and academia who are doing very valuable and important work in this area. Excellent. And again, thanks so much for joining us on the podcast and for all the work you're doing there, Noah, and give our best to you, everybody who's working there at Noah, NCI in Asheville. A lot to take in there, guys. But I mean, Adam has been doing this for a long time and by that he admits that there's no perfect way to do this for sure. But, you know, I think it's clear that as the as the climate has warmed, we are more at risk. There are more people, there are more things at risk, there's more property risk. And we're going to have to continue to guard against these kinds of weather. Sometimes are cold. Climate disasters are like environmental disasters. Kind of avoid avoid the political political nonsense with this stuff. But the end result, whether it's tropical cyclone, whether it's heavy rain, whether it is locally severe storms, whether it is the drought, flooding, all those things, we are more vulnerable than we have been in the past. And Joe, you know, you brought up the weather resignation and how I do think, you know, we're getting better at communicating and keeping people safe from these extreme weather events. But what we can't do works for, you know, is when these hurricanes are making landfall or when a tornado is tracking across ground, we can get people out of the way of the hurricane. We can get people out of the way of tornado, but we can't get their homes out of the way of these storms even there. And there can be preparations, you know, to make it. You know, we see people put a clipboard in the windows and such. But, you know, when it it's a high level event, there's going to be destruction. And I think, you know, especially, you know, in kind of what Adam mentioned, too, there's a little bit of a concern that people are moving to these places that have more climate disasters. I mean, just historically, Texas, Florida, anywhere along the Gulf Coast, the population has really been rising in the south. And that's typically where we have more of these billion dollar disasters and they're happening more often. So this is what happens. We end up getting more billion dollar disasters as people move to areas that experience more extreme weather. Yeah, and he kind of answered it when I was saying about, you know, emergency management and yeah, like we said, weather ready Nation. But to your point, you know, I mean I think Florida was the had been the fastest growing state since 2020. So a lot of those are going to the coast. Real estate is expensive in Florida. I was just in Sarasota two months ago. Prices are going up over there as well. And that ultimately outstrip the the increase in these disasters, too. And with things like rising sea levels. Yeah, you talk about hurricanes, right? I mean, yeah, if you had 12 inches more of sea level rise in 100 years, well, you know, now that that hurricane that's coming through, you know, is going to be 12 inches higher, what your storm surge and that might go in an extra block and an extra block is an extra million dollars or real estate or whatever it might be. So it's all these incremental things. And that's you know, we talk about climate change. A lot of this is coming in incremental steps. It's not the day after tomorrow where, you know, the Statue of Liberty is frozen in time. That that's how it is shown, right? Is that what happened? The Statue of Liberty? Oh, my God. They can't see me. But I have the little torch in my head now. But what it is, you know, it's these incremental steps. It's, you know, hey, the water's now half a block up the street. This storm now it's a full block up the street. The next storm, you know, and those kind of things add up dollar wise and help create some of these billion dollar disasters as well. You know, and there's a lot of focus on the, you know, tornado outbreaks and the hurricanes that are often the cause of billion dollar disasters. But you know what's interesting, I mean, so far this year, it's mainly just been some regular severe thunderstorm outbreaks, you know, that have been hail. People often forget about how costly ALA is. A lot of times people can get inside and you don't frequently die from hail. You go inside, you're fine. But the damage the hail caused that's been real costly this year and just straight line wind damage, it doesn't take a tornado. You get 60, 70, 80 mile per hour straight line winds and that does a lot of damage. So you don't need tornadoes. You don't need hurricanes at billion dollar disasters. That's really been the biggest problem so far this year. Yeah. Once that wind gets past 55 or 60 miles an hour, that's when we really start to see more physical damage to structures and the like. Gentlemen, I think that's going to be it for this week. But as as you know, and we'll let the folks at home know we've been working on another podcast next week. We're very excited to have the new director of the National Hurricane Center joining us next week, Michael Brennan. I will be here to talk about some of the new products that they've got working for the for the new hurricane season starts June 1st. I talk a little bit about about his role moving from my home state of Virginia through the ranks. NC State and on the way to the as director of the National Hurricane Center So very excited to have Director Brennan join us next week. Joe, I know you've been working on a couple other things that you want to kind of ease the audiences to some things I know you've been working on. Yeah. So we'll start off with we did a collab with Front page Betts on our Lee Enterprises family, so I had my said, Son, we're talking about sports betting and the weather and then we said it last week. It's something of a personal hero of mine, George Shea, Major League eating Commissioner, coming out to talk about the Nathan's hot dog eating contest. That's going to be our July 3rd episode. Talk about SEO Shawn. What better SEO do we have than is putting out on July 3rd a podcast about hot dog eating contest and the weather. And I'll tell you what, I've been to the hot dog eating contest before. It is definitely weather definitely makes a difference because I love having been there and seeing it on TV all these years. Those hot and humid days, just kind of hazy, different than those nice day for it's 82 degrees on the corner surf and still well in Coney Island, New York. Thanks. Thanks for that visual. I'll try not to have nightmares about it. I appreciate it. While I think about it, I would just do it this way. I think we're gonna take the reins on this day by. But yeah, we got a lot coming up and you know, we appreciate everyone listening and subscribing. You know, over the past year we've only been doing this for like 13 months. It feels like we've been doing it forever, but I bet we've been doing for 13 months. So really appreciate all of you tuning in. If you know someone who likes weather, if you know someone you interesting climate, tell them about it too. You know, we'd really appreciate it. That's a labor of love, to be sure. Go ahead. Go ahead, Matt. No. Yeah, we just started last April. I can't believe it's been over a year, but we are past the year mark. We have over 52 episodes now. So with APA, if you are, you have plenty of material to go back and listen to. If you're new to the podcast, we have plenty of episodes of scroll back in our history and I'm imagine there'll be a topic at some point. You'll scroll past. You want to click on and we'll have more and more in the weeks ahead. So again, thank you for joining us. Thank you for listening, Thank you for subscribing and don't miss our conversation next week with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan on the Across the Sky podcast. But for now, I'm Sean Sublette, the Matt Holiner in Chicago and at the Jersey Shore, our buddy Joe Martucci, and this hot dog eating contest that will see you next time for the Across the Sky podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We kick off our NFL Week 16 preview by discussing what could be the worst weather weekend in NFL history, with windchill temperatures forecasted to drop below zero in multiple cities. We talk about the players you should think about benching because of the weather, and how you should handle the abundance of backup quarterbacks starting this week. We finish the show by answering listener emails. Check out our Week 16 Fantasy Football Rankings for this week's positional rankings, and more! Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. has sustained 332 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2022). The total cost of these 332 events exceeds $2.275 trillion. In 2022 (as of July 11), there have been 9 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States. These events included 1 drought event and 8 severe storm events. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 8 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. The 1980–2021 annual average is 7.7 events (CPI-adjusted); the annual average for the most recent 5 years (2017–2021) is 17.8 events (CPI-adjusted). In this early access episode available to Patreon supporters of the Carolina Weather Group, we chat with Adam Smith, an NOAA applied climatologist based in Asheville, NC. Learn more: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/ This episode was available early to supporters on Patreon. Join now for as little as $1/month to unlock extras and support our show: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com The Carolina Weather Group operates a weekly talk show of the same name. Broadcasting each week from the Carolinas, the show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us as we talk about weather, the environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Gabe talks about strange weather and climate chaos. What can we do; what is being done?

Listen to discover the step by step method to apply EFT distance healing to help the people, pets, places, land, and all life forms affected by Hurricane Ian.Important note: While this episode focuses on sending love and healing energy using EFT for those affected by Hurricane Ian, the easily done method you'll learn in this episode can be applied to any weather or other disaster that has already happened or may happen in the future.---Timestamps:00:00 - Episode topic;00:56 - Show and host information;02:05 - Get more info at www.StressReliefRadio.com;02:23 - What is distant healing?;03:12 - Methods for distant healing;03:41 - How to get your free guide for applying EFT for hurricane disaster distant healing;04:23 - Where can we aim distant healing?;04:36 - How do we begin a session?;07:54 - How we use a surrogate object;09:49 - Self-care tapping;11:59 - Tapping to send love and healing energy to everyone and everything affected;14:59 - Available resources in the show notes;16:01 - Share episode and subscribe / follow to never miss an episode;16:39 - How to contact host and listen to previous episodes.---How to get your free step by step guide:To get your free step by step guide where I walk you through this easily done tapping protocol for distance healing for weather disasters, create an email with the subject line reading: "Hurricane Distant Healing Guide". You can leave the body of the email blank. Send that email to me at CarterMethod@gmail.com and I'll send you the guide by return email.---Affirmations used during this episode:"I choose to release any and all disempowering beliefs that may be blocking the free flowing energy supporting this distant healing session.”"This image (object) represents the people, places, land, buildings, organizations, and all life forms in Florida (or other disaster location) and surrounding areas affected by the hurricane”."I choose to be at peace and allow what is to be as it is and do everything I can to help those affected by this hurricane.""I choose to send love and healing energy to every person, animal, and life form affected by this hurricane.”---Distant healing resources:Video: Replay of a live webinar: "Distant Healing for Weather Disasters". Link: https://youtu.be/DboSRsPEhzoVideo: Replay of a live webinar: "Dowsing and Distant Energy Healing". Link: https://youtu.be/BHJzpeveTK0Video: Replay of a live webinar: "How to Do Heart to Heart Distance Healing". Link: https://youtu.be/7ET6LHvp1NIBlog Post by Dr. Pat Carrington. "Distance Healing, Intention, and Surrogate EFT". Link: https://patcarrington.com/distance-healing-intention-and-surrogate-eft/---Host info:Stephen Carter, founder of Stress Solutions, LLC. Website: https://www.StressReliefRadio.com. Email contact: CarterMethod@gmail.com.---Technical information:Recorded with Reaper. Initial edits with Twisted Wave. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.Microphone: Audio Technical AT2005.---Keywords:Hurricane Ian, storm, disaster, distance healing, distant healing, EFT, Emotional Freedom, tapping, Thought Field Therapy, healing,

Hurricane Ian could be the deadliest storm to ever hit the US state of Florida. It's one of many extreme weather events this year that have left millions homeless. So, what's making these disasters more common and intense? And how do we better prepare for them? Join host Folly Bah Thibault. Guests: Bradford Johnson – Assistant Professor of Geography, Florida State University. Maarten van Aalst – Director, IFRC Climate Centre. Fahad Saeed – Regional Climate Scientist, Climate Analytics.

Inflation is causing serious problems for millions of people. In Germany, it threatens to transform the country. Nearly 100 years since its hyperinflation crisis after World War I, recession and worse are projected. Is it possible we will see a repeat of some of the horrors of Germany's hyperinflationary past? Extreme weather is getting worse, with nations worldwide fluctuating between extreme drought and heat and terrible flooding. Such extremes always have people looking for answers as to why. We talk about a dimension to this question most people are overlooking. Are bad habits holding you back in life? What you repeatedly do each day ultimately forms the person you are. We talk about how you can improve your health and your life by changing your habits. And finally, a few words about what you ought to do when you fail. Links [01:58] European Inflation (15 minutes) “Fundamentally Transforming Europe's Economy” [17:07] Weather Disasters (18 minutes) Why 'Natural' Disasters? [34:40] Habits and Health (17 minutes) “You Can't Change Without It!” [51:47] LAST WORD: Try, Try Again (6 minutes) “Try, Try Again”

In this episode, we look at the potential risks of solar flares or coronal ejections on electrical infrastructure. Our disaster meteorologists Dan and Becky DePodwin join us to talk about space weather prediction and some of the unique challenges posed by this little-known aspect of the national weather infrastructure.

Increased exposure to media coverage of weather disasters can lead to post-traumatic stress symptoms in young children. In a new study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers used imaging of the brain and information about anxiety and trauma for 400 children between the ages of 9 and 11. They then collected data regarding […] The post 63. Media coverage of weather disasters can negatively impact kids appeared first on Dr. David Geier - Feel and Perform Better Than Ever.

It seems like the news is always filled with stories about storms, heatwaves, drought, and forest fires.  This is because these things are happening with unprecedented frequency. According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization, weather disasters have become five times more common since 1970, in large part a result of climate change.  […]

American teenage climate activist, Alexandria Villasenor (pictured), is presently in Glasgow awaiting the start of COP-26 at the end of the month and talked about youth and the climate crisis with Hamish MacDonald on Radio National just today - you can hear that discussion at "Young climate activists take centre stage at global conference on climate crisis". Also, you can listen to the "Please Explain" podcast' Other links for today are: "Scouts can now earn patches for learning about solar energy"; "Extreme tranquility: a record-warm, weirdly calm autumn from Northern Plains to Northeast"; " World's First Student-Led Global Event on Mental Health & Climate Change"; "Climate change is a national security issue, but not in the way Scott Morrison imagines"; "Lack of support for emissions reduction target will ‘punish farmers', NFF tells Nationals"; "Should we feel hopeless about climate change?"; "The Future Currency of Earth Isn't Going to Be Digital"; "Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters"; "Australian environment minister has ‘almost no control' over global emissions, court told"; "Stunningly cheap solar to power China's pivot away from coal": "How one US senator could sink Biden's climate agenda and COP26"; "Problems abound, but we could yet emerge as winners"; "PM's climate shift is overdue but welcome. Now he needs to do more"; "The green wars: Nickel stoush between BHP and Andrew Forrest heats up"; "Regenerative farmers see huge opportunity in net-zero target"; "Regional Australians want to be a part of a net-zero emissions future"; "On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan for Climate Change"; "Cycling contributes $6.3 billion a year to the Australian economy"; "Beef Industry Tries to Erase Its Emissions With Fuzzy Methane Math"; "Getting from here to net zero"; "Australia ranks last out of 54 nations on its strategy to cope with climate change. The Glasgow summit is a chance to protect us all"; "How the new human right to a healthy environment could accelerate New Zealand's action on climate change"; "Children deserve answers to their questions about climate change. Here's how universities can help"; "‘Cowardly': Coalition net-zero negotiations slammed as ‘climate delay'"; "How I switched from a career in coal to working in renewables"; "First-ever winners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize announced"; "INEOS invests over €2 billion in green hydrogen production for Europe"; "The Nationals' climate position has become symbolic posturing and no longer represents Australian farmers"; "‘Utterly his own right' for Scott Morrison to commit to net-zero, Barnaby Joyce says". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". The open letter to the Federal Government from more than 30 businesses and individuals in Shepparton: We believe a 2050 net zero emissions target is essential in order to keep a global temperature rise under 2°C. For us specifically in the Goulburn Valley, a rise above 2°C would threaten our lifestyle and highly profitable agricultural sector. The Federal Government needs to adopt this target and work toward it in a way that transitions without threatening our economy. The Business Council of Australia has modelled a roadmap to Australia achieving net-zero by 2050, through adaptation of new technologies, harnessing renewables and incentivising carbon sequestration. The Council identifies that this process could reap an economic dividend of $890 billion and 190,000 jobs over the next 50 years. With strong investment in our region, the Goulburn Valley can be part of this dividend. We are well placed to benefit from this 2050 net-zero blueprint. We have the capability to generate renewable energy, participate in profitable carbon sequestration and adapt technology for our manufacturing sector. Done properly, this could enhance our energy reliability and affordability. This requires commitment from the government, a clear policy framework and significant investment. We don't really have a choice not to participate in this global effort, given several of our trading partners are indicating an emissions commitment will be required to continue that trading relationship. That is in addition to the overbearing challenges we will leave future generations if we can not keep the dial below a 2°C temperature increase. The Goulburn Valley has constantly adapted to challenges and opportunities with its embrace of technology and entrepreneurial spirit. We believe we can do the same with this challenge, but we need the government to act now and invest.   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

We've seen an unprecedented amount of extreme weather recently. Since September is National Preparedness Month, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with Paul Huang, FEMA's Acting Associate Administrator of Resilience, and learn about what we all can do to be prepared. Huang talks about putting together a disaster kit, checking your insurance, and how to have this conversation with kids. You can find more information and tools for disaster readiness from FEMA at ready.gov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republicans are proud of how they're intimidating women in Texas. But could this abortion ban & its vigilantism be the tipping point that activates women & allies to take down the GOP? Dr. Ben Strauss joins Thom on whether extreme weather is on the rise and are we seeing it on the east & west coasts with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes etc. Greg Palast explains the real reason the lights went out in Louisiana.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich do the weekly Common Good News Roundup.   Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt   The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic   votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon

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This week, we look back on the winter weather disaster in Texas and assess the lessons moving forward: how do we properly adapt to a changing climate that's affecting our winters? Dr. Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, explains why winter weather is getting weirder and American Clean Power CEO Heather Zichal discusses the accelerated need for more clean energy to combat the crisis.  Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss America officially re-entering the Paris Agreement, partisan motivation behind renewable opposition, and natural gas nonsense.  Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Check out our updated website!  Further reading: Joe Biden's climate envoy admits US and Australia not on 'same page' As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business How Much the Oil and Gas Industry Paid Texas Republicans Who Are Lying About Wind Energy Dr. Leah Stokes' Texas Twitter Thread

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Australia's catastrophic bushfires were among a series of costly weather disasters that reflected the long-term impact of climate change, according to a new report. - Οι καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές του περασμένου καλοκαιριού ήταν ανάμεσα σε μια σειρά φυσικών καταστροφών που αντικατοπτρίζουν τις μακροπρόθεσμες επιπτώσεις της κλιματικής αλλαγής, σύμφωνα με νέα έκθεση.

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As California burns in horrific wildfires, the Gulf Coast floods from two successive storms—Marco and Laura. The media and politicians are quick to blame all such disasters on climate change, but that overlooks the real cause of these curses. The United Arab Emirates and Israel just forged a landmark peace deal, and other Arab nations could follow suit. Iran and Turkey have spoken out vehemently against the deal, and a battle is developing between these two nations over who will lead the world of political Islam. The mobile app TikTok has received press for being a tool for China to spy on Americans. But China’s cyberespionage capacity is dwarfed by the American government’s ability to spy on its own people. And I give three reasons why it is important to build more passion in your life. Links [2:15] U.S. Weather Disasters (12 minutes) “The Deadly Climate Change Deception” Chapter 3 in Why ’Natural’ Disasters? [14:55] Iran and Turkey Battle for Leadership (11 minutes) “The Undisputed King of Radical Islam” [26:25] Cyberespionage (16 minutes) “NSA Spying: A Much Greater Danger Than TikTok” [42:50] LAST WORD: Build More Passion in Your Life (7 minutes)

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Calling all adventure photographers & adventure couples: what are you supposed to do when the weather hits with more force than you bargained for? How do you prepare as a couple (or prepare your couples as photographers) to be ready to pivot? This episode is a real-time look into how I try to solve the issues that come with weather & disasters for a couple on their elopement day. 

Guest: Steve Bowen, Director (Meteorologist), Aon When natural disasters strike they can impact just about every aspect of life... The ultimate cost of such disasters is a science of its own and no one is more familiar with those costs than those charged with insuring all that is important to us. Today we’ll talk with Steve Bowen, Director and meteorologist at Aon, to look back at the weather related disasters of 2018...plus…fascinating conversation that will explain how Mr. Bowen utilizes analytics to help communicate & prepare the world for the risks associated with a future that promises to bring more and more extreme weather events.

Bob and co-host Kevin catch up on some recent hikes they've done; Kevin's training for the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim hike in October; Colorado's severe summer weather; Bob is heading to the Pacific; Bob and Kevin's total hiking mileage so far this year; a preview of next week's podcast Hiking Bob on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and website  Wild Westendorf on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and website Listen on Google Podcasts, Spotify and Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android

As we approach the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, the nation’s worst rainstorm, Houston Public Media takes a look back at some of the biggest storms that have impacted the Gulf Coast and its development, policies, and people. “Hurricane Season” host Andrew Schneider starts with the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 remains the single deadliest disaster in U.S. history -- killing more than the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake... Read More

Rice University professors Phil Bedient and Jim Blackburn view Hurricane Harvey as a pivotal event for Houston – a wake-up call to rethink our relationship with nature and our understanding of climate change; and an opportunity to implement changes that will make the region more resilient to future storms. Part 10 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

Jennifer Blake’s daughter Briana has special needs and specialized medical equipment since a car accident left her paralyzed. As flood waters rose, Jennifer, her family and their caregiver Trey stayed on the move - keeping one step ahead of the rising water. Part 9 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

After Harvey, Pastor Tony Pittman organized a team of volunteers to distribute food and materials in the South Houston neighborhood around his church. As immediate needs were met, the Pastor’s mission evolved into one that helped families rebuild. Along the way, Pastor Tony met Pilo Deleon and his family, including an inspiring child who is fighting cancer. Part 8 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

During the storm, Houstonians came together to help one another and discovered the real meaning of community. When Erica Kang, a teacher at Houston’s Yes Prep Southeast campus, discovered that one of her students was still living in a home that had been flooded but not yet repaired, she invited the student’s entire family to move in with her and her fiancé. Part 7 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

Immediately after the flood, people across Houston gathered to distribute food and supplies. Jonathan Beitler and the Midtown Kitchen Collective in Houston worked with Melissa Lee in Beaumont/Port Arthur to deliver meals to displaced people, first responders, and the National Guard throughout Southeast Texas. Part 6 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez were both new to their roles as the region’s top law enforcement officials when the storm hit. Without missing a beat, they worked as a team to keep order in the midst of destruction. They were instrumental in letting Houston’s large immigrant community know that help was available to all, including undocumented families. Part 5 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at... Read More

The managing directors of the Alley Theatre and Houston Grand Opera talk about going downtown after the storm and discovering the damage to Houston’s Theatre District; of their organizations’ difficult roads to recovery; and about proud moments of resilience along the way. Part 4 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

Karen Walrond, her husband, and daughter live in the Memorial Bend neighborhood of Houston, near Buffalo Bayou. After evacuating and then returning to their home to begin clean up, Karen was nearly trapped by the “second wave” of flooding caused by the release of water from overfilled reservoirs. Part 3 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett talk about working together to respond to Harvey, how previous storms helped prepare them, and the lessons learned from Harvey. Part 2 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

The founder of Gallery Furniture, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, and store manager Anthony Lebedzinski tell the story of how Gallery Furniture came to be a place of refuge during Hurricane Harvey, including harrowing water rescues that helped bring displaced Houstonians to the store. Part 1 of 10-part series, "Stories from the Storm". More at houstonpublicmedia.org/harvey.

As we approach the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, the nation’s worst rainstorm, Houston Public Media takes a look back at some of the biggest storms that have impacted the Gulf Coast and its development, policies, and people. “Hurricane Season” host Andrew Schneider starts with the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

Hurricane Harvey was the nation’s worst rainstorm, forcing local and state leaders to rethink long-term flood mitigation plans and solutions. During and after the storm, Houstonians learn the value of a community and coming together in times of need.

Today, we will talk about one way you can help people in Houston immediately, as well as 2 things you should be prepared for in your own life in case a weather disaster ever strikes your home. So, before we jump into our regular segments, I want to share with you what I plan to do to help Texas recover from the terrible damage it received from Hurricane Harvey. Some people who I personally know started an organization with a very simple mission right after Hurricane Katrina. I well remember wishing I could just rent a bus, drive down to New Orleans, and start picking people up and getting them the hell out after that Hurricane, don't you? All the while, we heard about how long it was taking FEMA to get their resources to that part of the country. Heck. Walmart was able to move water in faster than the feds and George Bush took one heck of a beating over what seemed like a slow response to we the citizens, and seemed like a fast response to bureaucrats in Washington. What followed was horrifying. Anyone who knows me at all, knows that I don't believe that the government is better at doing things than people. And while I am open to discussions on this topic over the campfire - we don't have time for that right now. The developing crisis in Houston is something that can benefit from small efforts by individuals right now - not tomorrow - while the big, bulky machine that comes under the heading of “disaster relief” gets itself booted up, deployed, and providing aid. And it just so happens that there is a small organization looking for volunteers, supplies, and financial support so that they can send small teams into Texas armed with water, food, diapers, wet wipes, and cell phone charging stations. And the best part about the organization? 100% of all financial donations go to the supplies that are being distributed, and gas to get the supplies to Texas, and the delivery drivers back out for more supplies. It's called Citizens Assisting Citizens. They are a 501(c)3. And it just so happens that one of my local Tennessee friends, Jake Robinson, is heading out tomorrow or Wednesday to begin delivering supplies. Why am I supporting this charity over others? It's because they already have people there RIGHT NOW giving out water, food, and helping folks get in touch with their loved ones. They are basically serving as the bridge between the current crisis, and the time when other aid becomes possible -- all while local officials are focusing on getting people off roofs, into shelters and rescued and alive. These guys and gals are the first wave of help the some people will see between being physically safe, and physically comfortable. So here is an interview I did with Jake right before the show. Link to Citizens Assisting Citizens: http://www.cacteam.com/ Zello Channel: https://zello.com/cacteam Article about CAC from Jack Spirko: http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/cac-teams-a-call-out-to-help-hurricane-refugees-in-texas Eating Seasonally and Tales from the Prepper Pantry This is where we share what we are eating as it comes to us - and talk about ways to use what we store. Watercress Cucumber Salad - the recipe of the week - Tomatoes gave a second wave, as did green beans Apples! Yay! This week's Holler Stew Have reorganized canned goods for the fall What we are preserving this week Where we share what we are preserving for winter storage Apple Sauce Lemon balm Green beans Keeping an eye out for mushrooms Garden Economics project Where I share what the garden is bringing our way. Winter is Coming 17 Where we share what we are doing in the Holler to prepare for winter. Goat hay - now it is cheap - in a few months it will be expensive Rearranging the prepper pantry for winter storage Beginning putting growing beds to rest for the spring Must repair the damn greenhouse 2 ways to Prepare In Advance of a Disaster: A minimalist's list. Bug In Food Do you have enough and some to share How are you going to cook and serve it? Nice to have: spirits can raise spirits when times are hard Water Stored Filtration Heating and Cooling What if there is no power and it is too cold or hot? What is your plan Propane/kerosene/wood The Creek or a generator and window as in one room Animals Food for the animals Care/aid for the animals Nice to have: Extras for other people's animals First Aid Wounds, illnesses, medicines Hygene! Reference book Communications Cell phone Land line Radio Plan Ability to Charge Fuel Gas tanks full Extra credit: Some storage of fuel Bug Out Prepack Mobile supplies packed and ready to go that cover: food, water, communications, shelter, first aid. Plans for leaving Where you will go How you will get there Multiple ways to get there and places to go Meet up locations Transportation Access to money How you will communicate with your loved ones or way points

IMAGE: Ireland suffered horrendous weather patterns in 2009 and 2010 [Credit: Four Courts Press]  The Question Is? Software applications, or 'apps' for smartphones, such as the iPhone, are experiencing an explosion of interest. What is likely to happen in the mobile phone apps market in the next few years? We ask Barry Downes, a research leader in this field, with the Waterford IT-based TSSG research institute.  Writer's Room A mountain of words have described our recent economic woes. The other major talking point of Ireland's miserable last few years has been the awful weather. This unprecedented period of snow, ice and floods is described by geographer Kieran Hickey, and put into a historical context, in Deluge Ireland's Weather Disasters, 2009-2010.