Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters Natural disasters are extreme weather patterns, including hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods that occur in all regions of the world without warning. Natural disasters are frequently referred to as acts of God or great equalizers. However, these events disproportionately affect poorer, more marginalized, underdeveloped communities and expose underlying patterns of exploitation, oppression, and discrimination across society. […] Brains Jesse | August 19, 2021 0 Comments
Using the Past to Predict the Future: What the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Can Tell Us About Winter 2020 The 2005 and 2020 hurricane seasons have been strikingly similar so far. 2020 is on track to match or even beat the record 2005 season, and the chance of La Niña forming this fall and winter is extremely similar. Related: July, the ENSO, Winter 20/21 and You: La Niña Explained La Niña patterns play a huge role in what winter […] Clay Malott | August 17, 2020 0 Comments
How Ocean Warming is Impacting The 2020 Hurricane Season A marine heatwave is currently sweeping through the Atlantic ocean which will likely intensify this year’s hurricane season. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reports that the water off the New England coast is 3-4˚F warmer than normal this summer. Related: Hurricane Hunters: A Suicide Mission For Knowledge? Typically, off New England’s shores, there is a thin layer of warm water sitting […] Brains Alex Camerino | August 7, 2020 0 Comments
Tropical Storm Hanna Intensifies Into First Atlantic Hurricane of 2020 Hanna, a tropical storm that has so far been harmless, has intensified into a Category 1 hurricane. Related: Brain Post: How Hurricanes Get Named The storm formed on July 22 in the dead center of the Gulf of Mexico. The storm has been tracking west ever since and is expected to make landfall between noon and 6 pm central time […] Weather Clay Malott | July 27, 2020 0 Comments
6 Things NOAA Forecasters Want Us To Know NOAA Forecasters want us to know 6 things about weather and climate to increase awareness of how it works and how to be prepared for it. But first of all, what is the difference between weather and climate? “Whereas weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in […] Weather Sebastian Opazo | June 26, 2020 0 Comments
Bomb Cyclone Knocking Out Power And Making Travel Dangerous In The Northeast Hurricane force winds are pummeling New England on Thursday morning, 10/17/19 as a storm known as a bomb cyclone is knocking out power and disrupting travel in the region through the end of the workweek. The storm “is now parked over southern New England with the pressure equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane,” CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. Wind gusts […] Weather SnowBrains | October 17, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch the Hurricane Hunters Fly Right Through the Eye of Hurricane Dorian WeatherBrains | September 5, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Boy First Victim of Hurricane Dorian | One of Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricanes Ever An eight-year-old boy has become the first victim of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The 200-mph storm has caused devastation over the islands, with more than 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Ingrid Mcintosh told Eyewitness News that her grandson Lachino Mcintosh had drowned in the Abaco Islands, in the […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 2, 2019 0 Comments
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