WeatherBrains 515: Highlight of My Day

WeatherBrains Episode 515 is now online (November 30, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the Executive Director at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Prior to HOT he has led diverse, people-focused, technology-enabled projects across the public, private, non-profit, and international humanitarian sectors. As former supervisor for the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Long-Term Recovery Program, Tyler led the strategy development and implementation of community recovery efforts across all 12 affected counties in New York State including directing a team of community recovery specialists engaging affected residents and community organizations. Before joining the Red Cross, Tyler worked in a number of post-disaster and community development contexts nationally and internationally; serving as a United Nations ICT officer in the UN Secretariat New York, and community development consultant for Save the Children in Bolivia and the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust in Sri Lanka. While at the UN, Tyler served on the board of the UN Staff “1% for Development” Fund.

Immediately prior to joining HOT, Tyler served as Executive Director of the International Center for Disaster Recovery, a disaster technology nonprofit, as a Senior Program Officer and consultant for the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN), and as an Adjunct Professor in Metropolitan College of New York’s Emergency Management Program. In his role with NDIN, he developed training curriculum in religious and cultural competency in disaster for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency. Tyler holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management/Computer Science from Boston College Wallace E. Carroll School of Management. Tyler Radford, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight’s Guest Panelist appeared on the show back on Labor Day talking about the 1935 Florida Keys Hurricane. He has a new book recently published about the real estate boom of the 1920s in Florida, and of course, the story is intertwined with hurricanes. Willie Drye, welcome back the show.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

• US Extremes: 85 at Punta Gorda & Fort Myers, FL, and -15 at Boulder, WY
• Hurricane season ends today in the Atlantic Basin
• Oklahoma recovering from ice event
• Ice storm in West Oklahoma and flash flooding in Southeast OK
• Severe weather prospects way down
• Snow storm in Central Plains
• December starting out fairly mild
• Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
• and more!

Our email bag officer is doing the “parents thing” so the mail bag comes early in the program.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: If you ask most people to describe a raindrop, they would probably describe one with a teardrop shape. But raindrops are actually more like pancakes, or as we discuss in this episode of 101, something like the top half of a hamburger bun.

Listener Surveys: Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click here to take the survey.

Web Sites from Episode 515:

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

For donations to HOT

OpenStreetMap

Books by Willie Drye

Great Miami Hurricane of 1926

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Picks of the Week:

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Faith in the Flakes (Aubrey ordered the blue one)

Bill Murray – Willie Drye’s latest book

Brian Peters – Snowflake photography

James Spann – Editorial by James about common ground

Kevin Selle – Weather Channel launches The Lift

Rick Smith – Oklahoma Mesonet videos

SkyDavers Blog – The Fog Bank

Willie Drye – Rob Jones photo post on Facebook

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Dr. John Scala, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Rick Smith, Kevin Selle, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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