A New Way Of Looking At Extreme Weather (Think Tech On OC16)
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Jay Fidell and Elise Anderson look at the impact from Hurricane Lane and Olivia through the lens of talk shows done about those hurricanes and hurricanes preparedness during this season. Topics included, preparation efforts for Hurricane Hector, from Peter Rosegg of Hawaiian Electric, hurricane resistance photovoltaic systems, from Christopher Burgess of Rocky Mountain Institute, Hurricane Lane preparedness, with Dennis Hwang of the UH Sea Grant and John Bravender of NOAA, desalination technology, from Jeffery McCutcheon of the Univesrity of Connecticut, drinking water supplies during disasters, with Robert Morita, of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, forecasting climate changes hazards in the Pacific, with Rashed Chowdhury, of Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center and Joe Brinkley of NOAA, lessons from Hurricane Lane, with Karl Kim, of the NDPTC and Michale Iwashita, a meteorologist, flooding in Kauai, with Mina Morita, former chair of the PUC, the American Red Cross preparation during hurricanes, with Paul Klink, disasters on the Big Island, with Rep. Joy San Buenaventura, hurricanes and their place in climate change, with Dennis Hwang, drone technology for public safety, with George Purdy, and coastal management in Hawaii, with Dolan Eversole, of the UH Sea Grant College,
Original Air date October 7, 2018. Episode 381.
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