Dr. Kim Wood

When it comes to our agencies, whether it be at the local to federal level, giving us advance warning, the NHC works super hard to make sure information is getting out as best they can, as far out in advance as they can.

And right now, current decision trajectories are actually hindering us in being able to do that.

Matt echoes that.

Unfortunately...

When it comes to trying to control something like a hurricane, it is massive.

It is releasing so much energy, and it is already interacting with the area around it in, I would say, organized chaotic ways.

But the stuff that's happening in the storm can be occurring on really small scales.

Like, if you look out and you see a single thunderstorm cloud, and then you think about all the processes happening within that, that's all happening inside of a hurricane as well.

Oh, boy.

And so...

When you think about how could humanity directly affect a hurricane, and we can't.

No, we can't nuke them.

No, we can't drag icebergs under them.

No, no, no.

We are indirectly affecting them by warming the climate, but we are not capable of directly affecting something the size of a hurricane.

They I have learned so much about nature, about.

geography, about engineering, about coding, about visualization because I study hurricanes.

I have connected with all kinds of people because I study hurricanes.

And the communities that build around these shared values of investigating fascinating phenomena and distilling that information in ways people can actually act on to make their lives better

Like the fact that I'm talking to you right now is an example of one of my favorite things about hurricanes.