Stephen Strader
@stephenmstrader.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Hazards & Disaster Geographer | Severe Storms Meteorologist | Avid fan of condensation in the sky and sound waves. www.stephenmstrader.org 🌪⛈️🌀❄️🌡🗺⚠️ My opinions are solely my opinions.
www.villanova.edu/university/m... Storms, World Cup, and America 250 celebrations... What could go wrong?
Villanova Researcher Authors Comprehensive Look at Large Outdoor Gatherings and Severe Weather Risk | Villanova University
Dr. Strader and a colleague published a study in Weather, Climate, and Society where they developed a metric to comprehensively rank more than 475 “large outdoor gatherings” in the U.S. in terms of gr...
villanova.edu
The comments in this are so good... I have now been accused of weather control and a large number of at-home meteorologists knew about this issue years ago. So many experts out there! Who knew? It is always the Dunning-Kruger effect. Always.
Stephen Strader@stephenmstrader.bsky.social · 6mo agoI did another thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTQ...
Trying to teach my students about being empathetic and professional is kind of hard when POTUS is out here saying, "whole civilization will die tonight" and "open the f*cking strait" on social media. We hold 5 yr olds to higher standards. Anyway, time to go teach like none of this is happening.
I did another thing... A 1988 Martin D16 A (Ash). Martin only made 818 of these. The Ash back and sides are brighter and more of a "glassy" voicing compared to the more common D18 (Mahogany) and D28 (Rosewood). Given emerald ash borer issues nowadays, I had to snag one of these from my birth year.
Colloquium today Joy Pochatila National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Coordinator, US Geological Survey
New Paper Alert. 3 former undergraduate students and I worked on this. We created indices that allow us to determine where tropical cyclone disasters are most likely to occur... Hint: It's not just coastal counties. Inland flooding is a major driver of #disaster! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Geospatial assessment of United States tropical cyclone disaster risk - Natural Hazards
Natural Hazards - This study provides an overview of tropical cyclone (TC) hazard risk, population exposure, societal vulnerability, and community resilience for conterminous United States (CONUS)...
link.springer.com
Really good new study. As expected, tropical cyclone (TC) impacts are high for Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties due to high TC hazard + population exposure, but also for many *inland* counties in the SE and NE due to flash flooding from TCs + vulnerable communities.
Geospatial assessment of United States tropical cyclone disaster risk - Natural Hazards
Natural Hazards - This study provides an overview of tropical cyclone (TC) hazard risk, population exposure, societal vulnerability, and community resilience for conterminous United States (CONUS)...
link.springer.com
Aw man I wish academics had headlines like this. “Stephen Aguilar (existential dread) is not expected to write today, per @mpolikoff.bsky.social”
Mike Reiss@mikereiss.bsky.social · last yr.CB Christian Gonzalez (hamstring) is not expected to practice today, per Mike Vrabel.
I guess my dog decided to become an Eagles fan. As a Bills fan, I don't know how I feel about this. I guess, go birds.
Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina (2005) made landfall in Louisiana. Four years ago today, Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall in Louisiana. This animation shows Katrina on the left and Ida on the right over the same 24-hour period using NOAA Merged IR (left) and NOAA ABI Band 13 (right).
Hurricane Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars.
From devastation to determination: Hurricane Katrina's legacy in pictures
Hurricane Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars.
n.pr
I think a lot about how the Cubs just let him go... www.mlb.com/news/kyle-sc...
FOUR for Schwarbs! Phils slugger joins exclusive HR club -- and had chance for No. 5!
PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber wasted no time making an emphatic statement on Thursday night. Then, he made another. And another. And ... another. Schwarber became just the 21st player in Major League...
mlb.com
20 yrs ago. Since then, disaster counts, costs, vulnerability have risen. Disasters are a product of society, and are caused by extreme events interacting with societal vulnerabilities through multifaceted human decision-making processes. We are not ready for the next one... #Katrina #NewOrleans
When we think of disasters in the Gulf we often think of places like New Orleans and Houston...but the data shows how per-capita damages are often worst in smaller places like Refugio County, Texas ($92k damage per capita from 2005-2024) or Harrison County, Mississippi ($65k).
Been getting back into watches and picked up this cheap Timex Indiglo Expedition. Cousin had one of these when I was 8, and he was 16. I thought he/it was the coolest. I begged for one. Mom and Dad did get me one, but it has long since disappeared. Today, its replacement arrived. #Oldiebutagoodie
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
It was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history: Have we forgotten Katrina's lessons?
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
n.pr
Far too many people are unknowingly stuck on Child's Hill... Hey, when I was 4 yr old, I thought thunder was the sound of clouds colliding and if I stared at my arm when lightning happened I could see bones like an Xray. Then, I actually became an atmospheric scientist...
Stephen Strader@stephenmstrader.bsky.social · last yr.Scientists spend their lives becoming experts on specific things. Then, someone who has thought about that topic for 5 min tells you that you're wrong. It's like me going up to a commercial pilot and giving him notes because I flew a drone a few times. Is it all Dunning-Kruger and projection? Yes.
Scientists spend their lives becoming experts on specific things. Then, someone who has thought about that topic for 5 min tells you that you're wrong. It's like me going up to a commercial pilot and giving him notes because I flew a drone a few times. Is it all Dunning-Kruger and projection? Yes.
The hazard and disaster mitigation dilemma in 140 characters or less...
Bumping this for visibility since I posted it over the weekend. It may just get lost in the constant barrage of bad news we get, but its something near and dear to my heart that I have worked on for a decade now. #mobilehome #manufacturedhome #tornado #wx #disaster
Stephen Strader@stephenmstrader.bsky.social · last yr.This will not end well... 50% of tornado deaths occur in these homes despite them only making up 7% of the U.S. housing stock... Why?... Poor build quality and lack of anchoring to ground. Another decision that will kill people... #wx #tornado #disaster www.businessinsider.com/cheap-starte...
Also, this is what happens to these homes *with* steel chassis when they meet a strong tornado. All research in this area suggests construct. standards are too weak. This says, "We want them weaker"... Want to guess how the area of the country with the greatest number of manuf. homes voted?...
Stephen Strader@stephenmstrader.bsky.social · last yr.This will not end well... 50% of tornado deaths occur in these homes despite them only making up 7% of the U.S. housing stock... Why?... Poor build quality and lack of anchoring to ground. Another decision that will kill people... #wx #tornado #disaster www.businessinsider.com/cheap-starte...