Best Dr Lucy Jones Center Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 117 - Hurricane Season 12:08

12M ago12:08

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In this special guest episode of Getting Through It, Dr. Lucy Jones sits down with Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch, a specialist in creative risk communication and the director of the risk communications agency Pacífico. In the wake of tropical storm Hilary in Los Angeles and reflecting on Emiliano’s hurricane preparedness work in the Caribbean, they dis…

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Episode 116 - What the U.S. Can Learn From Earthquakes in Turkey 13:36

1+ y ago13:36

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The devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey on February 6, 2023 and its aftershocks have many people wondering if the same impacts and damage could happen in Southern California. In this episode, Dr. Jones lays out how to get from good codes to good buildings. She reminds us that buildings are only as good as the building code that was in pl…

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Episode 115 - The Reality of Atmospheric Rivers 15:02

1+ y ago15:02

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In this special guest episode of Getting Through It, Dr. Lucy Jones sits down with Keith Porter, chief engineer of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and of the original ARkStorm scenario, to discuss the impact of the atmospheric river and subsequent flooding on the entire state of California in January 2023. They think back on what they…

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Episode 114 - All About Liquefaction 8:27

2y ago8:27

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Whenever there is a big earthquake near the coast, people often worry about tsunamis and liquefaction. We know tsunamis happen when the shape of the sea floor changes and moves the water, but liquefaction is not quite as simple. In this episode, Dr Jones explains what liquefaction is, when it occurs, and how to know if you are at risk .…

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Episode 113 - The Value of Retrofits 10:47

2y ago10:47

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Dr. Jones and John often discuss what it is that the listeners of this podcast can do to manage the risks you face. In this episode, they discuss what civic leaders can do to protect people with good policy. They review a new report released by the Dr. Jones Center with research from Dr. Keith Porter of the The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduc…

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Episode 112 - Happening Right Now: More Extreme Disaster Events 10:21

2y ago10:21

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Recorded during a Southern California heatwave, this episode explores the increase in the extremes of disasters due to climate change.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 111 - Tempo 12:06

2y ago12:06

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For the past year and a half, the Dr. Jones Center has been working on a unique project. Tempo is an international collaboration that brings together climate scientists and engineers, social scientists, and musicians to explore the ways in which music can be used to change the emotional climate about climate change. This episode goes over how this …

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Episode 110 - When You Have a Lot of Earthquakes, You Have a Lot of Earthquakes 9:18

2y ago9:18

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As Dr. Jones says, when you have a lot of earthquakes, you have a lot of earthquakes. This means that there are many more small earthquakes than large ones; it's a well defined distribution. Not only are there a lot of earthquakes, but scientists can tell you how many there will be by using an equation. In this episode, Dr. Jones gets nerdy and det…

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Episode 109 - Why Are Schools Safer? 9:15

2y ago9:15

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One of people’s biggest fears about an earthquake is that they will be crushed by a building. While most buildings in California will not collapse, because most are single family, wood construction homes, what is of more concern is the buildings that are less prolific but have an impact in all of our lives: public buildings. In this episode, Dr. Jo…

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Episode 108 - Weak Faults Have Bigger Earthquakes 8:35

2y ago8:35

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The San Andreas is a complicated fault. It has the potential to have the biggest earthquakes in Southern California, yet in the last half century, there has only been one earthquake on it that no one really remembers. In this episode, Dr. Jones explains what makes a weak fault and why this legendary fault fits in that category.…

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Episode 107 - The Misconception of the ”Massive” Earthquake 8:42

2y ago8:42

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In this episode, we look at the Afghanistan earthquake of June 2022 that killed more than 1,000 people, how we know what we know, and how Dr. Jones' work in the country in the 1970s shapes our understanding of the seismology there.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 106 - What We Can Learn from New Zealand 12:07

2y ago12:07

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Disaster hazards being faced by societies around the globe are monumental. The work each nation has undertaken has been notable, but it’s especially apparent in New Zealand, with just five million people and a third smaller than the state of California. After spending the week in New Zealand as part of a science advisory board, Dr. Jones discusses …

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Episode 105 - Looking for Anomalies in All the Wrong Places 12:53

2y ago12:53

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One of the most common beliefs about earthquake prediction is that animals know before the earthquake comes. In this episode, telling the story of her experience researching this question, Dr. Jones cuts to the chase: we want it to be true, but there is no evidence animals can predict earthquakes.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 104 - The Dangerous Myth of the “Ring of Fire” 8:25

2y ago8:25

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Whenever there is a significant geological event along the Pacific Rim, people take to social and conventional media to conjure the mythical impacts of the “Ring of Fire”! Once again, people look for a pattern when one doesn’t exist. With plate tectonics, subduction zones, and volcanoes, Dr. Jones explains in this episode how the “Ring of Fire” has…

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Episode 103 - Pandemic Randomness 10:27

2y ago10:27

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From normalizing risk to making patterns, people have dealt with the uncertainty of the pandemic in many ways. In this final episode of our three part series on randomness, Dr. Jones discusses our current relationship with randomness as we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 102 - Human History of Random Thoughts 10:18

2y ago10:18

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From the early humans to the modern humans of today, we are wired to enjoy theorizing and finding patterns. In this second episode of our three part series on randomness, we go back in time to these early civilizations to explore the multi-thousand year relationship humans of all cultures have had with what will happen… and why!…

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Episode 101 - Random Acts of Shaking 7:15

2+ y ago7:15

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Earthquakes are currently not predictable…and may never be! This episode is the first in a three part series on randomness, starting first with earthquakes. Dr. Jones builds the foundation for what randomness is and explains why we might have to accept the fact that earthquake distribution is random.…

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Episode 100 - The Magic Eyes of the Geologist 11:41

2+ y ago11:41

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We have spent every week since the beginning of the podcast talking remotely at home about how to get through earthquakes, risks, natural disasters through the perspective of science. In this special episode celebrating 100 episodes of Getting Through It, join John and Dr. Jones in the field as they visit a fault and see this feature through the ey…

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Episode 99 - Why Plate Tectonics Matters to You 13:35

2+ y ago13:35

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Plate tectonics controls things you didn’t know about! It impacts the formation of our atmosphere, our oceans, our continents, and our local geology. So natural hazards, including tornadoes and earthquakes, are connected to plate tectonics. In this episode, Dr. Jones explains why plate tectonics matters to you.…

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Episode 98 - Is It Too Late to Cool the Earth? 9:47

2+ y ago9:47

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As we experience increased intensity, frequency, and geographic occurrence of natural disasters, the climate crisis can feel overwhelming, with dire headlines leading to further despair and inaction. While the answers aren’t black and white, Dr. Jones reacts to the latest calls for action, UN reports, and what it means to each of us.…

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Episode 97 - Predicting Earthquakes, California-style 16:57

2+ y ago16:57

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Thirty years ago, April 22, 1992, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred under Joshua Tree National Park. It was also the closest we have ever gotten to a short-term earthquake prediction in California! Dr. Jones sets the scene for how this prediction was issued and what could have followed the Joshua Tree earthquake.…

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Episode 96 - How the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Changed the World 10:55

2+ y ago10:55

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This week marks the 116th anniversary of the great San Francisco Earthquake on April 18, 1906. It inspired many classic, yet inaccurate, Hollywood movies and many fears about earthquakes in California! In this episode, Dr. Jones explores how this quake from over a century ago is impacting us today as we plan for another big earthquake.…

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Episode 95 - Lessons Learned from the Pandemic for the Next Disaster 12:46

2+ y ago12:46

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In this special episode, Dr. Jones and John answer questions from community and business leaders in a live webinar, hosted in collaboration with Together for LA. From lessons learned during the pandemic to recommended resources, Dr. Jones and John discuss how this information can actually be used in communities to prepare for the next disaster.…

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Episode 94 - How Seismologists Can Tell if You Washed Your Hands 12:41

2+ y ago12:41

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Seismology has seen major technical developments in the last few decades! And those technologies allow for some pretty innovative and impressive applications, from building health to human health to revealing if you washed your hands after using the bathroom!By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 93 - How We Know What We Know... About Earthquakes 11:36

2+ y ago11:36

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How do we know what just happened after the Earth stops shaking? It’s all about the instruments that measure what is happening - sometimes many miles - below the surface! In this episode, we look at the history of earthquake recordings, how that has moved from analog to digital processes, and the vulnerabilities present in those systems.…

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Episode 92 - Lucy’s Adventures in Scienceland 12:41

2+ y ago12:41

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, Dr Jones shares her stories as a woman in science! She offers insights on how things have changed for women in science based on her experience from first gaining interest in science, to college, to getting a job with the USGS, and beyond.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 91 - Imagining the Impacts of Big Disasters 10:26

2+ y ago10:26

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What if you knew what would happen in the next disaster before it did? Scenarios provide a story that can be related to and remembered! Scenarios are pretty powerful tools… if they’re actually used. This episode explores what makes a good scientific scenario and how you can use them.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 90 - Quake or Nuke? How Do We Know? 9:31

2+ y ago9:31

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This week, we discuss the history of nuclear weapons and their connection to the science of earthquakes— specifically, the history of the seismic network and how it monitors the Earth’s movement. Dr. Jones explains the difference between the waves generated by an earthquake and a bomb.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 89 - Pandemic to Endemic and What It Means for You 10:08

2+ y ago10:08

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After nearly two years of living with COVID-19, here in California, the mandates for masking are being lifted, and some people are acting as though the pandemic is over. As we move to endemic, Dr. Jones tells us why our risk has not changed and how to manage the next phase of living with this virus in our communities.…

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Episode 88 - Why Fear Fails You 9:00

2+ y ago9:00

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Fear is our fundamental response to danger and a driver of action, but it doesn't allow us to truly manage what we are facing in potential (and actual) disasters! Don't be afraid to deal with your natural emotions in this episode!By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 87 - Predicting the Next U.S. Volcanic Eruption 9:27

2+ y ago9:27

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While Dr. Jones always says that earthquakes can't be predicted, volcanic eruptions, on the other hand, can be. In this episode, Dr. Jones discusses the Three Sisters volcano in Oregon, its reported “uplift”, and the key to volcano predictions - and why they matter to you even if you don't live anywhere near one of the more than 150 volcanoes in th…

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Episode 86 - Locked and Loaded Faults 9:08

2+ y ago9:08

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The San Andreas Fault was described as “locked, loaded, and ready to roll” in 2016. Many people thought, when they heard this, that the big earthquake was imminent. In this episode, considering geologic time, Dr. Jones explains what this really means.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 85 - An Earthquake Felt 300 Years Later 10:15

2+ y ago10:15

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This week marks the anniversary of the Cascadia Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest on January 26, 1700, the largest known earthquake in the continental U.S. In this episode, Dr. Jones explains how we know the exact date (and time!) of this earthquake and how sometimes an earthquake's ramifications can be felt three centuries later as we plan for w…

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Episode 84 - A Blast Heard around the World 13:20

2+ y ago13:20

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What is considered the largest volcanic explosion in three decades, the global impact of the underwater volcanic eruption near the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga on January 15, 2022 raises more questions than answers. To clarify some common questions, Dr. Jones discusses pressure waves, VEI categorization, and tsunami warnings.…

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Episode 83 - Will We Have a Big Earthquake in 2022? 8:48

2+ y ago8:48

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As Dr. Jones always says, what has happened, will happen again. How do we know what earthquakes will happen in 2022? In this episode, Dr. Jones discusses the likelihood of a big earthquake in 2022 and how we can manage that risk.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 82 - Don’t Look Down 9:25

2+ y ago9:25

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In this episode, Dr. Jones looks at the recent Netflix movie, Don't Look Up, and explains what would happen when an asteroid of that size hits the earth. She shares how it has happened in the past, and how we're likely to survive (or not).By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 81 - Surviving Omicron 10:52

2+ y ago10:52

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In this episode, Dr. Jones breaks down how COVID-19 variants form, how Omicron might play out, and her approach to managing an increase risk of getting infected.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 80 - Our Dubious Distinction: U.S. is #1 in Tornadoes 8:57

2+ y ago8:57

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In the central part of the U.S., there are about ten times as many tornadoes as anywhere else in the world. But even if you don’t live in this “tornado alley”, a tornado can still form — even in Los Angeles! This week, with the reminder of how devastating tornadoes can be, Dr. Jones explains how tornadoes form and the impact of climate change on to…

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Episode 79 - What is Risk? 8:30

2+ y ago8:30

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We tend to think of risk as an objective quantity, but actually risk is a human construct. It can help us make decisions and manage any danger we face. In this episode, Dr. Jones assesses risk as emotions, risk as analysis, and risk as politics— and we need all three to take action!By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 78 - The Earthquake Weather Fallacy 10:09

2+ y ago10:09

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“Earthquake weather” is one of the oldest and most pervasive earthquake myths. Even though surface weather and earthquakes are not related, they are constantly put in the same mental category. In this episode, we travel back in time to explore the origins of this misconception, from Aristotle's theory about the Earth’s structure, to The Great Lisbo…

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Episode 77 - Why Be Thankful 2021 8:15

2+ y ago8:15

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This week, as we celebrate Thanksgiving, we take a look at what we can be thankful for in the face of calamity and uncertainty in the last year. And some of it might surprise you!By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 76 - California’s Other Big One (Part 4) 11:18

3y ago11:18

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We have lost the collective memory of what major floods can do to California and so flood risk is always underestimated. In this final episode of our four part series on the impacts of rain, flooding, and cascading disasters that come from it, Dr. Jones explains our normalization bias and how we should be thinking about upcoming storm events influe…

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Episode 75 - California‘s Other Big One (Part 3) 11:44

3y ago11:44

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In the third episode of our four part series about the impacts of rain, flooding, and cascading disasters that come from it, and what it means for California, Dr. Jones discusses what a repeat of California’s worst flood in written history could look like today. Using a model, ARkStorm, to create synthetic storm conditions based on California’s pas…

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Episode 74 - California‘s Other Big One (Part 2) 9:24

3y ago9:24

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The “Big Ones" are not just big disasters; they fundamentally change society. This episode is the second in our four part series about the impacts of rain, flooding, and cascading disasters that come from it, and what it means for California. In this second episode, Dr. Jones explains what happened in the flood of 1861-62, the worst flood in Califo…

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Episode 73 - California‘s Other Big One (Part 1) 11:52

3y ago11:52

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Rain is something we don’t fear in California, but we should. This episode is the first in a four part series about the impacts of rain, flooding, and cascading disasters that come from it, and what it means for California. This first episode reveals the true reality of floods, atmospheric rivers, and storms in California.…

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Episode 72 - Fire + Rain = Debris Flows 9:06

3y ago9:06

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Post-fire debris flows are lesser known, but are just as dangerous as other more commonly known disasters. In this episode, Dr Jones defines what debris flows are and talks about her experience studying their impacts in Southern California.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 71 - The Real Cost of Oil 8:48

3y ago8:48

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What does oil cost? This includes costs that are not only monetary, but also concern health and quality of life. With a recent oil spill impacting beaches across southern California, this episode looks at what the cost and impact oil has on the planet.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 70 - Prediction: The Future Holds 3 Times as Many Disasters 9:38

3y ago9:38

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A study found that younger people will be facing more disasters than the generations preceding them. To understand this study, Dr. Jones defines risk as the consequence of the disaster to human beings and our constructs. It is calculated by multiplying hazard by exposure by fragility. This equation shows us that to decrease our risk, we have to dec…

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Episode 69 - Breaking the Disaster Cycle 11:01

3y ago11:01

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What is the disaster cycle and how do we get out of it? This episode breaks it down and gives insights on how each of us should approach a disaster so we can work to minimize its impact on us.By Dr. Lucy Jones Center

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Episode 68 - All Models Are Wrong 9:17

3y ago9:17

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Unlike earthquakes, volcanoes have some key precursors to let you know what is imminent. Unfortunately, assumptions based on simple models reported by the media and lack of reporting on the change in the science can lead to misconceptions of what is possible in an eruption event. As Dr. Jones reminds us in this episode: the scientific process is mo…

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