Wildfires in Your Neighborhood
Manage episode 372592977 series 3497729
Hosts: Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Guest: Matt Stratton, Harrison County, MS Director of Emergency Management
Description: For our first episode we chatted with Matt Stratton from Harrison County, MS Emergency Management. We had a lively discussion on weather and climate, technology and how that connects with society. We also discussed a 2020 “woods” fire that threatened Harrison county communities.
News Article References:
- 'Huge firefight' to defend New Mexico villages, city from blaze | Reuters
- Wildfires across the nation (Reuters)
- Rough Wildfire Year in Boulder (NPR)
- Bronco Ember (NASA-funded cubesat project)
Website References:
- Harrison County Weather
- National Wildfire Preparedness Day
- National Interagency Fire Center
- UN Environment Programme Report: Spreading Like Wildfire
- Fire Map - NASA | LANCE | FIRMS
- fireAlert.App - https://fireAlert.app [Owned and operated by 81 Degrees, LLC]
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