Session 3 2018 Hurricane, Cyclone, and Typhoon Season: Session III

Monday, 7 January 2019: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs:
Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, NOAA/ESRL Physical Science Division, Boulder, CO; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Training Department, Pearl Harbor, HI; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, National Weather Service Glasgow, Glasgow, MT and Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, Service Implementation, Wichita, KS

This session will focus on Hurricanes Florence and Michael, their impacts and communication issues

Papers:
2:30 PM
3.3
An Overview of Utility Company Emergency Preparedness during Two Significant Hurricanes
Robert W. Pasken, Saint Louis Univ., Saint Louis, MO; and R. Woodford, M. Lewis, M. Roark, and A. Margevich
2:45 PM
3.4
3:00 PM
3.5
A Storm of Information: Twitter Data from Hurricanes Florence and Michael
Adam M. Rainear, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and K. A. Lachlan and C. A. Palombo
3:30 PM
3.7
The Saffir–Simpson Scale: Simple, Straightforward, and Insufficient
Kyra Bryant, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN; and A. Musinguzi and M. Akbar
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