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Stephen M. Strader

4 months

Yes, tornado environments are spatially changing; however, these changes are overshadowed by increasing societal vulnerability and exposure. Together, these changes are leading to greater probabilities of tornado impacts on society. #tornado #climate #wx #disaster #geography

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Stephen M. Strader

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25 days

Remember that time when the NHC nailed the forecast 5 days out for a multi-billion and deadly hurricane disaster and a sizeable chunk of people out there are cool with having NOAA eliminated?

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@NHC_Atlantic

29 days

11am EDT Key Messages on Potential Tropical Cyclone #Nine : #Hurricane Watches and Tropical Storm Warnings issued for portions of western Cuba and the northeastern #Yucatan Peninsula of #Mexico . Forecast to become a hurricane by Wednesday morning.

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Stephen M. Strader

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15 days

#HurricaneMilton and #Florida housing growth since 1940. #disaster #FLwx #ExpandingBullsEye

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

7 years

Impervious surface change (1940-2017) in #Houston People + things + hazard = disaster. #houstonflood #Harvey

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Housing growth from 1940 to 2020 in the #Tampa region. Disasters are a multi-headed monster. It's more than climate change, human's play a critical role no matter how you look at it. #expandingbullseyeeffect #HurricaneIan #FLwx #stormsurge

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Made this radar supercell "timelapse" map a few years back on the 27 April 2011 tornado outbreak. Full resolution pdf available here

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

18 days

Everything is a conspiracy if you don't know how anything works. Education matters

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

7 months

50 years ago today... What if the 3-4 April 1974 Super Outbreak happened today? Well, we'd see about 18,000 or +150% more homes directly exposed to tornadic winds. #ExpandingBullsEyeEffect #SuperOubreak #wx #severewx #tornado

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 months

***NEW PUBLICATION ALERT*** Yes, tornado environments are changing across the U.S. But, what is driving impacts? We found that the combination of escalating risk and exposure has led to a *threefold* increase in Mid-South housing exposure since 1980. #wx #tornado #disaster

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Been working on this project over the last few months. I really enjoy bridging the gap between art and science, so I decided to take Doppler radar data and turn it into some Lego artwork. I've been calling it RadArt. See below for the description and finished product. #wxtwitter

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

I don't care if someone already posted something similar. I didn't see until I was almost done with the map below. Either way, I worked on this all afternoon so I'm going to post this thing. #derecho #derecho2020 goes *whoosh* and *boom*

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

10 days

I'd say this passage from one of the #MILTON tornadoes (EF3) says a lot. Even with slightly stronger anchoring standards in this region, permanent homes out performed manuf. homes... We need changes to the MH industry/policies or we'll just keep seeing people killed in tornadoes.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

1 year

When an aging infrastructure meets a new climate paradigm. I'd say turnaround, don't drown (which is still the right answer), but imagine that paycheck-to-paycheck person who was told they had to come into work today or be fired... We are not prepared for the future.

Moshe Schwartz

@YWNReporter

1 year

#DEVELOPING : Major flooding happening now in NYC.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Quick analysis of the #NOLA tornado. up to 12,550 structures potentially damaged. #tornado #wx #Lower9thWard

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

What bothers me most about the upcoming Southeast severe weather event... Poverty*. Mix this with an overnight event. It's a recipe for fatalities. *Poverty is the leading cause of vulnerability. It determines who has the ability to absorb impacts. It reduces adaptive capacity.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Quick maps today with the @NOAANSSL MRMS low-level rotation tracks and mobile/manufactured housing locations (from ). Bad situation with already many fatalities. I suspect many of these occurred in mobile homes... #alwx #tornado #LeeCounty #SmithsStation

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Tenured. Promoted. Associated. 👊👍

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 months

@OrsonRosas Travelers and John Deere Classic

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Who cares what the damage rating will be... Violent is violent and with a tornado on the ground that long the odds of finding an EF4/5 DI are good. Instead, we need to focus on the messaging, structure quality, fatality circumstances, and survior stories. Lessons learned.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

8 years

Housing exposure change 1940-2010

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

1 year

And another great case of sensationalism over safety and proper threat communication. This will get millions of views and likely lead the the legion of fans saying, "I dOn'T sEe ThE bIg PrObLeM." More trash. Sorry, not sorry.👎🗑️

William Kortright

@willthewxman

1 year

What are we doing here? 🤦‍♂️

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

From 7 years ago. An incredible and devastating day.... #April27Outbreak

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Will make a more detailed map tomorrow if I have the time but here is the @NOAANSSL MRMS low-level rotation track overlaid on northern Dallas. #tornado #DallasTornado #txwx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

13 days

Turns out construction standards and building codes work. Who knew?

Bryan Wilson

@DualDoppler

13 days

A lesson I’m learning from the photos out of these intense tornadoes across Florida today is that, to nobodies surprise, houses built to a robust wind code *survive*, even in the face of 120-130mph winds - a lesson Dixie and Tornado Alley could learn #flwx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

It is ALWAYS manufactured homes in the Southeast. In my opinion, the Southeast tornado problem won't be solved by better observations, forecasting, and warnings. It will be solved by better construction (anchoring) standards and practices. Unfortunately, it's profits over people.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Everyone's obsession with the tornado intensity is ridiculous. The lack of quality structures on top of the dozens of other vulnerability factors led to this. That shouldn't be lost here. Folks had nowhere to go and the disaster stage was set long before the tornado was spawned.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Can we also stop pretending that the ultimate, magic bullet solution is longer warning times & better models? Social (say this as a physical scientist) & engineering sciences are key in reducing deaths. Decision making & housing anchorage are VITAL! DISASTER ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS

Beau Dodson

@BeauDodson

5 years

#media #tornado #NOAA #nashville #meteorology #warning Meteorologists and media, it's time to change the narrative. We need to be asking why people didn't get the warning instead of saying there was no warning. There was warning.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Growing concern for the severe weather threat on Tuesday (3/22). The moderate and sig. severe wx forecast area has a high concentration of poverty, manufactured housing, and minority populations. #severeweather #tornado #vulnerability #GIS #mobilehomes #wx #mswx #lawx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

If the 1974 #superoutbreak occurred today, an estimated *2.5x more homes* (+18,000 homes) would be impacted. This is a classic example of the expanding bull's-eye effect. #tornado #wxtwitter #SevereWeather @nws @DrGregForbes

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

24 days

Inland flooding has been the story with so many hurricanes now. As we develop and sprawl, we add impervious surfaces, leading to more intense flooding. Throw in storms producing more rainfall, and well... These events are why I sound like a broken record all the time. #flooding

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

I think about this graph a lot. Tornado death rates for those living in a manufactured/mobile home are basically equivalent to pre-1920s, while permanent home residents survivability continues to drop...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

@WalkerSAshley and myself have been working on the #tornado issue in the #Southeast for over two decades. The problem is dynamic, multifaceted, and not easy to solve. This graphic helps explain the multitude of factors that overlap to create tornado disaster. #RollingFork

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

What if the EF4 #LawrenceKansas tornado had taken a different path? Below outlines 4 alternate scenarios and potential housing impacts associated with those outcomes. More on this technique and similar in (Ashley et al. 2014; Strader et al. 2016, etc.)

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Leeeeerrroooyyyyyy Jeeennnkkkkiiiinnnsssss!

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

All boxes checked for a high-fatality tornado. Strong to violent tornado, long-tracked (it seems), nocturnal, middle of one of the most socially vulnerable regions in the country, small poverty-stricken communities, weak housing stock (e.g., manufactured homes). #tornado #mswx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 months

Well, even the agriculture-heavy area of the Central Plains isn't safe from the Expanding Bull's-Eye Effect. The region with ≥10% risk of EF2+ tornadoes today has added ~1.4 million homes over the last 50 year. #wx #SevereWeather #Tornado #okwx #kswx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Likely billion-dollar disaster this week with the hail events. Great example of expanding bull's-eye effect and how it's not just loss of life, but economic... More to come on this topic in the future... If I ever get time. See Norman, Fort Worth, and San Antonio gifs below.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

This is your yearly reminder that over 85% of hurricane deaths are due to water (inland flooding and storm surge), not the wind. #HurricaneIan #FLwx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 months

I forgot to share this on the April 27, 2011 anniversary of the outbreak. I made this poster back in Fall 2011 as an M.S. student. Link to full resolution here. #wx #severewx #Tornado

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Here is a new animated gif of housing growth but further south towards Cape Coral. This is an every hazard problem, not just tropical storms. But, clearly the cost of rapid, mostly unchecked development will be realized with #HurricaneIan

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

No shame in this final exam question

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

The problem has less to do about the #BombCyclone and more to do about building/developing in floodplains or flood prone areas..... #flooding #NebraskaFlooding #NebraskaFlood

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Exposure change in region forecast to be affected by #Florence . 1,325% increase in the number of homes within the cone of uncertainty. While much of the development has been along the coast, most is inland and subject to flooding. The water that kills, not the wind. #HaveAPlan

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Quick calculation here on how #tornado exposure has changed since 1940 within the areas that encompass ≥10% probability of a significant tornado within 25 miles of a point. #severewx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

11 months

Example of why you should slow down when driving in dense fog...

Doug Gottlieb

@GottliebShow

11 months

OU running into the SEC like…

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

This why I focus on these housing structures as a means to tackle reducing tornado fatalities. Of course there are other factors but let's go after the primary reason. ...I'm so tired of being stuck on repreat...

Charlie Gile

@CharlieGileNBC

5 years

Murray County EMA says that all seven fatalities from this morning’s tornado came from two adjacent mobile home communities. This is all that’s there now.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

13 days

Not to pick on Tiger, but this is a demonstration of resilience and how poverty is the #1 cause of vulnerability. He can evacuate his barrier island home via his private jet the day of the storm... In disasters, the poor lose their lives while the rich lose their money. #Milton

radaratlas2

@radaratlas2

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Tiger Woods’ airplane #N517TW is making a move away from #Milton

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

Our recent paper is a must-read for NWS forecasters in tornado-prone CWAs. We discuss interactions between tornado risk, warning outcomes, & vulnerability. Every CWA contains a different combination of risk and vulnerability that uniquely influences tornado disaster potential.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

10 months

The Southeast has always had these types of events in late fall/early winter. The bigger issue is a growing built-environment and increasing vulnerability. Specifically, manufactured home construction and installation standards are too low and followed too little.

Senator Heidi Campbell

@Campbell4TN

11 months

It is absolutely alarming that we are having tornadoes in mid December.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Say it with me... Manufactured. Home. Anchoring. Requirements. Are. Insufficient. Death traps.

Simon Brewer

@SimonStormRider

2 years

Most single family house damage in Silver City, MS was EF1 to EF2 range, but mobile homes were obliterated w/ mangled frames. Some frames thrown into other homes. Life or death decision to leave mobile homes. Even cars fared better! #MSwx w/ @JustonStrmRider @NWSJacksonMS

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

With indications that #Dorian is slowing, rainfall is increasingly becoming a concern for most of Florida and parts of Georgia/South Carolina. IT'S THE WATER THAT KILLS, NOT THE WIND #HurricaneDorian2019 #Dorianflorida

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

1 year

These graphics fox weather has been using are just absolutely trash for so many reasons. How not to communicate hazard threats to people. 👎🗑️

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

This is fine...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

What if the #April27th 2011 #Tornado #outbreak happened in 1950, 1980, or today? #alwx Our sprawling society is increasing disaster odds. Unfortunately, regions with greater vulnerability are not immune to this growth... @NWSBirmingham @NWSHuntsville @spann @B_Hastings_EMA

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Clearly, if the AT-KY storm had taken a different path things could have been much worse (Not that those affected have it easy...) I keep saying it but we are lucky we haven't seen a 500+ fatality single tornado event in last 90+ years. #wxtwitter #Tornado #Disaster #kywx

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

If you want to talk about social vulnerability to natural hazards... Well, Lower 9th Ward... ugh...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

To call yesterday's event a "bust" is to neglect those most vulnerable populations (rural) who were most affected. In fact, it illustrates some cognitive biases many have with their perception of "disasters". Reminder, 80% of manufactured homes in AL are in rural/exurban areas!

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Taking the NOAA MRMS rotation track data and estimating the number of people under its path... Yikes... #tnwx #QuadStateTornado #tornadoes #Wxtwitter #disaster #MayfieldTornado

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Was asked to do an op-ed by the @nytimes on #HurricaneFlorerence #Florence discussing the influence climate and societal change has had on disaster potential. As a society we have to be better so we aren't doomed to repeat the past.

Opinion | This Map Shows How the Carolinas Became More Vulnerable to Hurricanes (Published 2018)

The southeast coast is no stranger to devastating storms, but that hasn’t slowed people from moving there.

www.nytimes.com

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

I asked my 3000-level Natural Hazards and Environmental Risk class to generate memes about topics we covered throughout the semester. Here is a selection of the most clever and funny ones. Enjoy. 😅😆🤣

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

To summarize my #30SLS talk from this past week... Tornadoes at night are bad for you.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

We are 99.9% sure on these stats/locations. 19 of 23 of fatalities in the Beauregard tor occurred in mobile/manufactured homes (MH). 12 of 14 homes were MH and the two permanent homes (PH) where fatalities occurred were weak-framed housing w/structural integrity comparable to MHs

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Long-lived Discrete Supercells ✔️ Long-track Tornadoes ✔️ Nocturnal tornadoes✔️ High Vulnerability ✔️ Large number of Mobile/Manufactured homes ✔️ Late November Event ✔️ Not great... Have a NOAA weather radio and sheltering plan. #mswx #tnwx #lawx #tornado #severeweather

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

As @WalkerSAshley would say, here is today's example of the "hubris of humans". I present Palm Bay/Melbourne, FL. #Dorian #HurricaneDorian Growth from 1984-2018.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

I would encourage all media partners to reach out to credible sources of information related to nocturnal tornadoes, climate change and severe weather, etc. The post-diaster window to educate the public is extremely short... Please triple check credibility and experience...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

As the sun sets, reminder how much more deadly nocturnal tornadoes can be compared to their daytime counterparts. #wx #Tornado #mswx #wxtwitter #severeweather

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

More #derecho related maps here. Zoomed in on the #iawx portion of the damage path. Today's MODIS image shows large swaths of crop damage. #CedarRapids clearly took the brunt of some of the strongest winds. More detailed analysis forthcoming with additional satellite flyovers.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

New 3 May, 1999 Lego supercell fitting right in at my office.

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@StephenMStrader

4 years

3D map of new (last 4-weeks) #COVID19 cases per capita (per 1,000 people). I sense a pattern....

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

More updates. Added some zoomed-in portion of the 2 southern and northern paths in MS. This time I incorporated MH locations and @NWSJacksonMS EF damage rating points. #mswx #tornado (1/2) More coming later...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

Followup analysis of the #NewOrleanstornado . Note how easy it is to overestimate the true impact of a tornado without an on-the-ground damage survey. Orders of magnitude difference. Either way, I'm just happy that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. #wx #tornado #disaster

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Water height forecast from CERA

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Looking at the damage surveys coming in... Are we seeing a pattern yet?

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Yes, the Beaurgard tornado was awful & resulted in 23 fatalities. Yet, it could have been much worse had the path been 10 miles north or south. Scary to think what could have been given the numerous MH parks in Auburn, Opelika, or Columbus. Importance of #exposure in disasters!

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

17 days

I've worked my butt off for 15+ years, earning 3 degrees, publishing dozens of papers on weather hazards and disasters, received tenure, etc... ...All to have people (bots?) on here tell me do my research, insult the way I look, and call me a lib moron...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

More #nashvilletornado #CookevilleTornado analyses. If the Nashville tor struck in 1940 vs this week., MANY fewer homes would have been exposed. Hypothetically, the # of homes under the damage path was 7.5x greater on Tues. than it would have been 80 yrs ago #ExpandingBullsEye

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

Another before and after of #HurricaneLaura #HurricaneLaura2020 using Landsat-8 false color imagery. Better view of the flooding.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Our research illustrates that yes, mobile homes are a concern but mobile homes in rural (isolated) locations are of most concern during tornado events. In these locations a convergence of physical and social vulnerability exists. Need proactive solutions to build resilience.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

11 months

Your reminder that the atmosphere is a fluid

Reebs🌞

@Rebacgilbert

1 year

A little time lapse that I got this morning as the fog made it’s way out of Middlesboro through the Cumberland Gap!

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3 years

Last thought of the day. Let's avoid calling this a 'natural' disaster. There is nothing natural about this. Avoid the term, correct those who use it. Disasters are products of society & are caused by extreme events interacting with human, social, & physical vulnerabilities.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

Alright.... Wife & I are watching Parks and Recreation & I notice an aerial photo of a city hanging on the wall. As a geographer, I couldn't help myself. It had to be solved. After searching on google maps, it turns out it's Muncie, IN but flipped and rotated 180 degrees.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Received word today that I am the 2020 Board on Societal Impacts @ametsoc recipient of the Outstanding Early Career Award. I'm very honored. Thank you to everyone who has supported me to this point. It means a lot and I look forward seeing everyone at #AMS2020 in Boston.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 months

Really wish I could share my recently accepted manuscript in NPJ Natural Hazards. Unfortunately, it’s in the proofing stage. Hint: Tornado environments are changing but escalating societal vulnerability has been, by far, the driving force behind growing impacts…..soon…

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@StephenMStrader

4 years

Yikes... Long-tracked violent tornado going through a very socioeconomically vulnerable area with many rural mobile/manufactured homes... Making these fast, sorry for quality... ugh.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

Zoom in area of Myrtle Beach and Wilmington. While we don't know exactly where or if #Florence will make landfall, we do know that development and societal growth in this region has rapidly amplified over the last 78 years. #ExpandingBullsEye

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

The polar vortex is always present on Earth. However, during the U.S. wintertime meridional ("wavy") flow can often cause sections of the polar vortex to dive southward affecting portions of the U.S. This actually happens just about every year...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Tried to find simplest way to show why we see so many tornado fatalities in the SE U.S. Boils down to a combo of greater mobile/manuf. housing & EF2+ tornadoes. 15-20x more likely to be killed in a MH compared to a permanent home & EF2+ are responsible for 96% of all tor deaths

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

3 years

This is the tornado outlook for tomorrow. If you live in a manufactured home in the Southeast, now is the time to have a plan to get to better shelter. Below is a great list of public tornado shelter locations from @CC_StormWatch . Please share widely.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Animated .gif of insane urban growth in North #Dallas region over last 35 years. Dallas-Fort Worth is a #tornado disaster waiting to happen. #txwx Classic #ExpandingBullsEyeEffect

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

5 years

Growing concern with #Dorian looking like it is strengthening and head towards #Florida . Substantial growth in population the built-environment exacerbates impacts and increased the odds of disaster. Prime example of Expanding Bull's Eye Effect.()

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

11 months

::gestures wildly at everything::

Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

@WalkerSAshley and myself have been working on the #tornado issue in the #Southeast for over two decades. The problem is dynamic, multifaceted, and not easy to solve. This graphic helps explain the multitude of factors that overlap to create tornado disaster. #RollingFork

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 months

Reason 1a 1b

AG Gancarski

@AGGancarski

2 months

The average property insurance bill in PA is $1200. In Florida, it's $5600. There is no reason why Floridians can't have Pennsylvania insurance rates.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

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Here are some more maps illustrating potential #HurricaneMilton surge, population growth, and the #expandingbullseye #disaster #FLwx #Milton Reminder, it's the water that kills... Please plan to evacuate if you are in the path and have not already.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

6 years

I love data visualization!

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

7 years

Major Hurricane ✓ + development growth in high risk areas ✓ = disaster ✓ #IrmaHurricane2017 #IrmaHurricane #HurricaneIrma

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 years

Mannnn. Got home today and had this unexpected gift at my door. So awesome... Super thankful... mannn. Love it.

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

4 months

TORFFs*... TORFFs everywhere... *Tornado + flash flood warnings have conflicting suggested protective actions. Seek lowest ground (tornado) vs. seek highest ground (flash flooding). Want to guess which is the biggest threat vs biggest perceived threat?

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Poverty is the leading cause of vulnerability...

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Stephen M. Strader

@StephenMStrader

2 years

Sirens stink. People should NOT be relying on them. You need multiple ways to get the warning. Get a NOAA weather radio and put batteries in it... “People are relying on a system that was never meant to be the first or primary alert system,” ~ @jtripberger

Capital Weather Gang

@capitalweather

2 years

“We need more sirens. ... We need more resources in order to get the word out.” Issues w/ sirens underscore larger problem: lack of investment in preparedness in predominantly poor corner of Mississippi. By @anumitakaur @emmanuelfelton & @kashapatel :

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