Also on @pattrn this weekend: The challenges faced by New Orleans and the recent news/plans involving relocation… The brilliant 12 foot walls protecting lower Manhattan from flooding that you can raise with the push of a button… Storm surge protection using inflatable walls (FlowStop USA) that you can use to protect your home and garage…. Would creating a CAT 6 really cause people to take CAT 5 storms less seriously? People sometimes underestimate the strength of “less strong” hurricanes: but you can have a CAT 2 (Ike) Hurricane with a 15 foot storm surge. (A year or so back, I believe it was Dr. Knabb who said that if you have a storm that was a CAT 5 out at sea but is only a CAT 3 when it makes landfall, it may still have some characteristics that people associate with a 5, but unfortunately, people get a false sense of security based on a number that really only describes wind speed.) They also discussed that while El Niño years do tend to reduce the number of Atlantic hurricanes, it doesn’t mean you can’t still have some very big ones… What’s in your disaster kit? 😉

Today on @pattrn (a climate change talk show) they shared @ClimateCentral’s reporting on this beautiful Crystal River Florida home that’s designed to withstand CAT 5 hurricanes: climatecentral.org/video/bui…

Hey! @pattrn is on the weather channel right now. So many cool stories on this climate change talk show: Apples designed to weather climate change! BEER THAT CLEANS THE AIR! 🥰 Almanac Beer Company & Air Capture: They use direct air capture that sucks CO2 out of the air, purifies it, condenses it in liquid form, stores it in tanks, and saves the microbrewery 20% on carbon dioxide!