Episode 12: I've Got 99L Problems...

Hype of the Week:  Tropical Systems in the Atlantic and Pacific

• What does the term Invest 99L mean?, The Weather Channel
• Hurricane Hermine Doesn't Exist Yet, But Experts Are Starting to Worry, Five Thirty Eight
• Mini-Social Media Experiment: Gaston vs. 99L Tweets (August 25-27th, 2016), Twitter
  • #​Gaston: 2,855 posts; 2,027 users; 15,033,768 reached; 23,334,155 impressions
  • 99L: 4,760 posts; 2,752 users; 17,528,433 reached; 46,098,313 impressions

• Here's Your Guide to the Six Tropical Systems Were Watching this Week, Forbes
• National Hurricane Center issues Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watches with a Tropical Depression still in the Gulf, Twitter

• National Hurricane Center is testing new Storm Surge Watch/Warning Prototypes, National Hurricane Center
• News Organizations are Embarrasing Themselves with Terrible Tropical Weather Reporting, Washington Post
• Hurricane Heavy Rain Could Spread Florida's Zika Outbreak , USA Today​
• Hurricane Local Statement (NWS) vs. Tropical Weather Statement (Weather Channel) - below

Hurricane Local Statement (NWS)

Tropical Weather Statement (Weather Channel)

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Personal Stories

• Castle visits Publix and learns about their Hurricane Preparedness Campaign

• Minh reminisces about Veggie Tales and remembers Psalty the Singing Songbook! 

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Song of the Week:

• Castle: Starving - Hailee Steinfeld and Grey feat. Zedd
• Minh: Scars to your Beautiful - Alessia Cara​

Songs that we Dislike this Week:

• Castle: Brocoli - D.R.A.M., Lil Yachty
• Minh: Emotion Side B - Carly Rae Jepson

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