Episode 19: December Potpourri

Hype of the Week: 
Issues in Communication and Geography when it comes to Severe Weather Info Dissemination & the Gatlinburg, TN Wildfires

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• Article from Meteorologist James Spann on his frustrations with his viewers regarding their lack of geographical awareness (Medium)
• National Weather Service Birmingham Office Facebook "rant" on knowing where you live (Facebook)
• Overview of Gatlinburg, TN Wildfires (CNN) 

Geography of Risk Literature:

• The proximity heuristic in judgments of accident probabilities (Tiegan 2005)
• The Theory-based Influence of Map Features on Risk Beliefs: Self-reports of What is Seen and Understood for Maps Depicting an Environmental Health Hazard (Severtson and Vatovec 2012) 
• Risk communication for public health emergencies (Glik 2007)

Songs of the Week:

Minh: John Legend- "Love Me Now"

Castle: DNCE - "Doctor You"
Listen to the new Album "DNCE" (2016) on Spotify!

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