Episode 54: The Real Impacts of a New Hurricane Scale

Hype of the Week: 
 Castle and Minh take a closer look at AccuWeather Enterprise's new RealImpact Scale, which aims to replace the Saffir-Simpson Scale currently used to communicate hurricane intensity

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Articles Discussed: 

A Fiscally Based Scale for Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge

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• Amanda M. Walker and David W. Titley

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• You can read more about the article here.

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     Resources Discussed

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AccuWeather 

• AccuWeather’s new RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes will revolutionize damage predictions for greater public safety

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Washington Post

• AccuWeather developed a hurricane category scale, and it worries some meteorologists

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