Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 1 with Matt Lanza & Dr. Kim Wood

Oh hey, it's your ex-boyfriend who pretended that he didn't know how to wash the cast iron right, so he just didn't. Allie Ward? This one is a smooth sail through rough weather, friends. We got hurricanes. You got hurricanes.

Maybe you have typhoons or cyclones. Let's hear about the differences. Let's hear how fast they go, how many we might have, and some real historical whoppers and more. We've not one, but two tempestologists. So tempestology, it's the, it's a real word.

It describes the study of cyclones and hurricanes and other extreme weather events. And the word tempest, I just found this out, it comes from the Latin root for temporal, meaning time, which morphed into seasons, which morphed into weather and storms, which is apt because now is definitely the time on Earth to hear about hurricanes. Who, Nelly, is it? So the firstologist we talked to studied physics and geophysics at Oregon State University and then got a master's and a PhD in atmospheric science at the University of Arizona. They're now an associate professor in the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, and they teach about tropical meteorology and the research of these giant storm systems.

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