richhorodner
03-27-2007, 06:05 PM
Posted on youtube is a portion of an interview I conducted with Dr. Max Mayfield, Director of the NHC for many years. Subjects discussed include:
Hurricane Katrina: history and uniqueness, compared to Andrew and Camille, surge forecast, deaths that occurred despite all his efforts.
New Orleans vulnerability and levee failures.
Surge dynamics and forecasts.
Improvements in warning accuracy.
Odds of a hurricane hitting an area under hurricane warning.
Variability of the strongest quadrant in hurricanes.
Vertical evacuation.
Wind-pressure corellation in hurricanes.
Increase in data gathering, and gaps still to be filled.
Tornadoes in hurricanes.
Model improvements.
Track forecast improvements.
His career with the NHC.
Stormchasers.
The interview is 13 minutes long and is displayed on youtube in two segments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CCxJuScu78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1YQ5MFPMDY
You might have to copy and paste these links, sometimes one gets an "internal error" message when simply clilcking on the link.
Hurricane Katrina: history and uniqueness, compared to Andrew and Camille, surge forecast, deaths that occurred despite all his efforts.
New Orleans vulnerability and levee failures.
Surge dynamics and forecasts.
Improvements in warning accuracy.
Odds of a hurricane hitting an area under hurricane warning.
Variability of the strongest quadrant in hurricanes.
Vertical evacuation.
Wind-pressure corellation in hurricanes.
Increase in data gathering, and gaps still to be filled.
Tornadoes in hurricanes.
Model improvements.
Track forecast improvements.
His career with the NHC.
Stormchasers.
The interview is 13 minutes long and is displayed on youtube in two segments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CCxJuScu78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1YQ5MFPMDY
You might have to copy and paste these links, sometimes one gets an "internal error" message when simply clilcking on the link.