The devil's in the data. Read about how our team is using data to make an impact in our state: news.asu.edu/b/20251104-d... @arizonastateuni.bsky.social #ForksUp

The call for 2026 Workshop ideas is now open! We’re eager to hear what you want to share with the hazards and disaster community. If you’re new to the Natural Hazards Workshop or want to learn about the theme and call for ideas, join us for virtual Q&A session on December 9, 2025: bit.ly/4hHUpuC

Last year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise. Read more:

Our School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU is hiring at the assistant or associate level in urban climate!

What an excellent opportunity to make an impact with GIS!

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics. n.pr/3KF1CiO

UCAR Annual Members meeting in Boulder, CO. So many member institutions!

Check out my recent interview with @ambersullins.bsky.social highlighting some of our research on flooding and health youtu.be/iFv68bQYbyo?... @equalityjon.bsky.social @robbieparks.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts: adaptationatlas.org. Quick thread

In the first Walker Data workshop on the 2020 Census, I taught how to compare single-year age profiles over time - with tips on plotting all states in parallel! I'm deeply discounting past workshops in advance of new content in 2026. Check them out! walkerdata.gumroad.c...

Want to come work for the National Hurricane Center, #NHC? There are two new job postings that were just announced yesterday. The 1st opportunity is a position within the #Hurricane Specialist Unit, #HSU: GS-13 Hurricane Specialist Position -- www.usajobs.gov/job/845559000

Vaccines and anesthesia are the two of the most important life saving/extending discoveries ever. It is truly unimaginable to be pulled backwards like this.

On the blog: strategies for mapping dense point data in R. Learn how to use: 🌎 Circle clusters 🌎 Dynamic heat maps 🌎 Point jittering for same-location events Read the post: walker-data.com/post... #rstats #gis #datavisualization

Finishing a syllabus for a class on environmental and/or climate and/or disaster justice? Check out The Syllabus for resources! We are adding more readings and databases every day! Open and free to everyone! www.just-environments.org/the-syllabus

Truly being “pro-family” means ensuring access and cost of care - including IVF - never stands in the way of someone choosing to start or grow their family. Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.

Is it me or is every single deadline this year on Sept 15…

Today, @grist.org is launching a new series, The Disaster Economy, looking at the chaotic, often lucrative world of disaster recovery. grist.org/series/the-d... Read, share, and importantly, let us know what you're seeing on the ground in your communities that you want us to report on.

For the people in the back

Just got to the fluoride episode of Parks and Rec in our rewatch and I'm still dumbfounded we're actually living it now.

One of the main goals of shade is to get us out of the sun and cool us down. And while that can make us feel better on a hot day, it can also be important for our health.

The work doesn’t stop

Emergency alerts/warnings followers: I'm looking to speak with experts about what the funding cuts to public broadcasting mean for this space. If you're interested in talking on this topic, please send me a message!

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

Yeah, it's August in the Southwest - but it's not supposed to be THIS hot. Some all-time records this week - and BTW, of the top 25 hottest Aug afternoons in PHX, 23 have been since 2000. A trend, perhaps? For a deep dive on the SW heatwave and Western drought/fire danger: tinyurl.com/mtj8bhc9

Getting down to brass tacks: We won't solve our flood issues without better land-use planning. I spoke with Bayliss Wagner from the Austin American-Statesman about the root causes of risk in many Texas (and American) communities. www.statesman.com/story/news/l...

Another death knell to soft diplomacy. What is the downside to allowing 13 to 16 year olds entry into the U.S.? Yes, let's create a generation of American-hating kids rather than allowing them to experience sports competition that can build comradery and compassion toward others around the world.

Why does risky coastal real estate keep selling despite rising seas, flooding, and insurance chaos? It’s not just denial — it's debt, disaster aid, and disconnection. New from me: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Powerful plenary session on Disasters as Turning Points with rockstar speakers #HazWS2025

Kicking off the @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop with an introduction by the wonderful and esteemed Lori Peek #HazWS2025

Are we great again

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

In light of the devastating Texas floods, it's relevant that the Trump admin recently clawed back nearly $900 million in grant funding already promised but not yet disbursed to states for improvements to stormwater systems and building flood control systems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How can we cut the Gordian knot of flood risk in places with fast growth and little appetite for regulation? www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/t...

“the weather in Texas was 7% wetter on July 4 than it was before climate change warmed that part of the state, and natural variability alone cannot explain this very exceptional meteorological condition.” www.propublica.org/article/texa...

I wrote a few thoughts about the Texas floods, precarious housing, and land-use regulations: open.substack.com/pub/andrewru...

My PhD students Yilei Yu and Alex Cliff have defended their dissertations, producing outstanding research at the intersection of spatial data science and flooding! Thanks to committee members @sarameerow.bsky.social (co-advised Alex), Melanie Gall, and Aaron Flores. #PhD #SpatialDataScience

AECOM is hiring for a Disaster position out of Austin, Texas. Sounds like a great opportunity! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AECOM2/74400...

New 📝 led by SGSUP PhD student @alamingis.bsky.social investigating the distribution of EPA monitors and PurpleAir sensors in Maricopa County and what social characteristics are associated with increased or decreased access to these air quality networks. Link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper led by @saidasobhani.bsky.social proposing a planning framework for navigating synergies and trade-offs between heat and flood resilience & applying it to evaluate Baltimore, MD's network of plans. Part of our team's new work on multihazard resilience authors.elsevier.com/c/1lIRw7t2zZ...

More great coverage on our GIS work with St Mary’s @arizonastateuni.bsky.social www.govtech.com/health/gis-s...

Check out this nice piece by @routefifty.bsky.social about our work with St. Mary’s Food Bank, where we are helping to map rates of food insecurity, locations of grocery stores and food bank distribution centers throughout Arizona. www.route-fifty.com/management/2... @arizonastateuni.bsky.social

A free 3-hour workshop: Analyzing Data from the 2023 American Community Survey in R. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watc... #rstats #census #demographics #datascience

The proposed cuts to NSF would be a national catastrophe. theconversation.com/unprecedente...

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Once again begging media reports to get the math right. For example, cutting a $5M five-year grant in year 4 isn't saving $1M, but it is wasting the $4M already spent. Stop letting this administration get away with so many lies.

President Trump promised a new "golden age" for the United States. But his first 100 days in office have left the economy looking tarnished.

Wanted to advertise a 3-year postdoc fellowship offered by the Washington Research Foundation (the other WRF!) - if you're interested in applying and work broadly in severe wx, please reach out to me and we can see if my group @ UW is a good fit for you! www.wrfseattle.org/grants/wrf-p...

NSF cancelled our flood justice network today. I’m of course devastated. But the work will continue. We were already creating a network and we won’t stop now! @socialpixel.bsky.social P.S. there’s nothing woke about creating solutions for communities that flood. And saves the govt money!!!!