| Oct |
| 28 |
| 4:00 pm |
Boyd Rm 001
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938: Science, History and Social Impacts.
While the rest of the world and the nation was preoccupied with Hitler and the prospect of imminent war in Europe, a devastating hurricane raced through New England almost unannounced. The Great New England Hurricane left behind a widespread trail of devastation throughout the region, impacting not just the landscape, infrastructure and people’s lives in general, but also the very way in which the National Weather Service conducts its business and how hurricane warnings are handled and by whom.
This talk is the result of Dr. Aviles’ research this past summer and it will present an interdisciplinary view of the storm: from the basic science behind it, to the history surrounding it, to its structural and environmental impacts to the probabilities of such a storm could occur again.
Presented by Dr. Lourdes Aviles Bramer, Dept of Atmospheric Science & Chemistry
For more information, please contact Angela Uhlman 535-3179
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