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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 3d

A non-technical overview by my colleague Tom Rickenbach at ECU of Hurricane Melissa (satellite views & forecast) as it approached Jamaica as a Cat 5 storm, with dramatic video of US Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft flying in the eye. #HurricaneMelissa #NationalWeatherService @nws.noaa.gov

Hurricane Melissa Oct 26-30 2025

ecu.instructuremedia.com

Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 7d

"33-magnitude" 😮🤣 AI Genius!

Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 8d

JFC 🤦‍♀️

News article with the headline saying “preliminary 33 magnitude earthquake strikes near Yucaipa and Riverside County”

Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 10d

A much needed resource!

Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d

The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!

Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Map of US with purple and blue icons over central US indicating severe weather billion dollar disaster events in 2025 and one fire in LA.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 24d

Registration Link:

Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Households, Homeowners, and Risk

Register for this event from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

events.nationalacademies.org

Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 24d

National Academies virtual presentation on 'Extreme Weather Events & Insurance'

Screenshot of notification on the National Academies virtual presentation on Extreme Weather Events and Insurance. Event is scheduled on Oct 16, 2025 @ 10:30 am ET.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 25d

For eastern NC communities, it is Floyd, Matthew & Florence. The storms & subsequent flooding are described as compound coastal water events (CCWEs) as the combination of the events, temporally & spatially, have led to compounding of impacts in rural ENC.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NC State Climate Office @ncsco.bsky.social · Sep 25

Almost half of North Carolina has seen their worst ever tropical event within the past decade, including storms such as Florence and Helene.

Does this match your local perception? What do you remember about these storms?

Read more in our Helene lookback: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/09...

A map of the worst tropical events across North Carolina as of September 2025

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 25d

"A song for the times we live..."

Once Upon a Time 🎶☮️🌏🌍🌎 @thisisme7.bsky.social · 26d

youtu.be/vyXccqTlhoI?...
This young artist sums it up perfectly. This song had me on my feet today!

Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Mon Rovîa

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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation @cerfscience.bsky.social · Sep 24

🛡️ Estuaries are our coastal communities' first line of defense! Habitats such as salt marshes, coral reefs, and mangroves can reduce storm surge heights and wave energy. Mother Nature's own flood protection system at work! #EstuariesWeek #WadeIn #CoastalResilience #ClimateAdaptation

Mangrove trees above water, mangrove roots and a fish below water

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Sep 20

Florida's "insurance crisis is hitting hardest in the disadvantaged counties of Florida’s agricultural heartland."

insideclimatenews.org/news/1409202...

Map showing home insurance non-renewal rates in Florida counties.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Sep 13

This is just terrible! I *was* a proud UC Berkeley alum.

Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Sep 9

Not just health insurance, but also an increase in home insurance. North Carolina does not look good.
#ClimateCrisis #Insurance #Housing

insurancejustice.org/mapping-the-...

Map showing U.S. home insurance crisis by county between 2018 and 2023.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Sep 2

We cannot engineer our way out of climate change & hazards. Katrina was not just about levees, but a result of multiple failures–no protection of wetlands; lack of local, state, federal preparedness; no attention to mitigation; no cohesive plan to evacuate; no proper enforcement of building codes...

Grist @grist.org · Sep 2

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money.

The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.

grist.org/extreme-weat...

#NewOrleans #Katrina #Climate #Disaster #Weather #LA

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money

The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.

grist.org

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Climate.us @climate.us · Sep 1

Help us build Climate.us!
Be a founding supporter of our mission: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 30

Fantastic news!

Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump

Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

www.theguardian.com

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 19

Charging higher insurance rates for households with poor credit scores institutionalizes racist policies (similar to redlining) and compounds preexisting vulnerabilities.

Moira @moira.bsky.social · Aug 18

New research from @cplusc.bsky.social & @consumerfed.bsky.social shows that average across the US it is MORE EXPENSIVE to have a poor credit score than to live in a zip code with a high disaster risk:
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/insurers-c...

Insurers Charge Low Credit Homeowners Twice As Much for the Same Policy

In many cases, a low credit score is more expensive than high disaster risk

climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 13

Frustrating that #UNC and ECU have rushed to comply...

Trustees review ECU's equality policy compliance

Positions have been eliminated, courses changed and scholarships renamed, but only 21 of 13,727 students enrolled in diversity classes at East Carolina University last year withdrew when given a chanc...

www.reflector.com

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 13

Resistance and upholding election integrity begins locally! #PittCounty #NC #Elections #Resist

Pitt County elections board keeps original early voting site proposal

The Pitt County Board of Elections voted unanimously to keep early voting sites it approved on July 31 after considering requests to open one in central Greenville to serve voters

www.reflector.com

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 7

Recovery in Texas without the option of FEMA funded buyouts will be challenging, and low-income households might never be able to fully recover to a quality of life pre-floods. #FEMA #TexasFloods @grist.org

What the River Takes | grist.org/extreme-weat...

After Texas’ catastrophic floods, families face a daunting question: Rebuild or let go?

Brian Keeper survived the July 4 floods that devastated Hunt, Texas. But moving on may be the hardest part.

grist.org

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Aug 3

NOAA data from Climate Central, Inc.

Looking for Billion Dollar Disaster Data from NOAA now that it has been discontinued? | Sunny Wescott

Looking for Billion Dollar Disaster Data from NOAA now that it has been discontinued? Don't worry, Climate Central, Inc. is here for us! From 1980 through 2024, the U.S. suffered 403 billion-dollar we...

www.linkedin.com

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Jul 11

Link to the report.

High Water, High Stakes: FEMA, Flood Risk, and the NFIP

First Street™ research is transparent, peer reviewed, and proven against real environmental events. Use the Library to access First Street Research.

firststreet.org

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is policy without logic. Why even wait for the 2025 hurricane season to end?/s If it is important to wait for this year's season to finish, is the next year's season and the years after not important? Mind boggling.

Image from First Street Foundation's June 10 report "High Water High Stakes"

Image from First Street Foundation report showing federal process and timeline to determine FEMA's future.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Jul 10

PIs - If you had an NSF grant related to economics cancelled...

Economic Research Rescue Fund

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is dramatically reducing its vital support for basic science. Principal Investigators who were conducting or facilitating economic research under a grant termina...

www.ssrc.org

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · Jul 10

I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but this is the last thing we need right now. 😬

FLASH FLOOD
WARNING
NOW UNTIL 11:15PM EDT WED
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* At 719 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Jul 9

Love what I am reading about the 2026 Chevy Bolt EV! The starting price is around $26,000, a super affordable price! The new design from their previous model also looks great, with good range and charging speed. I might just wait for this!

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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · Jul 9

Did not know about this! The lower affordable price tag makes up for the loss of tax credits.

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