Kelly Hereid
@kellyhereid.bsky.social
Climate scientist, geologist, and catastrophe modeler, Liberty Mutual. Posts on all things hurricane, wildfire, flood, earthquake, tornado. Sassy takes are mine not employer's.
📍Oakland, CA
Website: hereidk.strikingly.com
📍Oakland, CA
Website: hereidk.strikingly.com
Was recently introduced to this incredible compiled, easily searchable map of wildfire + prescribed fire + vegetation management by Katharyn Duffy - what a fabulous resource: reshapewildfire.org/twig/search
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Was recently introduced to this incredible compiled, easily searchable map of wildfire + prescribed fire + vegetation management by Katharyn Duffy - what a fabulous resource: reshapewildfire.org/twig/search
Going to put the news of extreme drought coming out of Tehran up with this map of emerging water scarcity risk from www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Going to put the news of extreme drought coming out of Tehran up with this map of emerging water scarcity risk from www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And LA is not a one-off - we're consistently losing a material amount of housing to wildfire in a state that doesn't have housing to spare
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And LA is not a one-off - we're consistently losing a material amount of housing to wildfire in a state that doesn't have housing to spare
The actual hospital: bsky.app/profile/sekh...
Other tells - Cat 5 eyewall those palm trees should look way worse. Here's a shot from the Ian Cat 4 eyewall for comparison, from Justin Hobbs on the old site.
Other tells - Cat 5 eyewall those palm trees should look way worse. Here's a shot from the Ian Cat 4 eyewall for comparison, from Justin Hobbs on the old site.
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The actual hospital: bsky.app/profile/sekh...
Other tells - Cat 5 eyewall those palm trees should look way worse. Here's a shot from the Ian Cat 4 eyewall for comparison, from Justin Hobbs on the old site.
Other tells - Cat 5 eyewall those palm trees should look way worse. Here's a shot from the Ian Cat 4 eyewall for comparison, from Justin Hobbs on the old site.
October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here are the companies that participated in the survey:
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here are the companies that participated in the survey:
To be fair flood is pretty grim here too
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
To be fair flood is pretty grim here too
Absolutely fantastic study comparing anonymized outputs of climate analytics models.
Everyone loves to bag on flood (rightly so), but can we talk about how the spread here is "30mph breeze to Cat 5 hurricane" www.fca.org.uk/publication/... HT @ruarirhodes.bsky.social
Everyone loves to bag on flood (rightly so), but can we talk about how the spread here is "30mph breeze to Cat 5 hurricane" www.fca.org.uk/publication/... HT @ruarirhodes.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Absolutely fantastic study comparing anonymized outputs of climate analytics models.
Everyone loves to bag on flood (rightly so), but can we talk about how the spread here is "30mph breeze to Cat 5 hurricane" www.fca.org.uk/publication/... HT @ruarirhodes.bsky.social
Everyone loves to bag on flood (rightly so), but can we talk about how the spread here is "30mph breeze to Cat 5 hurricane" www.fca.org.uk/publication/... HT @ruarirhodes.bsky.social
112 at the moment, which is about where I run out of screen real estate and start closing. Chrome tab groupings are a terrible enabler.
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
112 at the moment, which is about where I run out of screen real estate and start closing. Chrome tab groupings are a terrible enabler.
I think Taylor Swift can take on the NFL.
"The synchronized motion of 72,000 fans created sustained energy that exceeded the iconic 'Beast Quake' in 2011."
"The synchronized motion of 72,000 fans created sustained energy that exceeded the iconic 'Beast Quake' in 2011."
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think Taylor Swift can take on the NFL.
"The synchronized motion of 72,000 fans created sustained energy that exceeded the iconic 'Beast Quake' in 2011."
"The synchronized motion of 72,000 fans created sustained energy that exceeded the iconic 'Beast Quake' in 2011."
I mean, everyone is allowed to be mad about the NFIP, but this is what they're dealing with:
September 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I mean, everyone is allowed to be mad about the NFIP, but this is what they're dealing with:
NOLA is one of a few places (along w Florida, maybe Houston) where reinsurance costs are plausibly adding material load to premiums based on @benkeys.bsky.social study www.nber.org/papers/w32579 (fig 11)
September 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NOLA is one of a few places (along w Florida, maybe Houston) where reinsurance costs are plausibly adding material load to premiums based on @benkeys.bsky.social study www.nber.org/papers/w32579 (fig 11)
Hydropower but make it Toto 6/6
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hydropower but make it Toto 6/6
China absolutely crushing everyone on clean tech supply chains 5/
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
China absolutely crushing everyone on clean tech supply chains 5/
Critical minerals that are dominated by single countries (>5% of global supply) 4/
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Critical minerals that are dominated by single countries (>5% of global supply) 4/
Geothermal potential with old and new tech 3/
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Geothermal potential with old and new tech 3/
Energy sector advantage by continent 2/
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Energy sector advantage by continent 2/
If you want to see what a best-in-class climate scientist with a lens on geopolitics and energy can do in the financial sector - read Sarah Kapnick's new report on energy system politics for JP Morgan. A few of my favorite figures below 🧵1/ www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you want to see what a best-in-class climate scientist with a lens on geopolitics and energy can do in the financial sector - read Sarah Kapnick's new report on energy system politics for JP Morgan. A few of my favorite figures below 🧵1/ www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
Really appreciate using @sill.social as a daily digest of the most talked-about news and papers from my follows - the Links section is excellent, especially since it includes not just top items shared, but also who posted and any additional commentary they had to share.
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Really appreciate using @sill.social as a daily digest of the most talked-about news and papers from my follows - the Links section is excellent, especially since it includes not just top items shared, but also who posted and any additional commentary they had to share.
This is totally a pirate earthquake reference right??? www.atlasobscura.com/places/sunke...
(NYC Jamaica should totally have more pirates)
(NYC Jamaica should totally have more pirates)
September 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is totally a pirate earthquake reference right??? www.atlasobscura.com/places/sunke...
(NYC Jamaica should totally have more pirates)
(NYC Jamaica should totally have more pirates)
Curious about which fields poast the most?
Medicine / Social science / Environmental science / Biochemistry
Note that these aren't corrected for field size, so love the strong showing from earth science too ⚒️🧪
Medicine / Social science / Environmental science / Biochemistry
Note that these aren't corrected for field size, so love the strong showing from earth science too ⚒️🧪
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Curious about which fields poast the most?
Medicine / Social science / Environmental science / Biochemistry
Note that these aren't corrected for field size, so love the strong showing from earth science too ⚒️🧪
Medicine / Social science / Environmental science / Biochemistry
Note that these aren't corrected for field size, so love the strong showing from earth science too ⚒️🧪
I mean they've even got Facebook, come on no one uses that
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I mean they've even got Facebook, come on no one uses that
Super thoughtful research on the impact of mitigation strategies for reducing wildfire risk from @gollnerfire.bsky.social team. Good news: building level mitigation can do a lot. Bad news: #1 factor is structure density (SSD below) - hard to change and may get worse. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Super thoughtful research on the impact of mitigation strategies for reducing wildfire risk from @gollnerfire.bsky.social team. Good news: building level mitigation can do a lot. Bad news: #1 factor is structure density (SSD below) - hard to change and may get worse. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fires started on private lands and transmitted to public are more damaging than the reverse - relatively uncommon for destructive fires to start in public wildlands and spread to private communities. Fig 6 is esp striking.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT @jaishrijuice.bsky.social for re-upping
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT @jaishrijuice.bsky.social for re-upping
August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Fires started on private lands and transmitted to public are more damaging than the reverse - relatively uncommon for destructive fires to start in public wildlands and spread to private communities. Fig 6 is esp striking.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT @jaishrijuice.bsky.social for re-upping
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT @jaishrijuice.bsky.social for re-upping