Join the Galveston Pachyderms for our May 2nd meeting with guest speaker Dr. “Hurricane Hal” Needham.
Location: Coastal Grill
1827 Strand Street Galveston, TX 77550
11:30am – 12:00 Social
12:00 – 1:00pm Meeting and Guest Speaker
No reservations or membership required!
HURRICANE HAL BIO
Dr. “Hurricane Hal” Needham is an extreme weather and disaster scientist with nearly 20 years’ experience conducting data-driven risk analysis for disaster-prone communities. He specializes in science communication to both professional scientists and the public, and hosts the GeoTrek podcast, ranked by FeedSpot as the #1 podcast on natural disasters.
Dr. Hal is also an international expert on coastal flooding and directs the U-Surge Project, the first coastal flood database for the United States. He is lead scientist for Flood Information Systems, where he develops address-based flood risk tools. He resides in Galveston, Texas, site of the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. He has obtained a B.S. from Penn State University and M.S. and doctoral degrees from Louisiana State University.
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