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Join the Galveston Pachyderms for our May 2nd Meeting with Dr. "Hurricane Hal" Needham.
Guest Speaker: "Hurricane Hal" Needham
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.
