1. The Past, Present, and Future of Michigan’s Weather Dr. Jeff Masters Director of Meteorology The Weather Underground, Inc. http://www.wunderground.com

2. Education: University of Michigan B.S. in Meteorology, 1982 M.S. in Meteorology, 1983 Thesis: “A Characterization of the Detroit Wintertime Aerosol” Ph.D. in Meteorology, 1997 Thesis: “Vertical Transport of Carbon Monoxide by Wintertime Mid-Latitude Cyclones” Me

4. Served as Flight Meteorologist for NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center, 1986 - 1990 Correction of Inertial Navigation with Loran-C on NOAA's P-3 AircraftCorrection of Inertial Navigation with Loran-C on NOAA's P-3 Aircraft A Record Minimum Sea Level Pressure Observed in Hurricane GilbertA Record Minimum Sea Level Pressure Observed in Hurricane Gilbert Wind Measurement From AircraftWind Measurement From Aircraft Flying Into the Eye of a HurricaneFlying Into the Eye of a Hurricane Meteorology at BrockportMeteorology at Brockport Publications:

7. Hurricane Hugo on Montserrat

8. Hurricane Hugo on St. Croix and Puerto Rico

9. El Yunque Rain Forest, Puerto Rico

10. Sullivan’s Island Bridge, South Carolina

30. My Hurricane Hugo flight: http://www.wunderground.com/education/hugo1.asp

35. Low water at Old Mission Lighthouse, Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, 2003

42. Arctic Sea Ice Loss: A Potential Culprit in Recent Weather Extremes

45. Borden and Cutter, 2008

46. RankDisasterYearDeathsDamage (2007 dollars) 1.Hurricane Katrina, LA/MS/AL/FL20051200$133,800,000,000 2.Drought, Midwest/East19887,500$71,200,000,000 3.Drought, Midwest/198010,000$55,400,000,000 4.Hurricane Andrew, FL/LA199226$40,000,000,000 5.Flood, Mississippi River199348$30,200,000,000 6.Hurricane Ike, TX/LA/MS2008112$27,000,000,000 7.Hurricane Wilma, FL200535$17,100,000,000 8.Hurricane Rita, LA/TX2005119$17,100,000,000 9.Hurricane Charley, FL200415$16,322,000,000 10.Flood, Mississippi River200824$15,000,000,000 11.Hurricane Ivan, FL/AL200457$15,400,000,000 12.Drought, 30-State20020$11,400,000,000 13.Tornado Outbreak, Southeast U.S.2012321$10,200,000,000 14.Drought, Texas20120$10,000,000,000 The Fourteen $10 billion+ U.S. Weather Disasters Since 1980

47. 1980 Drought: 10,000 killed, $55 billion in damage

48. 1988 Drought: 7,500 killed, $71 billion in damage

49. Dust Bowl Drought: 5,000 killed, 2.5 million people displaced

50. The future of drought, 30 years from now?

52. Sleeping outside on Belle Isle, 1936 heat wave Expect a Much Increased Chance of Deadly Heat Waves

53. A $100 billion, 1-in-100-year U.S. drought would seriously strain world food prices

54. The Future of Tornadoes

57. The Number #1 Natural Disaster Threat in Michigan: a Catastrophic Geomagnetic Storm Probability: 26% in the next 30 years X-22 Class Solar Flare of April 2, 2001—Strongest Solar Flare on Record

59. Transformer at Salem Nuclear Plant fried by geomagnetic storm in 1989

60. A geomagnetic storm like the Carrington Event of 1859 or the 1921 storm would likely cause a collapse of the U.S. power system lasting years

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