The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1, 2021. Are you and your family prepared?
In our upcoming series of Science by the Slice, a podcast by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center), hear from hurricane preparedness experts Craig Fugate, former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Kurtis Gurley, professor and director in the UF Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) and Angie Lindsey, assistant professor in UF’s Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS) and Florida point of contact for the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN).
“As we go through this hurricane season, we always hope to avoid the storms,” Fugate said. “We can always rebuild, but we cannot replace you. Take steps now to protect you and your family.”
Learn more about natural disasters and hurricane preparedness by listening to our latest series. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen now at: https://piecenter.com/media/science-by-the-slice-podcast/
Watch this behind the scenes video from part two of this series where our team visited the University of Florida’s Powell Family Structure and Materials Laboratory to meet with Dr. Kurtis Gurley as he taught us all about hurricane preparedness, building codes and the hurricane research being conducted at the lab!
The following websites provide information about how to prepare for and recover from hurricanes and other disasters:
PIE Center/EDEN resources: https://piecenter.com/resources/natural-disaster-resources/
EDEN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EDENfb
UF/IFAS Homeowner’s Handbook: https://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/media/disasterifasufledu-/docs/Florida-Homeowners-Handbook.pdf
UF/IFAS resources: https://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu
NOAA resources: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov
CDC resources: https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.html
Science by the Slice is a podcast from the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education (PIE Center) that explores the science behind issues affecting our daily lives, encompassing public health, agriculture, and natural resources. Experts discuss the science of complex challenges in our society, then, through analysis and storytelling, piece together the motivations that reveal the way people think about, form, and act on opinions regarding these pivotal issues.
