Struggling With Stormy Skies

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

Last month was one of the rainiest Junes ever recorded, and the impact of the wet weather has been widespread. The potential for flash floods has increased, the mosquito population is exploding, and water quality and local agriculture are both at risk. We’ll talk with experts from across the region and get latest on New Hampshire’s climate calamity.

Guest

  • Mary Stampone, New Hampshire State Climatologist and assistant professor of geography at the University of New Hampshire

We'll also hear from

  • John Jensenius, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service
  • Jim Van Dongen, Public Information Officer for the New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management
  • Alan Eaton, entomologist with the UNH Cooperative Extension and coordinator of their Integrated Pest Management program
  • Jody Connor, director of the Limnology Center for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
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cost of climate/weather extremes
Melissa Bernardin - Fri, 07/10/2009 - 07:55

Skeptics opposed to taking aggressive action to curb global warming pollution, the likely cause of climate extremes like NH's rainy June, often cite the economic drawbacks of taking action. My question is, what is the financial cost of not taking action? How much are these weather/climate extremes costing agriculture, government agencies, etc. in dealing with climate extremes that are taking place? (ex. 100 year storms taking place more than once every 100 years, etc.)

Is this a mild sample of what climate change can wreak?
Miriam Osofsky - Fri, 07/10/2009 - 08:09

Would your guests agree there is a good chance that this stormy weather may be associated with climate change? Is this a mild sample of the menace climate change wreaks? I think the negative environmental effects highlights why we all need to call our senators and ask them to strengthen and pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act.