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The Best Of Our Knowledge #1602 "Reasoning With Hurricane Season"

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett
Published June 3, 2021 at 2:00 AM EDT
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June first was the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Over the past few years, there it seems there have been more, and more powerful hurricane hitting the United States, and scenes of massive damage from the storms have almost become commonplace in the summer and fall. So to learn more about hurricanes, we went to an expert. Dr. Athena Masson is a meteorologist and hurricane specialist at the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network at the University of Florida.
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Bob Barrett
Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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