🎙️ We’re back at full strength on Three Degrees, and just in time. As severe storms sweep across the country, we’re talking to someone who spent decades issuing the warnings that apps can’t — retired National Weather Service Science & Operations Officer Ray Wolf from the Quad Cities.
👨🏫 Ray gives us a no-BS look at what happens when 55 National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed — from busted balloon launches to vanishing institutional knowledge. We dive into:
📉 The real reason your app gets it wrong
🚨 How severe weather warnings are suffering
🌪️ The future of derechos and tornadoes in a warming Midwest
🧠 What happens when you gut the agency responsible for keeping us safe
Plus, a little blunt talk about “weather alert days” and the Trump administration’s quiet dismantling of the weather enterprise. This one’s essential listening — especially if you think a weather app is all you need.
👉 Listen now to Three Degrees. And yes — we’ll eventually do an episode on David’s post-Pacific mystery illness. 🎧
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