Scientists are struggling to predict tornadoes, and then they're sort of training people to react to tornado alerts in exactly the wrong way. How do you solve the tornado problem? So for one, Robin's really pushing for just better, faster radar that can scan areas more quickly. And maybe then it can pick up on more clues to just better see what's happening in these storms. Like a faster strobe light. But really what meteorologists want is like better prediction, better like artificial intelligence that can just look at a storm and model it in a computer and then press fast forward and see what will happen.
2023 has been a record-setting year for tornadoes, and these storms came with barely any warning. So to better understand tornadoes, scientists might need to confront more of these storms head-on.
This episode originally ran on July 12, 2021.
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