Sep 15, 2026 · 54 min · 26 segments
Doc Fitz and Daniel Ehkle are in studio with Reggie talking climate catastrophe, weather phenomenon, emergency preparedness and Memphis should music. Don't miss the weather report. Sunny skies and…
Daniel EhlkeGuest
Simon FitzgeraldHost
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Trauma Code, we're talking to Daniel Elke of SUNY Downstate about the recent flash flood event in Nepal.
And for me, the best way that I understand what happened, there must have been some kind of like calving event, as you would call it, in a glacier on sea ice.
And presumably there was also sort of a glacial melt lake that there was some kind of rock and ice dam that kept it from falling down the hill, the mountain.
And something about that event broke the dam and massive amounts of water that perhaps weren't appreciated.
But, right, there can be ice on top and then cracks of water melting and water underneath.
And I know there are also ways of looking at from space and learning how to interpret what the different ice looks like that isn't probably still well understood at this time.
And, you know, about color coding it, you know, thinking about, you know, how different ice in different states looks over time.
The specifics of the geographic vulnerability, one of the things that made this so devastating is you had these particularly deep, narrow river valleys.
So we know that there are particularly vulnerable river valley communities that are going to need to be prepared for this sort of outcome.
So I'm hopeful that we can learn from this experience and perhaps through some remote imaging Because again, sensors on the ground, probably prohibitive.
But if we can use remote imagery to a large extent, you know, I think that may be a promising path forward.
Trauma Code, we're talking to Daniel Elke of SUNY Downstate about the recent flash flood event in Nepal.
And for me, the best way that I understand what happened, there must have been some kind of like calving event, as you would call it, in a glacier on sea ice.
And presumably there was also sort of a glacial melt lake that there was some kind of rock and ice dam that kept it from falling down the hill, the mountain.
And something about that event broke the dam and massive amounts of water that perhaps weren't appreciated.
But, right, there can be ice on top and then cracks of water melting and water underneath.
And I know there are also ways of looking at from space and learning how to interpret what the different ice looks like that isn't probably still well understood at this time.
And, you know, about color coding it, you know, thinking about, you know, how different ice in different states looks over time.
The specifics of the geographic vulnerability, one of the things that made this so devastating is you had these particularly deep, narrow river valleys.
So we know that there are particularly vulnerable river valley communities that are going to need to be prepared for this sort of outcome.
So I'm hopeful that we can learn from this experience and perhaps through some remote imaging Because again, sensors on the ground, probably prohibitive.
But if we can use remote imagery to a large extent, you know, I think that may be a promising path forward.
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