There will be a Jamaica before #Melissa, & a Jamaica after #Melissa with completely changed communities. Just when I think #Melissa cannot intensify anymore, it leaves me wide-eyed, jaw-dropped, & with a terrible pit in my stomach.

“Total structural failure is possible near the path of #Melissa’s center.”

185 mph winds, 892 mb central pressure - ranking top 5 strongest hurricanes ever in the Atlantic basin, but the most heartbreaking part…we are just hours away from landfall 😢💔

I’ve been trying to have more fun with communicating my science on social media. I’m incredibly grateful for a husband who not only runs with my ideas, but is supportive & understanding enough to shoot them.

Thank you, babe! I knew marrying my co-anchor would come in handy one day 😉

🌀📈Did you also wake up feeling alarmed to see a Category 5 hurricane spinning in the Atlantic? You might be thinking, “well, that escalated quickly!”… & you’re not wrong! #Erin #climatematters #climateshiftindex @climatecentral.org

🦈 SHARKS! You hear the iconic beat from the iconic movie every summer. In the last 50 years since its release, “Jaws” changed pop culture & public perception of sharks. These creatures swam with dinosaurs, but it’s our human footprints that are changing their habitats more than ever before.