Kenyatta Esters
@kesters2.bsky.social
Healthcare Emergency Manager
Policy Analyst
Health Promoter
Blog Author
LSU Microbiology 🧪 and
Public Administration Graduate 📝
Mississippi State University
Environmental Geosciences Graduate🌪️
https://weatherandwellness.blogspot.com
Policy Analyst
Health Promoter
Blog Author
LSU Microbiology 🧪 and
Public Administration Graduate 📝
Mississippi State University
Environmental Geosciences Graduate🌪️
https://weatherandwellness.blogspot.com
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Heavy rains expected in the Baton Rouge area late Thursday night through Friday have triggered a flood watch by the National Weather Service.
Heavy rains, flood watch forecast for Baton Rouge Thursday night
Heavy rains expected in the Baton Rouge area late Thursday night through Friday have triggered a flood watch by the National Weather Service.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Heavy rains expected in the Baton Rouge area late Thursday night through Friday have triggered a flood watch by the National Weather Service.
If you haven’t listened to the latest WeatherGeeks podcast with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social & @spann.bsky.social do yourself a favor & listen soon! Really enjoyed this conversation between 2 heavy hitters in the weather community.
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you haven’t listened to the latest WeatherGeeks podcast with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social & @spann.bsky.social do yourself a favor & listen soon! Really enjoyed this conversation between 2 heavy hitters in the weather community.
Dr. Shepherd and James Spann?! Oooooh this is going to be great!!!!
1st 2026 episode of Weather Geeks powered by the Weather Channel drops tomorrow (Wednesday). Find it where you get your podcasts and on the Weather Channel Stream. 4 Words. @spann.bsky.social is the guest. We definitely Geeked Out and also discuss his new Alabama Weather Network.
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Dr. Shepherd and James Spann?! Oooooh this is going to be great!!!!
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AMS is working on a Climate Science Certification program (CCS) and is looking for 2 non-weather educated professionals to assist with input, topics, and exam questions.
If you are interested, message me ASAP so I can pass your name and email along!
If you are interested, message me ASAP so I can pass your name and email along!
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December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AMS is working on a Climate Science Certification program (CCS) and is looking for 2 non-weather educated professionals to assist with input, topics, and exam questions.
If you are interested, message me ASAP so I can pass your name and email along!
If you are interested, message me ASAP so I can pass your name and email along!
Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Registration is OPEN for Geaux Science Explorations: STEM & Stories! Join LSU scientists for hands-on, story-time adventures in science & math!
📅 Jan 31 | 10:30–11:45 AM
📍 Main Library, Eden Park, LSU Center for River Studies
📝 Register by Jan 16
🔗 bit.ly/44Btprn
📅 Jan 31 | 10:30–11:45 AM
📍 Main Library, Eden Park, LSU Center for River Studies
📝 Register by Jan 16
🔗 bit.ly/44Btprn
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Registration is OPEN for Geaux Science Explorations: STEM & Stories! Join LSU scientists for hands-on, story-time adventures in science & math!
📅 Jan 31 | 10:30–11:45 AM
📍 Main Library, Eden Park, LSU Center for River Studies
📝 Register by Jan 16
🔗 bit.ly/44Btprn
📅 Jan 31 | 10:30–11:45 AM
📍 Main Library, Eden Park, LSU Center for River Studies
📝 Register by Jan 16
🔗 bit.ly/44Btprn
The image below is a McDonald’s app notification I received on this rainy afternoon. If fast food can use weather APIs to influence behavior, why not healthcare?
An example would be a MyChart alert for a diabetes patient: “Extreme Heat Alert: Stay hydrated, meds increase heat sensitivity”.
An example would be a MyChart alert for a diabetes patient: “Extreme Heat Alert: Stay hydrated, meds increase heat sensitivity”.
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The image below is a McDonald’s app notification I received on this rainy afternoon. If fast food can use weather APIs to influence behavior, why not healthcare?
An example would be a MyChart alert for a diabetes patient: “Extreme Heat Alert: Stay hydrated, meds increase heat sensitivity”.
An example would be a MyChart alert for a diabetes patient: “Extreme Heat Alert: Stay hydrated, meds increase heat sensitivity”.
I attended the LSU vs Georgia football game in Sept 2003. It was only 85°F at kickoff, but the sun was relentless. I saw fans faint and witnessed one fan having a seizure.
This article discusses how early-season SEC games can pose very real heat risks.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This article discusses how early-season SEC games can pose very real heat risks.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Scorching Saturdays: The rising heat threat inside football stadiums
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. TUSCALOOSA — Wh...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I attended the LSU vs Georgia football game in Sept 2003. It was only 85°F at kickoff, but the sun was relentless. I saw fans faint and witnessed one fan having a seizure.
This article discusses how early-season SEC games can pose very real heat risks.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This article discusses how early-season SEC games can pose very real heat risks.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Due to cooler temps, less daylight, drier air, and more: fall weather can really affect your health. I discuss this in my “Weather and Wellness” blog! weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
Weather and Wellness: Forecasting Fall’s Effect on Your Health
Break out your sweaters and grab a pumpkin spice latte (YUCK!) because it's fall, y'all! And guess what? I absolutely dread this time of yea...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Due to cooler temps, less daylight, drier air, and more: fall weather can really affect your health. I discuss this in my “Weather and Wellness” blog! weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
Your fall forecast: cooler temps, drier air, and ….rhinitis?!
Yes, the shift in seasons can trigger changes in your health! Join me in my latest “Weather & Wellness” blog as I unpack some of the health woes that accompany autumn.
weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
Yes, the shift in seasons can trigger changes in your health! Join me in my latest “Weather & Wellness” blog as I unpack some of the health woes that accompany autumn.
weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Your fall forecast: cooler temps, drier air, and ….rhinitis?!
Yes, the shift in seasons can trigger changes in your health! Join me in my latest “Weather & Wellness” blog as I unpack some of the health woes that accompany autumn.
weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
Yes, the shift in seasons can trigger changes in your health! Join me in my latest “Weather & Wellness” blog as I unpack some of the health woes that accompany autumn.
weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/weat...
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No, it's not just you. Summers are 21 days longer in Baton Rouge, 17 days longer in Lafayette, 11 days longer in New Orleans.
Here's how much longer Louisiana summers are lasting and why they're stretching into fall
No, it's not just you. Summers are 21 days longer in Baton Rouge, 17 days longer in Lafayette, 11 days longer in New Orleans.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
No, it's not just you. Summers are 21 days longer in Baton Rouge, 17 days longer in Lafayette, 11 days longer in New Orleans.
I have 2 fall -related “Weather & Wellness Wednesdays” blogs this evening! The first is a repost of my 2023 blog regarding cold fronts and their effect on respiratory health. Read it here and let me know if your lungs hate fall as much as mine do! weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/fall...
Fall Cold Fronts: Friend or Foe to Those Living with Asthma?
Note: I posted this article two years ago on another blog site. I wanted to share this as it will be relevant to my next "Weather and We...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I have 2 fall -related “Weather & Wellness Wednesdays” blogs this evening! The first is a repost of my 2023 blog regarding cold fronts and their effect on respiratory health. Read it here and let me know if your lungs hate fall as much as mine do! weatherandwellness.blogspot.com/2025/10/fall...
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Yesterday marked the end of National Preparedness Month, but for caregivers, readiness is never seasonal. I published a new piece on my Weather and Wellness blog, and this one got a bit personal.
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Weather and Wellness: Preparedness- A Caregiver's Story
In December 2023, I participated in my commencement ceremony at Mississippi State University. I had received a Master’s degree in Environm...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yesterday marked the end of National Preparedness Month, but for caregivers, readiness is never seasonal. I published a new piece on my Weather and Wellness blog, and this one got a bit personal.
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Yesterday marked the end of National Preparedness Month, but for caregivers, readiness is never seasonal. I published a new piece on my Weather and Wellness blog, and this one got a bit personal.
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Weather and Wellness: Preparedness- A Caregiver's Story
In December 2023, I participated in my commencement ceremony at Mississippi State University. I had received a Master’s degree in Environm...
tinyurl.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yesterday marked the end of National Preparedness Month, but for caregivers, readiness is never seasonal. I published a new piece on my Weather and Wellness blog, and this one got a bit personal.
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
Learn how becoming a caregiver reshaped how I think about preparedness.
tinyurl.com/4ama4x7w
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Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.
First Coastal Louisiana AMS (CLAMS) meeting of the fall starting soon with Phil Grisby of NWS New Orleans speaking to the group tonight! Come join us if you are in the Baton Rouge area!
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
First Coastal Louisiana AMS (CLAMS) meeting of the fall starting soon with Phil Grisby of NWS New Orleans speaking to the group tonight! Come join us if you are in the Baton Rouge area!
This is a very insightful article covering increasing heat-related deaths in Louisiana. www.nola.com/news/environ...
In Louisiana, heat-related deaths have soared. The quiet disaster is ‘going to get worse.’
Extreme heat is a silent threat, one that experts warn could become more deadly as temperatures continue to rise.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is a very insightful article covering increasing heat-related deaths in Louisiana. www.nola.com/news/environ...
My take from the discussion at tropical.colostate.edu/Forecast/202... is to not let your guard down even though hurricane season has not been very active. The note of the possibility of a strong Central American gyre concerns me as I know that the CAG can give rise to “home grown” storms in October
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My take from the discussion at tropical.colostate.edu/Forecast/202... is to not let your guard down even though hurricane season has not been very active. The note of the possibility of a strong Central American gyre concerns me as I know that the CAG can give rise to “home grown” storms in October
From the Atmospheric Science Dept. at Colorado State: “The NHC currently is not expecting any TC formations in the next 7 days. If that forecast verifies, it will be only the 2nd yr since 1950 w/no Atlantic named storm activity between 8/29 and 9/16. The only other year was 1992”
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
From the Atmospheric Science Dept. at Colorado State: “The NHC currently is not expecting any TC formations in the next 7 days. If that forecast verifies, it will be only the 2nd yr since 1950 w/no Atlantic named storm activity between 8/29 and 9/16. The only other year was 1992”
Currently viewing a CDC Heat Preparedness webinar. I am happy to hear how health departments are using the HeatRisk took. I’ve been a fan since the tool’s experimental days with the Western Region.
August 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Currently viewing a CDC Heat Preparedness webinar. I am happy to hear how health departments are using the HeatRisk took. I’ve been a fan since the tool’s experimental days with the Western Region.
I have a saying: “Gulf Coast emergency managers always labor on Labor Day”. I’ll gladly take a quiet end to August and start to September! But I know my fellow EM’s are concerned about the second half of the season and the “home grown threats” that can occur during that time.
Erin’s extratropical, but we may get Fernand near & east of Bermuda next. However, it does appear that the tropics are going to begin to settle down, just as we are approaching the historical peak in activity. We explain what’s happening over the next couple weeks today below or at theeyewall.com
Tropics starting to quiet down a bit just in time for the historical peak in activity
Though we are likely to get Fernand by tomorrow
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August 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I have a saying: “Gulf Coast emergency managers always labor on Labor Day”. I’ll gladly take a quiet end to August and start to September! But I know my fellow EM’s are concerned about the second half of the season and the “home grown threats” that can occur during that time.
If this is true then a lot of us in BR are…well….gone, lol
BATON ROUGE/RYAN,LA (BTR) ASOS reports gust of 373 knots (429.3 mph) from NE @ 2225Z -- KBTR 192225Z COR 05025G373KT 3/4SM +TSRA FEW013 SCT024 BKN048 25/21 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 05043/2224 LTG DSNT SE AND S RAB17 TSB09E10 PRESRR P0063 T02500211 RVRNO
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If this is true then a lot of us in BR are…well….gone, lol
I really enjoyed listening to 2 emergency management superstars on the most recent @ametsoc.org “Clear Skies Ahead” podcast! Great job Ashley Morris @missashes92.bsky.social & Melissa Sizemore! I was nodding in agreement throughout the entire discussion!
August 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I really enjoyed listening to 2 emergency management superstars on the most recent @ametsoc.org “Clear Skies Ahead” podcast! Great job Ashley Morris @missashes92.bsky.social & Melissa Sizemore! I was nodding in agreement throughout the entire discussion!
It’s move-in weekend at colleges across the U.S. Families are hauling boxes, climbing stairs, and trekking back and forth in the August heat. There’s a public health angle to move in day that I don’t think we discuss enough (especially for universities in the south)… 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It’s move-in weekend at colleges across the U.S. Families are hauling boxes, climbing stairs, and trekking back and forth in the August heat. There’s a public health angle to move in day that I don’t think we discuss enough (especially for universities in the south)… 🧵