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Saundry, Peter - Executive Director
YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO ASK THE NEXT PLENARY TO COME TO THE STAGE WE NOW HAVE HAD TWO VERY INTERNATIONAL AND, ONE INTERNATIONAL, ONE DOMESTIC ISSUE...
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Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
LAST SESSION, IS A SESSION WHERE WE WANT TO GET YOU THINKING. LET ME SEE A SHOW OF HANDS IN OUR AUDIENCE HERE. HOW MANY ARE JOURNALISTS THAT WE HAVE...
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| 00:05:50 |
Pulwarty, Roger S. - Director
HERE. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE DEFINITIONS OF DROUGHT, DROUGHT IS A RECURRING FEATURE OF CLIMATE. WHEN WE SPEAK TOWARDS DROUD, THERE ARE HYDROLOGIC...
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Gnacadja, Luc - Executive Secretary
WELL. >> WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO BE PART OF THIS PANEL. YES, IT'S TRUE THAT AFRICA IS THE MOST DROUGHT-STRICKEN REGION OF THE...
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| 00:09:49 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
AND WITH THAT, INCREASING ARIDITY IN DROUGHT? >> WELL, IT'S JUST THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE RISING TEMPERATURES, YOU HAVE RISING RATES OF ARIDITY BECAUSE YOU'VE...
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| 00:12:03 |
Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
TOO. MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT DROUGHT MODELING, AS WELL. FOR DON WILHITE, PROFESSOR OF APPLIED CLIMATE SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES....
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Wilhite, Donald A. - Professor
ANY SEVERE DROUGHT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2013? >> THANKS, VERONICA. FIRST OF ALL, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE STILL IN DROUGHT? WELL,...
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| 00:16:48 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
REMOTE AREAS OF THIS COUNTRY AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE CHANGES ARE OCCURRING. THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR DRY...
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| 00:17:29 |
Gnacadja, Luc - Executive Secretary
ECONOMICS OF DROUGHT IS A FIELD WHERE WE NEED MORE RESEARCH. BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE KNOWN REGARDING THE COST OF INACTION VERSUS THE COST OF PREPAREDNESS....
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| 00:20:24 |
Pulwarty, Roger S. - Director
ABOUT THE FUTURE IS NOT THE THING THAT MAKES US ACT? AND SO THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL AS DON AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, IT'S EASY TO SAY LET'S BE PROACTIVE....
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| 00:23:15 |
Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
MEDIA, WHETHER IT'S PRINT OR BROADCAST, DOES ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE WHEN WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, STILL IN A DROUGHT? LET'S SEE A SHOW OF HANDS. OKAY. OKAY....
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| 00:24:05 |
Wilhite, Donald A. - Professor
SITUATION. >> WELL, THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ISSUE FOR WEST TEXAS. IT'S AN ISSUE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER...
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| 00:26:07 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
WHERE I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW, THE AREA I WORK IN IS THE NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA, WESTERN NEW MEXICO ON THE NAVAHO NATION. AND THIS AREA OF THE U.S. HAS...
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| 00:28:13 |
Pulwarty, Roger S. - Director
HAD EXTENDED PERIODS OF DROUGHT. THERE'S BEEN ESTIMATES IN THE COLORADO BASIN OF DROUGHTS LASTING ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 100 YEARS IN THE RECORD. WHEN...
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| 00:29:44 |
Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
A QUESTION FROM ALAN. HIS QUESTION IS, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY CASE STUDIES WHERE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY DID TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TOWARD DROUGHT...
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Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
BACK TO HISTORIC TIMES BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I WORK IN NAVAHO COMMUNITIES. SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE COPED WITH DROUGHT BEFORE RES...
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| 00:31:44 |
Wilhite, Donald A. - Professor
THE CURRENT SITUATION, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STATE OF COLORADO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE OF COLORADO IS DOING QUITE AN EFFORT AT THE MOMENT TO REVISE ITS...
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Pulwarty, Roger S. - Director
ON THAT? >> SO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL HAVE, AND OTHER STATES THAT DON HAS MENTIONED IS THE IDEA OF LINKING...
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| 00:37:21 |
Gnacadja, Luc - Executive Secretary
TO DROUGHT? DO WE NEED MORE POLICY IN PLACE? >> WELL, WE NEED MORE POLICY, IN FACT, SOME OF THE RECENT POLICY UNDERMINING THE CAPACITY TO COPE. WE...
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| 00:40:03 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
IN SPECIFICS. >> MAKING BETTER USE OF THE RAIN THAT DOES FALL. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL IS HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET. BUT WE CAN...
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| 00:42:11 |
Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
SEE A SHOW OF HANDS IN THE AUDIENCE. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT OUR COUNTRY DOES AN ADEQUATE JOB AT ADDRESSING DROUGHT? AND HOW MANY OF YOU THINK WE...
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| 00:43:09 |
Wilhite, Donald A. - Professor
HAS IN DEALING WITH DROUGHT IS COORDINATION OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES AND SO FORTH OF THAT GOVERNMENT ON THE DROUGHT ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT...
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| 00:47:41 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
MARGIN NATURALIZED. THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE. PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF RESOURCES FOR RESPONSE,...
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| 00:50:17 |
Pulwarty, Roger S. - Director
THE PEOPLE ON THIS PANEL KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT, WHEN WE ASK THE QUESTION WHAT, OTHER TYPES OF INDICATORS WE SHOULD BE MONITORING, OF COURSE...
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| 00:53:39 |
Gnacadja, Luc - Executive Secretary
YOU. I ALWAYS THOUGHT BY WHAT IMPACT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED HERE WHICH IS NOT ONLY MIGRATION LEADING TO RESOURCE-BASED CONFLICT. YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE...
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| 00:54:52 |
Redsteer, Margaret Hiza - Research Scientist
OF PEOPLE TO RESPOND AS EVERYBODY HAS SAID. I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY, VERY KEY, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR VULNERABILITIES ARE AND WHAT THE LIMITS...
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Wilhite, Donald A. - Professor
WELL, ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS I THINK IN DEALING WITH DROUGHT IN THE FUTURE, I MEAN, DROUGHT POLICY IS SOMETHING THAT'S RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION...
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| 00:56:59 |
Johnson, Veronica - Meteorologist
BETTER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL FACILITATE BETTER FORECASTS AMONGST ALL AGENCIES AND, OF COURSE, BETTER POLICY. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PANELISTS...
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| 00:57:18 |
Saundry, Peter - Executive Director
WITH QUESTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PANEL. SO I HAVE TO SAY, TOMORROW, THERE IS A -- THERE ARE TWO WORKSHOPS, ONE THAT ROGER WILL BE A PART OF, ONE ON...
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