This week we talk about fire weather and wildfires! It's a hot topic. We also visit a somewhat Halloween appropriate fun paper from the Journal of Experimental Biology. <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/cibola/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=stelprdb5368839"> National Fire Danger Rating Index</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mesonet.org/index.php/okfire/home">Mesonet Fire Weather Page</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Index">Burning Index</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_Component">Ignition Component</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_Component">Spread Component</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.redzone.co/2018/08/13/wildfire-101-dead-fuel-moisture-2/"> Fuel Moisture</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.wfas.net/index.php/keetch-byram-index-moisture--drought-49"> Keetch-Byram Drought Index</a></li> </ul> Fun Paper Friday <ul> <li>It's Halloween Fun Paper Time! Hands, guitar tuners, and accelerometers.</li> <li><a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/20/3215">Horns, Joshua, Rebekah Jung, and David R. Carrier. "In vitro strain in human metacarpal bones during striking: testing the pugilism hypothesis of hominin hand evolution." Journal of Experimental Biology 218.20 (2015): 3215-3221.</a></li> </ul> Contact us: Show <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo">Support us on Patreon!</a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com">www.dontpanicgeocast.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://softwareunderground.org">SWUNG Slack</a></li> <li><a href= "https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo">@dontpanicgeo</a></li> <li>show@dontpanicgeocast.com</li> </ul> John Leeman <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.johnrleeman.com">www.johnrleeman.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/geo_leeman">@geo_leeman</a></li> </ul> Shannon Dulin <ul> <li><a href= "https://twitter.com/ShannonDulin">@ShannonDulin</a></li> </ul>

Episode 231 - "Prison Tools" Dr. Matt Hall

John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.