Slide title: Preparing for extreme events and hazards

Slide images (top left to right): photo of Doppler-On-Wheels and researcher observing a tornado; computer visualization of Hurricane Ike
(bottom) photo of forested hillside on fire

Image credits (top left to right): Herb Stein/Center for Severe Weather Research; Gregory P. Johnson, Romy Schneider, John Cazes, Karl Schulz and Bill Barth, The University of Texas at Austin; Frank Marks, NOAA; Fuqing Zheng, University of Pennsylvania; Yonghui Weng, Texas A&M University
(bottom): NASA