Space City Weather Lecture by Eric Berger

Using historical descriptions of the storm and his experience with hurricane research, technology, and reporting, journalist and meteorologist Eric Berger will share his perspective on the 1900 Storm. What would it be like if a storm of that magnitude hit today? How accurately would meteorologists be able to predict it? In addition to reflecting on the Great Storm of 1900, Berger will share his insights into what the current hurricane season has in store. With a background in astronomy and a master’s degree in journalism, he has written mostly about science and, more recently, spaceflight.

After a long career at the Houston Chronicle, Berger including being a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Hurricane Ike in 2008, joined Ars Technica in 2015 as the website’s senior space editor, covering SpaceX, NASA and everything beyond. He won the 2015 NewSpace Journalism award from the Space Frontier Foundation and a 2015 Space Pioneer award from the National Space Society. Berger also maintains a widely read weather forecasting website for the greater Houston area, Space City Weather. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Hurricane Ike at the Houston Chronicle in 2008.