Katrina Voss

Katrina Voss worked as a bilingual broadcast meteorologist for The Weather Channel Latin America and AccuWeather^[1] and holds the AMS Seal.^[2] She is known for being a regular columnist for the secular humanist journal Free Inquiry magazine.^[3] Her work has also appeared in New Scientist,^[4] The Humanist,^[5] and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society where she wrote about sharing a name with a devastating hurricane.^[6] After Hurricane Katrina's impact in 2005, her comments on hurricane naming and its psychological consequences were cited in the media.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] She has also questioned the merits of the American Meteorological Society's phasing out of their Seal of Approval and replacement with the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) Seal.^[11]

In an August 2009 issue of New Scientist, she took a controversial position on DNA privacy.^[12]

She is a science education video contributor to SciVee^[13] and is married to population geneticist Mark D. Shriver.

References[]

^ AccuWeather [1]
^ American Meteorological Society [2] List of Sealholders.
^ Free Inquiry [3]
^ New Scientist 24 August 2009, [4] "Your genome isn't that precious – give it away."
^ The Humanist (www.thehumanist.org) July/August 2009, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "If English was Good Enough."
^ Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society June 2006, [5] "Hurricane Ergo Sum."
^ USA Today July 10, 2006, [6]^{[permanent dead link]} "Sharing a Name with 'the Genghis Khan of Hurricanes'."
^ Wired Magazine (Wired Science) August 26, 2009 [7] "What's in a (Hurricane) Name."
^ ScienceLine July 26, 2006, [8] "Hurricane-Your Name Here."
^ Discovery Channel (Discover Channel news website) July 10, 2006, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Hurricane Naming Stirs Controversy."
^ Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society May 2008, [9]^{[permanent dead link]} "On the Boxing of Broadcast Meteorologists."
^ [10][11]
^ SciVee "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

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[1] AccuWeather [1]

[2] American Meteorological Society [2] List of Sealholders.

[3] Free Inquiry [3]

[4] New Scientist 24 August 2009, [4] "Your genome isn't that precious – give it away."

[5] The Humanist (www.thehumanist.org) July/August 2009, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "If English was Good Enough."

[6] Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society June 2006, [5] "Hurricane Ergo Sum."

[7] USA Today July 10, 2006, [6]^{[permanent dead link]} "Sharing a Name with 'the Genghis Khan of Hurricanes'."

[8] Wired Magazine (Wired Science) August 26, 2009 [7] "What's in a (Hurricane) Name."

[9] ScienceLine July 26, 2006, [8] "Hurricane-Your Name Here."

[10] Discovery Channel (Discover Channel news website) July 10, 2006, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Hurricane Naming Stirs Controversy."

[11] Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society May 2008, [9]^{[permanent dead link]} "On the Boxing of Broadcast Meteorologists."

[12] [10][11]

[13] SciVee "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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