Matteo Interlandi on Project Hummingbird

Hello and Welcome to Data Driven.

In this episode, Frank and Andy speak with researcher Matteo Interlandi about project Hummingbird.

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00:00:00 BAILey

Hello and welcome to dated driven.

00:00:02 BAILey

In this episode, Frank and Andy speak with researcher Matteo Interlandi about project Hummingbird.

00:00:09 BAILey

Now on with the show.

00:00:10 Frank

Second, hello and welcome to data driven.

00:00:21 Frank

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00:00:27 Frank

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00:00:30 Frank

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00:00:36 Frank

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00:00:39 Frank

How you doing Andy?

00:00:40 Andy

I'm well Frank, how are?

00:00:41 Frank

You I'm doing alright. We're recording this on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 and the the.

00:00:51 Frank

The the remnants of Hurricane Ida are ripping through the DC area.

00:00:57 Frank

Uh, so if, uh, if I suddenly get dropped, that's because we probably lost power.

00:01:03 Frank

But I do have the backup generator, the one that the professionals installed and my.

00:01:10 Frank

Duct taped together a solar generator so.

00:01:15 Frank

I will be offline.

00:01:17 Frank

For a short.

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Bit and hopefully come back online.

00:01:20 Frank

How how you doing, Eddie.

00:01:23 Andy

I'm doing alright Frank. Well, we are you know I'm about gosh 250 miles South of UM we didn't get near the near the effects of Hurricane Ida as you did.

00:01:34 Andy

We're getting a little bit of rain now.

00:01:36 Andy

We've had some wind.

00:01:37 Andy

Gusts, but it's been really mild, and if you look on the radar.

00:01:41 Andy

Gotta watch it into track and I I do.

00:01:43 Andy

I'm a weather weenie and amateur but it it just kind of went around us to the to the West and it actually started the east when it got a little north of us and aimed right for your house.

00:01:54 Andy

I was looking outside that's where Frank lived, right?

00:01:56 Andy

And look, the eye is coming right for.

00:01:58 Andy

Frank what's left?

00:02:00 Frank

Well, fortunately we're safe.

00:02:02 Frank

There was some kind of flooding in Rockville and the small overnight, and some folks they got up.

00:02:09 Frank

No one, nobody died that I'm.

00:02:10 Frank

Aware of so.

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It it says.

00:02:12 Frank

You know we're not.

00:02:13 Frank

Custom the floods or hurricanes or tornadoes up here in DC and and we're more used to the human threats of, you know, little things...