One of the most rewarding things about working in meteorology is that our work can actually save lives. Since 2020, my colleague Jeff Masters and I have provided critical coverage of some of the most severe weather events of the century at Yale Climate Connections. Our stories have been read and shared by tens of thousands of people in the paths of tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons — in Florida, in the Caribbean, and around the world. In the U.S. and Caribbean, this decade’s hurricanes have cost nearly $400 billion and taken more than 1,600 lives.