Research
Our Mission
At Before the Sirens, we believe warnings shouldn’t come too late — or sound like an afterthought.
Our mission is to reform how severe weather communication works — by studying real human behavior, exposing flaws in current alert systems, and designing warning language that actually saves lives.
Through independent research, field-based case studies, and public safety advocacy, we aim to build a future where every warning is clear, trusted, and delivered in time.
Saving lives isn’t just about sounding the sirens — it’s about everything that happens before.
Insights
Research Highlights
Explore our key findings that reshape how weather communications are delivered and understood, underlining the importance of human-centered approaches.
Report
Alert System Gaps
This report identifies key breakdowns in current weather alert systems and presents field-based recommendations to close the gap between warning and response.
Study
Human Response Data
This study analyzes how different populations interpret severe weather alerts — with insights that inform stronger, more adaptive communication strategies.
Article
Systemic Reform Needed
A direct challenge to outdated weather communication methods — highlighting urgent reforms and case studies where lives were at stake.
Paper
Communication Design Theory
This paper introduces a framework for human-centered weather warning systems, connecting behavioral psychology with real-time alert delivery.
My Work
Professional Background
Profile
Independent Background
An independent researcher bridging street-level intuition and formal science — grounded in real-world forecasting, warning language reform, and firsthand radar interpretation
Experience
Field Driven Research
Conducts independent case studies of tornadic events, especially those involving radar gaps or mesoscale boundary interactions.
Education
Self Guided Studies
Self-taught in meteorology and severe weather communication through years of independent study, hands-on radar analysis, and direct engagement with expert material.
Driven by necessity, not credentials — committed to bridging the gap between raw data and real-world lives through innovative, human-centered warning strategies.