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StateImpact On OETA: Oklahoma Wind Farms And Weather Radar

KGOU | By Joe Wertz
Published October 23, 2013 at 12:33 PM CDT
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StateImpact reporter Joe Wertz was a guest on OETA’s Oklahoma News Report last week to discuss his report on how wind farms interfere with weather radar.

Wertz and host Dick Pryor talked about the phenomenon, which is worrying forecasters and weather researchers as the wind industry grows in Oklahoma and other wind-rich states.

http://youtu.be/hsYrlFop60s

The episode first aired on Oct. 18. StateImpact’s segment is embedded above.

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Joe Wertz
Joe was a founding reporter for StateImpact Oklahoma (2011-2019) covering the intersection of economic policy, energy and environment, and the residents of the state. He previously served as Managing Editor of Urban Tulsa Weekly, as the Arts & Entertainment Editor at Oklahoma Gazette and worked as a Staff Writer for The Oklahoman. Joe was a weekly arts and entertainment correspondent for KGOU from 2007-2010. He grew up in Bartlesville, Okla. and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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