While you might know that PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a result of being in stressful situations like combat under fire, you might not know that it can also occur in people who have lived through a traumatic event like a tornado, hurricane or fire.  Politico has an interesting story about the psychological toll that extreme weather events can have on people who live through them, a timely topic for sure this year.  Read it at https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/10/12/psychological-toll-natural-disasters-000547.

Terra MODIS image of Hurricane Matthew from Oct. 7, 2016. SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER (SSEC), UW–MADISON