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This Day in Weather History

The Weather Network

"This Day In Weather History" is a daily podcast from The Weather Network that features unique and informative stories written and produced by host Chris Mei. Weather happens every day. It can be sunny, cloudy, stormy or maybe just unsettled, but it is always happening! It’s when severe weather strikes that it captures the attention of those affected…and the imagination of everyone else who follows the story. So it is with good reason to expect that after over a century of news and weather

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6:14

August 31, 2022 - The U.S. Civil War Earthquake

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2022/08/31

This earthquake near Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 1886, this day in weather history, was particularly harsh for this state as The Civil War had ruined the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:27

August 30, 2022 - The First African American in Space

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2022/08/30

Guy Bluford Jr. was born November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia. He literally flew into the history books as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle 'Challenger' in 1983, becoming the first African American to travel into space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:40

August 29, 2022 - Hurricane Katrina (Part 2: New...

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2022/08/29

The effects of Hurricane Katrina, in August 2005, were catastrophic and widespread. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, leaving at least 1,836 people dead, and a further 135 missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 28, 2022 - That RARE Chicago F-5

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2022/08/28

It was the first ever rated greater than F3 in August in the state of Illinois and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. It is the only the second F5 tornado ever recorded in August in the United States….and it happened this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:46

August 27, 2022 - The World Was "Krakatoa'd" Wide Open

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2022/08/27

On the morning of August 27th, 1883, a series of massive eruptions tore the volcano’s walls apart. Krakatoa’s final eruption was four times more powerful than the largest bomb that humans have detonated and it changed the world forever….this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:47

August 26, 2022 - Hottest Ever Temperature for an MLB...

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2022/08/26

The worst of the 3 hottest temperature games on record was when the Toronto Blue Jays came to Arlington Texas for a night game and at the 7:39pm opening pitch, the temperature was a disgusting 109℉ or 43-celcius!! I repeat….during A NIGHT GAME!!!. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 25, 2022 - Hurricane Harvey Hammers Houston

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2022/08/25

Today, we jump headlong into a hurricane so destructive that it is equaled only by that of Hurricane Katrina in ‘05. This in the story of Hurricane Harvey, the storm that levelled the lone star state when it hammered Houston….on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:42

August 24, 2022 - 79A.D. Mt. Vesuvius Entombs Pompeii...

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2022/08/24

I’ve already discussed volcanoes on this podcast and today is one that is not just prolific for the damage it caused, but because it is also THE volcano that literally froze a period in time for all to see milennia later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:25

August 23, 2022 - Hurricane Katrina (Part 1: Florida)

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2022/08/23

Katrina became the fifth hurricane of the 2005 season on August 25, only two hours before it made landfall around 6:30 p.m. EDT in Florida. The Keys were whipped by tropical storm force winds that continued through the 26th, but Katrina was still churning up momentum in the gulf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:21

August 22, 2022 - FOUR Hurricanes in ONE Day!

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2022/08/22

This 1893 hurricane season was one of only two times in history to suffer 4 Atlantic storms along the US/Canada coast at the same time. The next time that would happen would be 105 years later...in 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:54

August 21, 2022 - The Tornado That Galvanized Goderich

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2022/08/21

The 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado was, at an F3 tornado strength, a major storm. It was generated by an isolated supercell which unexpectedly first came ashore...then tore across Huron County, Ontario, on the afternoon of Sunday, August 21, 2011….this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:40

August 20, 2022 - 19 Tornadoes! One Day! Southern...

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2022/08/20

At one point over 10 million people in Southern Ontario, at the time one-third of Canada's entire population, were placed under either tornado watches and/or warnings as these powerful and dangerous storms rolled through. In all, a grand total of 19 tornadoes touched down with four of them producing F2 damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:47

August 19, 2022 - The 2005 Toronto Flooding & ......

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2022/08/19

The province sees 12-13/year but there are always the outlier years that far exceed that number. When the storm came close to the Greater Toronto Area, a tornado warning was issued, but the storm changed its characteristics. Wind gusts of well over 100 km/h (62 mph) blew through this densely populated centre. That was accompanied by golf ball sized hail, but really the main event was the heavy rain flooding many parts of the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:32

August 18, 2022 - The Devastating Great Wall of Water...

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2022/08/18

The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze River floods, were a series of floods that occurred from June to August 1931 in the Republic of China, hitting major cities Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, eventually culminated into a dyke breach along Lake Gaoyou on 26 August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:51

August 17, 2022 - Cat-5 Camille Carves up the Coast

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2022/08/17

Camille had only just formed on Aug. 14, reached Category 3 status, which now classified it as a major hurricane, just one day later. Then the day after that, on Aug. 16, it skyrocketed to Category 5 strength. Camille defied a prediction that it would turn northeast toward the Florida Panhandle when it hooked left and instead headed for the Mississippi coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:43

August 16, 2022 - Andrew Annihilates Areas of Florida

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2022/08/16

The Category 5 hurricane is a beast unlike most other natural phenomena on Earth. When Andrew made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, it packed a 1-minute sustained wind speed of 165 mph (266 km/h). As many as 1.4 million people lost power at the height of the storm; some didn't get their power restored for over a month!! In the Everglades, 70,000 acres (280 km2) of trees were downed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 15, 2022 - Wicked Weather Wallops Williams Lake

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2022/08/15

It was the second tornado that hit Williams Lake in fifteen months. Its path was 21km long and 200m wide. Several cottages were damaged, two of which crushed to their very foundation and then totally swept away, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 14, 2022 - When a One-In-20,000 Year Rain...

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2022/08/14

Four of London’s main-line railway stations were flooded and closed, a large part of the London Underground was brought to a standstill as tunnels were flooded and the electricity supply failed. It has been suggested that likely between 175 to 200mm of rain could have fallen in that short window of time, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 13, 2022 - Deadly Weather at "Sugarland"

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2022/08/13

A wind gust out ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm cell hit the temporary roof structure of the Indiana State fair’s mainstage, causing it to collapse. The heavy structure fell on the crowd below who likely considered themselves the lucky ones to get a spot up close to the stage, waiting for the headliner; Sugarland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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August 12, 2022 - "Follow The Yellow Brick Road" into...

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2022/08/12

Barely one month prior to the start of World War 2, there was a film...it had a massive budget for its time and a lot of that was put toward it’s groundbreaking special effects. You see, this particular film wanted to bring its audience face to face with the deadliest force of nature known to earth….the tornado!! it was August 12, 1939, when The Wizard of Oz had one of it’s world premieres at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices

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