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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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6:57

August 11, 2022 - When Mount Papandayan BURST to Life!

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2022/08/11

On August 11, 1772, Mount. Papandayan erupted for the first time, causing the northeast ridge of this great mountain to collapse. This produced a catastrophic debris avalanche that destroyed 40 villages and killed nearly 3,000 people, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:44

August 10, 2022 - A MidWest Derecho for All Times

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2022/08/10

On August 10, 2020, a line of severe thunderstorms covered southeastern South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska across Iowa, northern Illinois, plus southern Wisconsin, Indiana, southwestern Lower Michigan and western Ohio. This land mass we are talking about today stretches 770 miles (1240km)! And it was no marathon, this was a sprint….it took only 14 hours for this to do what it did this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:34

August 9, 2022 - "War in Weather": THE Bomb Drop

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2022/08/09

On July 25, 1945 General Thomas Handy issued an order to General Carl Spaatz, commander of US Army Strategic Air Forces in Guam, to 'deliver’ the first 'special bomb’ as soon after August 3 as weather permitted visual targeting. This was the beginning of something most could not even comprehend yet. "IT" happened this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:42

August 8, 2022 - The Night The Lights Went ON at...

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2022/08/08

I remember being all set up and ready to hit play/record on one of the biggest night in the century old history of the game itself….Wrigley Field in Chicago...Home of the Cubs….finally adopted lights at their stadium and they were to go on for the first time, on August 8, 1988, to usher in a new era in Cubs baseball….the night game, this day in weather history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:02

August 7, 2022 - Virden’s Violent EF-3 Tornado

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2022/08/07

Back on the August 3rd episode of this podcast I brought to you the 2018 Alonsa, Manitoba EF-4 tornado. Here we are again in the summer in Manitoba. What used to be a relatively rare occurrence: tornado deaths in Manitoba, let alone in all of Canada, we are back in the Home of the Blue Bombers for what is almost to the exact date on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:38

August 6, 2022 - The 1879 New Brunswick Twister

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2022/08/06

The Atlantic provinces in Canada average barely 1 tornado per year...but that is since record keeping began and our story today is from 1879….August 6th, 1879 in Bouctouche, New Brunswick….this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:32

August 5, 2022 - Summer Tornado Chaos at Gull Lake,...

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2022/08/05

Gull Lake is a beautiful and popular, sand bottom lake that is especially jammed full of people lucky enough to book early enough in advance. It boasts a boat mooring, boats that are perfect for all water sports: sailing, boating, canoeing, and of course swimming. Gull Lake, Manitoba, is a short 45 minutes 80 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, But this twister on August 5th, wrecked those boats, uprooted trees and destroyed or severely damaged nearly all of the 23 trailers and cabins in the area

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6:32

August 4, 2022 - The Unbelievable Burlington, Ontario...

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2022/08/04

On August 4, 2014, two months' worth of rain fell in the city of Burlington as thunderstorms swept through much of southern Ontario flooding basements and causing millions of dollars in damage; this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:22

August 3, 2022 - The Alonsa, Manitoba EF-4 Tornado

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2022/08/03

On August 3, 2018, Alonsa was struck by an EF-4 tornado that tossed vehicles and trailers, and actually ripped a home clear from its foundation. That’s just where our story starts on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:06

August 2, 2022 - The Deadly Downing of Delta 191

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2022/08/02

On August 2, 1985, Flight 191 a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was viciously and abruptly knocked out of the sky by what is termed a microburst while on approach to land at Dallas Forth Worth…..again, however the question is raised: Might this have been avoided?.....this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:27

August 1, 2022 - Hot Hazy Humid Horror in Hogtown

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2022/08/01

August 1st is a holiday in a number of provinces across Canada and in Ontario it’s the Civic Long Weekend...don't ask me what that even means because I still don't have a clue...but back in 2006, it was so oppressively hot that the grid almost crashed, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:23

July 31, 2022 - The Devastating 1987 Edmonton Twister

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2022/07/31

The tornado started as a small funnel south of Edmonton. It peaked at F4 on the Fujita scale and remained on the ground for an hour, cutting a swath of destruction 30.8 kilometres (19.1 mi) in length and up to 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) wide in some places, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:28

July 30, 2022 - Unprecedented Flooding Event

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2022/07/30

How many once in a millennium events should happen in that time frame; I’d say one. But what if places all over were seeing events that to them were of this rarity? That would mean something bigger was a foot. But what? Lets find out what happened on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:37

July 29, 2022 - The Birth of NASA

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2022/07/29

I do love space stories. Remember that this podcast is already more than a year old and this is actually episode #424, so there have already been some real doozy stories involving space. Today is special though because it is another start of something great; this time we look back at the start of NASA….this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:30

July 28, 2022 - One of the Worst Modern Day Earthquakes

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2022/07/28

On July 28, 1976 at the very early hour of 3:42 a.m.,while everyone was asleep, an 8.2 magnitude flattened the industrial city of Tangshan, threatening the lives of all one million people who lived there; this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:46

July 27, 2022 - I Dare You To....Fly Into a Hurricane!

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2022/07/27

July 27, 1943 marks the day Col. Joseph Duckworth and Lt. Ralph O'Hair of the U.S. Air Force piloted the first ever plane into the eye of a hurricane. They flew the AT-6 Texan over the Gulf of Mexico….on a dare by British pilots at the base who bet they couldn't do it. What started as an act of machismo or bravado, became a turning point in how we investigate and analyze hurricanes!!!...and it took flight This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:19

July 26, 2022 - The Deadly California Wildfire-NADO!

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2022/07/26

In July 2018, a wildfire near Redding, California, erupted. On the 26th, This Day in Weather History, it exploded into what was determined to have been a fire tornado with winds on par with those of an EF3 tornado….this day in weather history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:27

July 25, 2022 - The Ultra-Rare Alaska Tornado

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2022/07/25

Think of a state in the US where you would last suspect a twister, Massatusettes doesn't count because we did an episode on them the day before yesterday. Today we hit the Last Frontier; Alaska, This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:45

July 24, 2022 - The Machu Picchu was Discovered

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2022/07/24

Maccu Picchu is an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world’s top tourist destinations....and it’s location made full personal use of weather benefits and exacted it’s perils upon anyone looking to invade….there is a lot to unwrap here and we’re exploring this right now on This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:23

July 23, 2022 - Rare Massachusetts Tornado "Outbreak"

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2022/07/23

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of the roughly 1,253 tornadoes that the United States averages per year, of these Massachusetts sees only one. So let's find out now what happened in 2019, on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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