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This Day in Weather History

“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 information gathering and record keeping, there would be a “special” weather or natural phenomena event to mark each day of a calendar. Do you remember the first recorded tornado in Canadian history? No, you don’t because none of us were there…so we dive into that! How about when Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show? It’s possibly the best performance ever for that event….and the backstory made it all the more special! Or how about the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Festival back in 1994? It’s all here – all year – in one podcast…. “This Day In Weather History”!

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

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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.

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August 10, 2022 - A MidWest Derecho for All Times Aug 10, 2022

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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.

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August 9, 2022 - "War in Weather": THE Bomb Drop Aug 09, 2022

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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.

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August 8, 2022 - The Night The Lights Went ON at Wrigley! Aug 08, 2022

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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!

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August 7, 2022 - Virden’s Violent EF-3 Tornado Aug 07, 2022

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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.

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August 6, 2022 - The 1879 New Brunswick Twister Aug 06, 2022

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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.

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August 5, 2022 - Summer Tornado Chaos at Gull Lake, Manitoba Aug 05, 2022

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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. This Day in Weather History.

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August 4, 2022 - The Unbelievable Burlington, Ontario Flood Aug 04, 2022

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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.

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August 3, 2022 - The Alonsa, Manitoba EF-4 Tornado Aug 03, 2022

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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.

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August 2, 2022 - The Deadly Downing of Delta 191 Aug 02, 2022

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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.

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