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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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December 19 - "The Nightmare Before (During & After) Christmas" Dec 19, 2022

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We had: a full-on winter storm with heavy snow, strong winds, blowing and drifting and white outs. We also had a legit crippling ice storm and, just to make it almost comically impossible, this event also featured a tornado outbreak that impacted the central and eastern portions of Canada, parts of the Central Great Plains, the Southern United States, and the northeastern United States.

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December 18 - “Weather and War”: Killer Cobra Dec 18, 2022

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Typhoon Cobra was first observed on December 17 when it surprised a fleet of ships in the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean. It packed sustained winds of up to 100 mph with gusts to 140 mph. But that is where our story only starts.

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December 17 - The FIRST Ever Flight at Kittyhawk Dec 17, 2022

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So it was set and the day arrived; initial flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day with Wilbur Wright piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. It was monumental! It was historical!

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December 16 - The Holiday Season Tornado Terror Dec 16, 2022

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Most of the tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, with several striking Louisiana. The 3 fatalities happened in Louisiana and Alabama, while injuring people in several states, and damaging homes and churches.

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December 15 - Weather and War: "The Battle of Fredericksburg" Dec 15, 2022

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We have covered a couple of Civil War stories on this podcast already. How the weather plays into war settings is incredibly intriguing; it isn't enough that all sides are told that they want to kill each other but now they have to face a foe they have no control over. And in the case of theatres like the American civil war, they had no way of knowing what was coming.

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December 14 - The Car Ship Crash That Kept Crashing Dec 14, 2022

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he French authorities ordered the wreck to be removed, as it was perceived to represent a danger to shipping and the environment. Yet somehow TWO more collisions happened with MV Tricolor in the days after the actual sinking. Here’s the thing; The Tricolor was carrying 2,862 cars, including BMW's, Volvos and Saabs. It was announced by the Norwegian shipping company in Oslo, to have been worth close to $50 million. But it gets worse, the Tricolor also had about 2,000 tons of oil on board.

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December 13 - When Time Stopped Dead on Highway 402 Dec 13, 2022

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In all, 600 travellers were stranded for as long as 48 hours on southwestern Ontario’s highway 402 because of the extreme winter weather conditions that moved in and over the region that day. Meanwhile, west of the City of Guelph, Police there were responding to what amounted to a record 543 collisions in 24 hours and all caused by whiteouts or icy roads.

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December 12 - When Sports Domes Don't Work Dec 12, 2022

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There were indeed, historically 5 Collapses in the history of this balloon roof in Minneapolis Minnesota, home of the MLB Twins and NFL Vikings at the time.

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December 11 - The Shocking WORST Ever Toronto Snowstorm Dec 11, 2022

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In all, twenty-one people died as a result of this snow storm that levelled 57 cm or "twenty-two and one-half inches" of snow on the city in a single continuous storm. 48 cm fell in one day alone!! At this time, the war effort was the only priority just like how essential care workers were during the Covid-19 pandemic that has, just like a world war, gripped the planet, bringing nations to their economic knees.

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December 10 - Weather and War: "The Red Cross" Dec 10, 2022

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World War One had been raging for 3 years by 1917. During this time the Norwegian Nobel Committee held firm that NO peace prize would be awarded so long as the world was still at WAR...that would just not look good nor would it feel good.

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