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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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April 3 - The Deadly 1974 Windsor Tornado Apr 03, 2022

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The 1974 Windsor tornado still stands as the 6th deadliest tornado in Canadian history. On this day it killed 9 people while injuring dozens more. It has also come to be remembered for the extensive toll it took on life and infrastructure, especially to the Windsor Curling Club on Central Avenue.

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April 2 - The 1957 Dallas F3 Killer Tornado Apr 02, 2022

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This 1957 twister was rated F3 which again is not even close to the most powerful of its kind to set off across the US South, but it was downtown Dallas where basically everyone at the time lived in the state, relatively speaking. It was observed and later confirmed that 574 structures were damaged, including close to 154 homes and up to 28 apartment buildings that were completely destroyed.

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April 1 - When a Plane Crash in 1993 took a NASCAR Champion Apr 01, 2022

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The investigation into the case of the accident that took place, later revealed it was human error; the pilot failed to operate the anti-ice system properly. Alan Dennis Kulwicki who was known by his peers as "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was not just the driver; he was also a team owner. Kulwicki won at the 1992 Winston Cup Championship and the headlines the next day was all about how that was then the closest margin of victory in NASCAR history.

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March 31 - The 1889 Opening of the Eiffel Tower Mar 31, 2022

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In 1889, and the French Government wanted to commemorate the 100 years since the French Revolution with an international exposition. As it’s centrepiece, there was a design competition for a grand monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. It had only just been completed in 1889, and it was already set for demolition in 1909....but the study of weather saved it.

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March 30 - 1848: The Day Niagara Falls Stopped "Falling" Mar 30, 2022

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On the night of March 29th, and in one of the most incredible stories to emerge from this event, hundreds of locals picked up lit torches and decided that it would be pretty cool to walk across the floor of the Niagara River along the brink that is normally the drop off to the Horseshoe and American Falls!! I am not kidding you, this really happened!!

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March 29 - A “Funny” Thing Happened on the Way to the RunwayMarch 29 - Mar 29, 2022

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the plane touched down more than 300 metres short of a Halifax runway and smashed through an antenna array before finally skidding to a stop. This passenger jet liner then proceeded to knock through a power line, which cut power to the airport. The aircraft then climbed an embankment up to the runway level, skidded on its belly and stopped 570 metres (1,870 ft) past the stopping line.

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March 28 - The Massive Hail that Killed in Texas Mar 28, 2022

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On March 28, of 2000 it was during the evening hours when a powerful F3 tornado struck Downtown Fort Worth, Texas, causing major and in some cases irreparable damage to several buildings and high-rises and claimed the lives of two people. According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), a baseball-size hailstone actually falls at a speed comparable to an actual baseball thrown from a major league pitcher - near 100 mph.

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March 27 - The 1964 Alaska 9.2 Earthquake and Tsunami Mar 27, 2022

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Releasing about 500 years of stress buildup, this event tore the earth wide open and triggered tsunamis. Six hundred miles (970 km) of fault ruptured all at once and moved up to 60 ft (18 m). Anchorage sustained some of the greatest destruction and damage but it was in large part due to an infrastructure that was simply not reinforced for earthquakes.

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March 26 - The Mighty Gust That "Wiped Out" Our 2 Reporters Mar 26, 2022

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The Weather Network's Chief Meteorologist Chris Scott and "Storm Hunter", Mark Robinson were sent to Grand Etang, Nova Scotia to experience and report on the ferocious "Les Suetes" winds. The two meteorologists remarked how they were likely witnessing the most extreme weather in the entire world at that moment, but this would be a harbinger of things to come for them.

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March 25 - Weather And War: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 Mar 25, 2022

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The blowing sand and dust messed up military operations by driving down visibility and getting into the highly sophisticated parts of precision weapons systems. The storm, known locally as a turab, came screaming into Baghdad from behind the coalition forces.

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