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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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February 3 - "Black History Month": First Black TV Weathercaster in the US. Feb 03, 2022

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This happened 12 years before Al Roker started as a weather anchor for a CBS affiliate in Syracuse. Dianne Elizabeth Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 28, 1938. She was the daughter of Milton and Nettie Johnson and a descendant of a Civil War general’s slave mistress. There was an actual audition process for the weather girl job at KSD in St. Louis. As a matter of fact, among the many competitors was a woman by the name of Mary Frann who was another St. Louis native, but it was also Mary Frann would go on to play Bob Newhart’s wife on his hit 1980s sitcom, “Newhart.”

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February 2 - The "Groundhog Day" Story Feb 02, 2022

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It was 2 features that combined for this tour de force that blanketed this massive area of North America. There was a surface and a supporting upper level feature that merged in this one. This one-two punch combined the power of the "Saskatchewan Screamer" vs that of the "Southwest Desert Destroyer"!! (Ding! Ding!)

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February 1 - "Weather and Space Exploration": The Space Shuttle Disasters Feb 01, 2022

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On February 1st, 2003, 17 years and 3 days since the Challenger was lost with all of her crew 73 seconds after lift-off, the world was blind-sided when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. To help out with specialized perspective, I am joined by: Scott Sutherland, Space Writer and Meteorologist, theweathernetwork.com.

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January 31 - The 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake Jan 31, 2022

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The earthquake immediately triggered a destructive tsunami that claimed the souls of 500 people who were along the coast of Colombia. This was not the only event of this kind that century.

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January 30 - The 1870 Disappearance of The City of Boston Jan 30, 2022

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The City of Boston set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool on 28 January Se was commanded by Captain Halcrow with 191 people on board. But the SS City of Boston never reached her final destination and there has never been any trace of her since.

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January 29 - The 1921 Great Olympic "Blowdown" Jan 29, 2022

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Just some of the destruction that you'll hear about in the full podcast:

The destruction:

Hurricane-force winds destroyed billions of board-feet of timber across the Olympic Peninsula.
Over 40 percent of the trees on the southwest side of the Olympic Mountains were blown down.

**The Great Olympic Blowdown felled eight times more trees than the eruption of Mount St. Helens back on March 27, 1980!!

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January 28 - The Legendary "Blizzard of ‘77" Jan 28, 2022

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This was as much a Canada story as it was a US story. But the worst of it did definitely hit Western NY. Through the 5 days of this, there were daily peak wind gusts ranging from 74 to 111 km/hr. Snowfall totals were as high as 254 cm in the worst hit areas!! And we had winds creating drifts blowing 30 to 40 ft (9 to 12 m) high.

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January 27 - The Niagara Falls Honeymoon Bridge Collapse! Jan 27, 2022

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Niagara Falls! It has been the honeymoon capital of the world on and off for centuries. Royalty have stayed there, rockstars, movie stars and other elite. The bridge was an international passage that connected Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, with Niagara Falls, New York, United States that crossed the Niagara River. It was originally built back in 1897 and it was finished in 1898. At that time it was the greatest steel arch bridge in the world.

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January 26 - Why Chicago Blizzard Snow Got Shipped to Florida Jan 26, 2022

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Important to note that the previous record snowfall for the city was 19 inches (48cm) on March 25th and 26th, of 1930. So to beat it by a clear 10cm is really something!! This storm had it all: wind, snow and even a thunderstorm! Desperate for places to put the stuff, they dumped it in any vacant lot they could find...then something truly warm and wonderful happened.....

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January 25 - The First Ever "Winter Olympics" Begins Jan 25, 2022

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16 countries gathered to compete in sports like figure skating, speed skating, hockey, curling and a whole lot more. But the opening ceremonies were on this day in weather history. On the morning of the Opening Ceremony, there was a huge lift of relief, because it had been pairing rain for days leading up to this day, not good at all for a site that needs to be covered in snow. It was looking pretty dire.

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