WeatherBrains 1003: I’ve Eaten 20 Year Old SPAM
WeatherBrains Episode 1003 is now online (April 7th, 2025). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a prolific author and Southern preparedness expert who has written over 75 novels that blend gripping survival scenarios with real world lessons drawn from his professional training in emergency management. His work spans everything from tornadoes and hurricanes to grid-down solar flare events. His storytelling offers a uniquely grounded, Southern approach to self-reliance and resilience. Ron Foster, welcome!
Tonight’s Guest Panelist is Jared Rennie, research meteorologist at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in North Carolina. He’s an AMS-certified consulting meteorologist who is passionate about data, accessibility, climate services and applying new technologies like AI and machine learning in the world of meteorology.
Also, Bruce Jones joins us to discuss the importance of NOAA Weather Radio and its integration in order to save lives. Welcome back, Bruce!
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Cataclysmic flooding in Mid-South (02:30)
- Meteorologist fatigue after multiple day events (03:00)
- Senatobia, Mississippi tornado last week (06:30)
- What is a disaster-prepper? (18:30)
- Prepper starter kit for beginners (20:00)
- How to purify water during a disaster (25:30)
- Living through 1979’s Hurricane Frederic (34:15)
- Different perceptions of severe weather in the South compared to other regions (40:15)
- Internet dependency and society vulnerability (50:00)
- Carrington level solar events and appropriate reaction (01:02:00)
- Recommended basic survival kit (01:11:30)
- Bruce Jones/Midland Weather Radio (01:34:42)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:16:45)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:18:50)
- E-Mail Segment (01:20:25)
- National Weather Round-Up
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 1003:
Prepper Fiction Survival: Your Source for Prepper Fiction
Picks of the Week:
Jared Rennie – Jared Rennie on GitHub
Jared Rennie – CBS News on YouTube: How a small North Carolina town is recovering six months after Hurricane Helene
Bruce Jones – Gainesville, GA/Cooper Pants Factory tornado on April 6, 1936
James Aydelott – Amish speedy repairs mentioned in NOAA Storm Survey
Jen Narramore – Poplar Bluff History Museum
Rick Smith – Balanced Weather on Substack
Troy Kimmel – WFAA Y’all-itics
Kim Klockow-McClain – KY family goes viral for burying van as storm shelter. ‘Country boys can survive’
Kim Klockow-McClain – ‘Get rid of the whole thing’: After Stitt ousts Mark Goeller, Forestry Services comment irks #okleg
John Gordon – USGS Volcanoes on X: Mount St. Helens prank by WNAC-TV
Bill Murray – Foghorn
James Spann – NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite now operational, providing critical new data to forecasters
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.
