{"id":11122,"date":"2025-01-28T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2025-01-28T00:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:05:05","slug":"weatherbrains-993-friends-in-high-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11122","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 993:  Friends In High Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 993\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb012725.mp3 \">WeatherBrains Episode 993<\/a> is now online (January 27th, 2025). If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> podcast for you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35042870\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/87A93A\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JxFEBW45Q3w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a storm chaser, and is the driver and equipment technician for storm chaser Brett Adair. \u00a0He has over twelve years of experience, and he&#8217;s chased 22 tornadoes and 9 hurricanes across 39 states. \u00a0He&#8217;s a Pell City, AL native. \u00a0Heath Lollar, welcome to the show!<\/p>\n<p>Our Second Guest WeatherBrain is a WeatherBrains veteran and the founder of Girls Who Chase, a movement empowering women in storm chasing. \u00a0A self taught chaser and forecaster, she has been chasing since 2018. \u00a0Jen Walton, thanks for joining us!<\/p>\n<p>Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January snow on the beach (01:30)<\/li>\n<li>Close to 8 inches of snow fell on New Orleans on Jan 21st (05:30)<\/li>\n<li>Rating a tornado based on wind speed\/Explaining EF-Scale (19:00)<\/li>\n<li>Learning lessons from getting too close when storm chasing (35:00)<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with devastating\/violent scenes when storm chasing (36:30)<\/li>\n<li>Pets and other animals after destructive tornadoes (51:00)<\/li>\n<li>Psychological shock\/Acute stress reaction for extended periods after a violent severe weather event (01:04:00)<\/li>\n<li>Girls Who Chase and what they stands for (01:07:50)<\/li>\n<li>Going through phases in storm chasing (01:30:45)<\/li>\n<li>Storm chasing ethics (01:45:10)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:35:43)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 993:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlswhochase.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Girls Who Chase<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jen Walton &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/firenado-fire-tornado-california-wildfire-dd53971839343ff6737156af3b983d0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire tornadoes a risk under California extreme wildfire conditions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jamesaydelott.bsky.social\/post\/3lgehwevza22m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Aydelott on X: &#8220;It&#8217;s an oldie, but a reminder&#8230;Spring is just around the corner&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio Genealogical Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/md0036.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC Mesoscale Discussion 36\/Western North Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neil Jacobs &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/bams\/aop\/BAMS-D-24-0066.1\/BAMS-D-24-0066.1.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where Have the EF5s Gone? A Closer Look at the &#8220;Drought&#8221; of the Most Violent Tornadoes in the United States<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/access\/monitoring\/snowfall-extremes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA Snowfall Extremes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J9mxsjz1piE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf Shores, Alabama 01\/22\/2025 Snow on the beach just before sunrise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeatherBrains Episode 993 is now online (January 27th, 2025). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you! ???????????????? 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