{"id":11231,"date":"2025-05-28T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11231"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:48:23","slug":"weatherbrains-1010-chief-smoothing-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11231","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1010:  Chief Smoothing Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1010\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb052725.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1010<\/a> is now online (May 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\/36749955\/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\/T8LI5bAPjNo?si=sudrZQpxLWD582tu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is an award winning journalist and author who runs the New England Historical Society. \u00a0She&#8217;s been sharing of New England&#8217;s past since 2013. \u00a0With a background in reporting, she brings history to life through the lenses of food, travel, scandal, immigration, and weather. \u00a0She joins us to discuss their new book, \u201cNew England Weather: Historic Storms, Twisters, Floods, Droughts, Nor\u2019easters, Hurricanes and Heat Waves.\u201d The Landrigans explore how New England\u2019s wild weather has influenced history and shaped communities\u2014from killer hurricanes to brutal snowstorms to legendary heat waves. \u00a0Leslie Landrigan, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-block relative rounded-[50%] w-16 h-16 top-card-layout__entity-image top-card__profile-image top-card__profile-image--real-image top-card__entity-inner-ring onload shadow-color-shadow shadow-[0_4px_12px] border-2 border-solid border-color-surface mt-[-70px] mb-[14px] papabear:border-4 papabear:mt-[-100px] papabear:mb-[18px] lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4D03AQE4r3Wwq00VXQ\/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200\/B4DZamM0prGwAY-\/0\/1746545102015?e=2147483647&amp;v=beta&amp;t=OM7ubzy-p3oOO-eHMJpiMSbH6NxAJkH5mzS_AixQFAI\" alt=\"Leslie Landrigan\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\" data-ghost-classes=\"bg-color-entity-ghost-background\" data-ghost-url=\"https:\/\/static.licdn.com\/aero-v1\/sc\/h\/9c8pery4andzj6ohjkjp54ma2\" aria-busy=\"false\" \/><\/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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MidlandPromo.jpg\" alt=\"NWS Jacksonville on X: &quot;Today we celebrated the 35+ years ...\" width=\"506\" height=\"311\" aria-hidden=\"false\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fetching aerial shots when needed after a severe weather episode (03:29)<\/li>\n<li>1997 Jarrell, Texas tornado 28th anniversary (06:30)<\/li>\n<li>1973 Centreville, AL tornado anniversary (9:40)<\/li>\n<li>Looking back at exceptional and extended New England 1965 drought (17:20)<\/li>\n<li>Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 (29:13)<\/li>\n<li>Importance of almanacs during Colonial era (39:09)<\/li>\n<li>Blizzard of 1978 (50:40)<\/li>\n<li>Maine Purple Fire Snowstorm of 1853 (01:03:32)<\/li>\n<li>1953 Worcester MA tornado (01:09:00)<\/li>\n<li>2011 Springfield MA EF3 tornado (01:15:40)<\/li>\n<li>Favorite weather folklores (01:26:00)<\/li>\n<li>Alabama tornado damage near Redstone Arsenal (01:33:30)<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Jones\/Midland Weather Radio \u00a0(01:42:00)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:34:15)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:36:50)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (01:39:10)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1010:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-England-Weather-noreasters-hurricanes\/dp\/B0DMW66GB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;New England Weather: Historic storms, twisters, floods, droughts, nor&#8217;easters, hurricanes and heat waves&#8221; by Dan and Leslie Landigran<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/midlandusa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midland Weather Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Jones &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/zion\/learn\/news\/keyholeflashfloodsept17.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Keyhole Canyon Utah Flash Flood Tragedy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesAydelottFox23\/videos\/lightning-strikes-in-the-sun-away-from-the-rain\/1623916544936535\/?mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=XDMI35LaBshTf8sy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Aydelott on Facebook: &#8220;Lightning strikes! In the sun, away from the rain&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tornadotalk.com\/springfield-ma-ef3-tornado-june-1-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tornado Talk: Springfield, MA EF3 tornado &#8211; June 1st, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/balancedweather.substack.com\/p\/documenting-and-explaining-a-heat?utm_campaign=post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Documenting and explaining a heat burst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1023\/A:1005554519604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climatic Change and Witch-hunting: the Impact of the Little Ice Age on Mentalities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/Prob_Precip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NWS Probabilistic Precipitation Portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/arctic.som.ou.edu\/tburg\/products\/realtime\/tropical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Time Tropical Cyclones<\/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, John Gordon, 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 1010 is now online (May 27th, 2025). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you! 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