{"id":11338,"date":"2025-09-03T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11338"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:27:58","slug":"weatherbrains-1024-tokin-on-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11338","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1024:  Tokin&#8217; On A Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1024\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb090225.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1024<\/a> is now online (September 2nd, 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\/38073465\/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\/qfQBjzFsE7o?si=M-e1hI2okWCO1pMW\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist, climatologist, instructor, and now author. \u00a0She has a brand new book just released titled &#8220;Wilder Weather: \u00a0What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About Weather, Climate, And Protecting What We Cherish&#8221;. \u00a0In her book, she digs deep into Wilder&#8217;s depictions of weather events and helps readers connect past weather to present weather. \u00a0She&#8217;s worked at NOAA for over 23 years. \u00a0Dr. Barbara Boustead, it&#8217;s great to have you on the show!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/southdakotasearchlight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/preview-e1751844595572.jpeg\" alt=\"Barbara Boustead, Author at South Dakota Searchlight\" width=\"310\" height=\"268\" \/><\/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>Introduction to Laura Ingalls Wilder and he r background (13:00)<\/li>\n<li>Entire Little House on the Prairie series (14:45)<\/li>\n<li>Analyzing 1880s weather records in Dakota Territory (19:00)<\/li>\n<li>Laurapalooza Conference (21:45)<\/li>\n<li>Weather in Wilder&#8217;s other works (24:15)<\/li>\n<li>Further examples of Wilder&#8217;s writings about weather events (34:30)<\/li>\n<li>Today&#8217;s different climate from the era of authors like Charles Dickens (44:00)<\/li>\n<li>Climate is the past, present, and future (50:00)<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging teachers to use &#8220;Wilder Weather&#8221; in lesson plans (58:30)<\/li>\n<li>Weather folklore (01:00:00)<\/li>\n<li>Where can you order &#8220;Wilder Weather&#8221;? \u00a0(01:10:00)<\/li>\n<li>Tips for aspiring authors (01:24:00)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:11:20)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:12:50)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (01:14:05)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabamaweathernetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilderweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilder Weather<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FDH7TT3S?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_5EHBFPHHV256WMD10CTR&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_5EHBFPHHV256WMD10CTR&amp;social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_5EHBFPHHV256WMD10CTR&amp;bestFormat=true&amp;csmig=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About the Weather, Climate, and Protecting What We Cherish&#8221; by Dr. Barbara Boustead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Barbara Boustead &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beautiful-Snow-Ingalls-Railroads-1880-81\/dp\/1643439057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Beautiful Snow&#8221; by Cindy Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jamesAPOW902.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meteogram for Camargo, OK\/90+mph winds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keraunos.org\/actualites\/fil-infos\/2025\/septembre\/vent-violent-tornade-possible-morbihan-2-septembre-2025-bretagne-guehenno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merry violent phenomenon in Morbihan on 2 September<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/heritage\/stories\/heres-one-of-first-photos-of-tornado-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s one of the first photos of a tornado ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nwas.org\/2025-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NWA 50th Annual Meeting in Huntsville, AL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flightmodeblog\/status\/1961689237012517355?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATR-72 nearly flipped over from 99 mph winds in Corsica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/theoval\/2013\/08\/02\/reagan-air-force-one-1983-microburst\/2611493\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reagan&#8217;s near-death experience in 1983<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Weather-Curse-Gettysburg-Campaign-Civil\/dp\/1467158461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign&#8221; by Jon M. 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