{"id":8716,"date":"2020-09-22T01:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T06:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T15:35:42","slug":"weatherbrains-766-ive-slept-on-unsatisfactory-couches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8716","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 766:  I&#8217;ve Slept On Unsatisfactory Couches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 765 \" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb092120.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 766<\/a> is now online (September 21st, 2020). If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> netcast audio program for you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16107839\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" 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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JfH4imDNHp0\" width=\"560\" height=\"438\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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; 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class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block;<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span> width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is known as the &#8220;Sprite chaser&#8221;. \u00a0He travels around North America to document this phenomenon and holds workshops to help others enjoy the beauty of this phenomenon. \u00a0He is originally from the UK and moved to Canada in 2000. \u00a0Paul Smith, welcome!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ji94ytn4 r9f5tntg d2edcug0\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/107902204_1152925655106123_2042156846759645090_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&amp;_nc_sid=e3f864&amp;_nc_ohc=k8MD_XkhrnMAX_ogh8m&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&amp;oh=f42be48b59cced02ad0366b5be1ed73d&amp;oe=5F8E820F\" width=\"288\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker and professional storm chaser from Houston, Texas. \u00a0Hank Schyma, welcome!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Pecos_Hank.jpg\/164px-Pecos_Hank.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Pecos_Hank.jpg\/247px-Pecos_Hank.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/4\/4d\/Pecos_Hank.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Photo by Jay Dryden\" width=\"164\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"250\" data-file-height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transient Luminous Events (TLEs)<\/li>\n<li>Tropical Storm Beta inches toward Texas coast landfall<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory evacuations vs. voluntary evacuations before tropical landfalls<\/li>\n<li>NWS Lake Charles to resume operations<\/li>\n<li>Struggles women face in broadcast meteorology<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History with Jen<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8559\" src=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WeatherBrains-Promo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our email officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 766:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritechaser.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sprite Chaser<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulmsmithphoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Smith Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PecosHank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hank Schyma Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAQpSHsgUcNt6uCOjpgD8kw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pecos Hank<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hank Schyma &#8211; 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