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In the mid 19th Century…

November 13, 2019Weirdo

In the mid 19th Century, the belief persisted that weather was completely unpredictable. When one MP suggested in the Commons in 1854 that recent advances in scientific theory might soon allow them to know the weather in London “twenty-four hours beforehand”, the House roared with laughter.

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Lewis Fry Richardson derived…

June 30, 2019Weirdo

Lewis Fry Richardson derived many of the complex equations needed for weather prediction in the 1920’s. However, the math was so difficult that to predict the weather six hours in advance, it took him six weeks to do the calculations.

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During a particularly cold spell…

February 1, 2019Weirdo

During a particularly cold spell in the town of Snag (Yukon) where the temp reached -83f (-63.9c) you could clearly hear people speaking 4 miles away along with other phenomenon such as peoples breath turning to powder and falling straight to the ground & river ice booming like gunshots.

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On January 22, 1943 in Spearfish…

January 28, 2019Weirdo

On January 22, 1943 in Spearfish, South Dakota, the temperature rose from -4 at 7:32 a.m. to 45 degrees–a rise of 49 degrees—in just two minutes. A couple of hours later, it plunged from 54 back to -4 degrees–a change of 58 degrees in 27 minutes.

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In WWII, weather reports were censored…

October 19, 2017Weirdo

In WWII, weather reports were censored to prevent enemy submarines from learning about conditions. A football game in Chicago was so covered in fog that the radio announcer couldn’t see the field, but afterwards he was officially thanked for never using the word “fog” or mentioning the weather.

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Finnish people were believed to be able to control…

May 3, 2017Weirdo

Finnish people were believed to be able to control weather. This resulted in reluctance to accept Finnish Sailors aboard ships from the Vikings all the way until the 1900s.

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The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt…

May 27, 2015Weirdo

The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt as was dug out of the earth to create the Panama Canal. The canal took seven years to dig; the storm lasted a single afternoon.

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1816 was the “Year Without Summer” Snow fell all Summer from New England…

December 12, 2014Weirdo

1816 was the “Year Without Summer”. Snow fell all Summer from New England to as far south as Virginia. This may have been due to the Tambora volcano, which erupted for a Week.

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Some people are able to “sense” change …

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013Jane

Some people are able to “sense” changes in the weather through a special condition known as weather pains.

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In 1959 a pilot ejected from his plane d …

January 30, 2013January 30, 2013Weirdo

F-8-CrusaderIn 1959 a pilot ejected from his plane directly into a violent thunder cloud. The storm winds kept him aloft for 40 minutes, pelting him with hailstones and so much rain that at times he had to hold his breath to keep from drowning in mid-air.

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