Mother Nature Will Kill You

Haley regales Jillian with her adventures in Alaska (featuring the dreaded bear encounter) and then they dive straight into hurricane season with Jillian recapping the recent Hurricane Ida and Haley delving into Hurricane Irma and the aftermath in the Florida Keys. 

Sources:

Lafitte Man Survives 13 Hours on Capsized Boat During Hurricane Ida, Erica Fernando, 4WWL (Local CBS Affiliate) 

Hurricane Irma

Florida Keys Still Cleaning Up 4 Years After Irma, Luke Doris, Local 10 News South Florida 

The Incredible Stories of the Die-Hards Who Looked Irma in the Face--and Stayed, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, LA Times

We enter hurricane season with a bang in the week following Hurricane Ida and the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a storm story that beats all. Jillian delves into the story of the Great Storm of 1900 in Galveston, Texas (also a few days before this storm’s anniversary…early September is not a good time to be down on the Gulf Coast) and explains how this massive event led to modern day natural disaster response as we know it. Jillian and Haley also discuss the modern day disaster of the White Island (Whakaari) Volcano Eruption and the Tiktok star that survived it.

Sources:

The True Story of the White Island Volcano Eruption, Alex Perry, Outside 

New Zealand Charges 13 Parties Over Deaths At White Island Volcano, Bill Chappell, NPR

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Eric Larson

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, National Hurricane Center 

The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, NOAA

After a in-the-news story about a man who got trapped in his cabin by an overly aggressive grizzly bear, Haley gets into the knarly tale that is the Uruguayan Rugby Team plane crash survival of 1972.  Make sure to pack your chocolate and wine. 

Sources: 

Repeatedly Confronted by a Bear, a Man is Rescued After He Writes "SOS" On A Shack - Dalia Faheid, NPR

Grizzly-Sized Tale Intrigues Audiences Around the World - Julia Lerner, The Nome Nugget 

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 - Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Britannica 

"Alive" - Dir. Frank Marshall, 1993, available to watch on Amazon Prime

Haley regales us with her experiences at ICAST and Jillian digs into a tale of cold misery with Helen Klaben and Ralph Flores's survival story in the Canadian Yukon.  Don't forget your travel snacks.

Sources: 

Helen Klaben Kahn, Survivor of a 49-Day Yukon Ordeal, Dies at 76, Richard Sandomir, New York Times

Helen Klaben, U.S. woman who survived plane crash and spent 49 days stranded in the Yukon, dies aged 76, Nick Faris, The National Post

Hey, I’m Alive, Part 1 and 2, The Whitehorse Star, March 1963

Haley and Jillian go over Jillian's vacation mishaps in Maui before getting into the incredible story of the Apollo 13 disaster and the survival of the crew.  Space is nature, right? 

Sources: 

Apollo 13: The True Story, Discovery Channel 

Apollo 13, Wikipedia 

Jillian talks about one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescues ever, the rescue of the S.S. Pendleton and updates Haley on the Florida Sewer Woman (now the Multistate Sewer Woman).  Several American accents were attempted in this episode. 

Sources: 

Woman Rescued Naked From Storm Drain Pipe in Florida Saved Again From Texas Sewer, Louise Hall, UK Independent. 

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue, Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman 

Haley takes over in her first ever full story episode with the amazing and unbelievable story of the Wild Boar Soccer Team rescue from Thailand's Tham Luang Cave.  As a bonus, Jillian talks about a man who gets eaten by a whale and lives to tell the tale. 

Sources: 

"I Was Completely Inside": Lobster Diver Swallowed by Humpback Whale off Province Town, Doug Fraser, Cape Cod Times 

The Full Story of Thailand's Extraordinary Cave Rescue, BBC News 

Monsoon vs. Hurricane, Ask Difference 

Haley and Jillian wax on about the joys of shared millennial childhood experiences and then immediately bring the mood down with the story of the Mossdale Cavern Tragedy (Jillian is good at that).  Featuring a collection of tales from a listener about working in the Great White North!

Sources: 

What lies beneath: Mossdale Caving Disaster, Ray Kershaw, The Independent

Remembering Mossdale fifty years on, Darkness Below  

Legends Session, Simon Beck, Blogspot 

Our first listener story, whoo hoo! Haley regales us with the time her friend got in a "hairy" situation while repelling 50 feet above the ground, and Jillian talks about the real-life inspiration story behind Melville's Moby Dick--and it's about 100x worse than the fictionalized version.  

Sources: 

The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick, Gilbert King, Smithsonian Magazine 

Essex (Whaleship), Whaling in the United States, Wikipedia 

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, Tony Horowitz 

Haley talks about the biological mysteries of volcano sharks while Jillian introduces the unbelievable story of the survivors of the Galeras Eruption of 1993.  Proof that even scientists can make some major mistakes.

No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado Del Ruiz - Victoria Bruce