Storm Front Freaks

In This Episode

• Guest: Valarie Gardner, Former Behavioral Health & Wellness Officer with the National Weather Service

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Our Guest: Valarie Gardner

Commander Valarie Gardner is a Behavioral Health Officer with the U.S. Public Health Service.  She previously served as the first Behavioral Health & Wellness officer for the National Weather Service.  Commander Gardner has over 27 years of clinical experience and 12 years of military behavioral health program development and management experience.

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Next Episode…not every TV Meteorologist was made from the same mold.  We've got some stories to hear from HVAC Tech turned Meteorologist, Brant Beckman.  He's the Chief Meteorologist in Rapid City, SD and was storm chasing before he had a drivers license!  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/28/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Clips: Extreme Meteorologist, Reed Timmer and Owner of HurricaneTrack.com, Mark Sudduth

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• Twitter: @stromfrontfreak

Next LIVE Episode…mental health is a challenge many face in the severe weather industry.  From meteorologists covering storms, to storm chasers and victims, our guest, former NWS Behavioral Health/Wellness Officer, Valarie Gardner will discuss.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/14/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson

In This Episode

• Guest: Richard Gross, Owner of the Twister Movie Museum and SWC Storm Expedition Tours

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Out Guest: Richard Gross

Richard began his career chasing supercells and other extreme weather throughout the Midwest and Ohio Valley regions and witnessed his first tornado on June 2, 1990 in a suburb of Cincinnati at the age of 9.  Since then, he has intercepted tornadoes across 13 states including the Great Plains and the Deep South and now runs the SWC Expeditions Storm Tours with his wife, Mandy. The Twister Movie Museum in Wakita, Oklahoma was purchased by Richard and his wife in April of 2022.

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Next Episode…it's a mentally tough business working in the weather industry from meteorology to storm chasing.  We'll be talking with former National Weather Service Behavioral Health and Wellness Officer, Valerie Gardner.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/14/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Clips: Former Weather Channel Winter Storm Expert, Tom Niziol and the late storm chaser, Kelly Williamson

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Next LIVE Episode…we'll be talking all things Twister and the upcoming sequel, Twisters with the new owners of the Twister Museum in Wakita, OK.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/31/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson

In This Episode

• Guest: Adaline Spears and Beckett Moore, 13 year old weather vlogging phenoms

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Our Guests

Adeline Spears

Adeline is a 13 yr old aspiring meteorologist & storm chaser from Northwest Georgia who is well known on Twitter for her weather videos. Before online blogging, Adeline created and distributed a weather newspaper in her neighborhood. Last school year, she created a fundraiser for Rolling Fork Tornado Relief Project at her school.

Beckett Moore

Beckett is a 13 year old weather enthusiast who lives in St. Louis, MO. Beckett loves to forecast and report on weather conditions for his audience on Twitter and Youtube where he goes by Moore Weather. He is a team member of Live Storm Chasers. He already has his mind set on becoming a meteorologist.

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Next Episode…we'll be talking all things Twister and the upcoming sequel, Twisters with the new owners of the Twister Museum in Wakita, OK.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/31/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Mike Boylan, Creator of Mike's Weather Page at spaghettimodels.com 

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Our Guest: Mike Boylan

 Mike's Weather Page (spaghettimodels.com) was launched in 2004 by Mike Boylan. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in marketing in 1996. His Facebook account has amassed over one million followers, making him a popular figure in the weather blogging realm.  Boylan is also known for his live coverage of Atlantic hurricanes as a storm chaser.  In 2023, the Florida Division of Emergency Management announced a partnership with Mike's Weather Page for the sponsorship of the No. 4 JD Motorsports car in a NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

Don't wait to prepare your home for this tropical storm season.  Visit WindStormProducts.com for all your hurricane hardware and shutter supplies!

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Next Episode…we have two up-and-coming weather blogging phenoms in teenagers Adeline Spears and Beckett Moore.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/18/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Brought to you by windstormproducts.com

Don't wait to prepare your home for this tropical storm season.  Visit WindStormProducts.com for all your hurricane hardware and shutter supplies!

Check out our Patreon page for exciting ways to support our podcast and interact with us more!  www.patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks

Our Guest: Amaryllis Cotto

Amaryllis is currently a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston after spending time at the San Juan office. She is also a meteorologist for the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (The Hurricane Hunters) based at Keesler AFB as an Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer.  Amaryllis has a B.S. in Meteorology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an M.S. in Geoscience from Florida International University (focused on meteorology and hurricane dynamics).

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Next Episode…we have the creator of Mike's Weather Page (spaghettimodels.com), Mike Boylan with us talking about the 2023 tropical storm forecast.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/4/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Charles Peek, Field Weather Reporter and Storm Chaser with The Weather Channel

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Our Guest: Charles Peek

Charles Peek is a professional storm chaser and independent reporter for The Weather Channel (TWC). He travels across the country chasing many different types of weather.  You can see Charles on the new series Peek Travels available on The Weather Channel Streaming TV App.

Don't wait to prepare your home for this tropical storm season.  Visit WindStormProducts.com for all your hurricane hardware and shutter supplies!

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Next Episode…it's tropical storm season and Hurricane Hunter and NWS Meteorologist, Amaryllis Cotto joins us in studio.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 7/20 @ 9pmET/8pmCT.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Brought to you by windstormproducts.com

Don't wait to prepare your home for this tropical storm season.  Visit WindStormProducts.com for all your hurricane hardware and shutter supplies!

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Our Guests

Jim Tang, Photographer of the Year

Jim Tang is a coder living in Denver, CO. In 2015 he went on his first storm chase and today he goes storm chasing multiple times a year, mainly to the Plains and Tornado Alley during the spring tornado season and to Arizona for the summer monsoon.  Jim was voted the 2022 season Storm Photographer of the Year.

Paige Vincent, Photograph of the Year

Paige Vincent, from Colorado, began chasing storms back in 2017.  Since then, she's been combining landscape and self-portrait storm photography.  She is a full-time graphic designer who has a goal to inspire more women and also younger generations to storm chase.  One of Paige's photos was voted the 2022 season Storm Photograph of the Year.

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• Greg - Not My Chase Partner

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Next Episode…Charles Peek, videographer for The Weather Channel and host of Peek Travels joins us to discuss his storm stories.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest(s): Liz Leitman, Storm Prediction Center Meteorologist

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Our Guest: Liz Leitman

 Liz Leitman has been a National Weather Service meteorologist for almost 17 years and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Currently a Mesoscale/Outlook forecaster at the NWS Storm Prediction Center, Liz forecasts severe thunderstorm hazards for the nation. Previously, she worked as a meteorologist at local NWS offices in Billings, MT and Louisville, KY. Liz became the first woman to issue a tornado watch on February 15, 2023.

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Next Episode…we have Storm Photographer and Photo of the Year winners, Jim Tang and Paige Vincent in the studio to share storm photography tips.  SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE.  Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein