Storm Front Freaks

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Our Guest Bio: Tommy Chong

Canadian-American actor, writer, director, musician, cannabis rights activist and comedian. He is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.

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• Guest: Pat Hyland, Chair of the National Weather Museum and Science Center

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Our Guest

Pat Hyland, Chair of the National Weather Museum & Science Center

The National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, OK is a non-profit Museum working toward creating a state-of-the-art facility for the preservation of weather artifacts, education of science, math, and safety, and showcase of innovations in the field of science.  It opened in 2016.

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• Phil - Twitter video close call of lightning on the balcony

Funny Weather Memes Links:

• Dina - Floridians in Hurricane vs Cold Weather

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Next Episode we will be joined by Jill Gilardi, TV Meteorologist with WBRC in Birmingham, AL.  Recording live for Patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks members on Thursday, July 8th at 9pmET/8pmCT and available on all podcast players Sunday, July 11th.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

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Our Guest Bio: Kelly Taylor

Kelly Taylor shocked the comedy industry by placing second in the prestigious Just for Laughs Homegrown competition. His performance did not go unnoticed as creative heads from NBC Universal, Happy Gilmore Productions and Jimmy Kimmel quickly approached with interest. Later that year Kelly did a tour of the Canadian Colleges, and was Named Canadian College Comedian of the year.

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Twitter: @tictaylor

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• 5th Anniversary: An Evening with the Freaks

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Next Episode will be with the Chair of the National Weather Museum, Pat Hyland.  Recording live for Patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks members on Thursday, June 24th at 9pmET/8pmCT and available on all podcast players Sunday, June 27th.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

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Our Guest: Brett Tippie

Brett Tippie is a legend, no question.

He was among the first to snowboard at Sunshine and Blackcomb (at the time two of the only places you could in Canada), he’s competed in over 25 World Cup events and represented Canada on the National Team in Snowboardcross and Giant Slalom. But Tippie is most recognized for two things:

His larger than life personality, and for pioneering freeride mountain biking. As one of the respected “Godfathers of Freeride”, Tippie starred in the breakout film, “Pulp Traction” and went on to star in the Kranked Series, graced the covers of numerous magazines, competed in the landmark Redbull Rampage and traveled the globe introducing freeride to the world.

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Twitter: @Bretttippie

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• Guest: Warren Madden, Chief Recon Coordinator for Air Force Hurricane Hunters

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Our Guest

Warren Madden, Chief Recon Coordinator for the Air Force Hurricane Hunters

From 1993 to 1996, Warren was the weekend meteorologist at WHIO-TV in Dayton, OH, followed by ten years at The Weather Channel as an on-air meteorologist.  

In 1998, he joined the Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. He served as an Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer until 2012, flying over 1000 hours including missions into Hurricanes Rita, Ivan, Wilma and Floyd.  

Since 2014, Warren tasks, coordinates, and quality-controls the missions in support of both the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Miami. 

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• Twitter - @warrenmaddenwx

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• Twitter: @wxjp2nyy

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• Kim - Meteorologist Multiples on Screen

Wx Resources Links:

• Dina - NOAA Hourly Precip Maps

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Next Episode will be with storm chasing husband and wife duo, Aaron Jayjack and Misheyla Iwasiuk.  Recording live for Patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks members on Thursday, June 10th at 9pmET/8pmCT and available on all podcast players Sunday, June 13th.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

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Our Guest: Paul Brandt

Paul Brandt is the most awarded male Canadian country artist in history.

His 1996 debut RIAA certified Gold album Calm Before the Storm went on to sell one million albums internationally, propelled by the #1 single and wedding classic “I Do”. Stateside, his #5 and #1 charting songs “My Heart Has A History”, and “I Do” were the first to chart by a male Canadian Country artist on the US Billboard Top 20 since 1976.

Throughout his remarkable career, Paul has always focused on using his celebrity to help by shining a light on the lives of those less fortunate and has encouraged others to do the same. He has traveled extensively to developing countries around the world to raise awareness for various humanitarian aid organizations.

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Web: https://www.paulbrandt.com/ 

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• Guest: Bill Murray, WeatherBrains Co-Host

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Our Guest: Bill Murray, Co-Host on the WeatherBrains

Bill did television weather for fun at the CBS affiliate in Birmingham for five years in the early 90s and created and sold a weather company called The Weather Source. His group then formed The Weather Company (now The Weather Factory) in 1998 for which he has served as President since then.  Bill also owns a hotel management company that manages 34 hotels across the country from New Mexico to Florida.

Bill has been a co-host on the WeatherBrains since it began back in 2006.

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• Twitter - @wxhistorian

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• Greg - SUV Driving Through Flood Waters

Brady's What Happens Next Videos:

• What Happen's to the Trees Out the Window

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Next Episode will be with storm chaser Brandon Sullivan.  Recording live for Patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks members on Thursday, May 27th at 9pmET/8pmCT and available on all podcast players Sunday, May 30th.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

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On May 31 2013 a very well forecast tornado event happened outside Oklahoma City near the community of El Reno. This day was special and tragic at the same time. Not only was this the largest tornado ever recorded, but due to its forecastability and proximity to Norman Oklahoma, it was also the most researched and documented tornado in history.

Sadly, the day took a tragic turn when 9 people were killed, including 4 storm chasers. Three of these chasers were Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras and Carl Young who made up the highly respected TWISTEX team. By anyones standards Tim Samaras would have been considered as a safe and experienced chaser. NOBODY expected Tim to be among the first storm chasers killed while chasing. It was unfathomable.

As mentioned, the forecast was consistent and quite scary. In fact, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman Oklahoma did such an amazing job of forecasting that when we looked at the models the day before and looked at the SPC’s forecast, we put a pin in the map at El Reno and actually spent the night prior to the tornado in a motel in the town.

The tornado ended up being 2.6 miles wide at its peak and there were radar indicated winds which peaked at almost 300 MILES PER Hour. Crazy. Officially the tornado was given a hotly debated rating of EF3 since after all, the EF scale is a measure of damage and not wind speed. Either way it was intense, dangerous and a day that none of us will ever forget.

For this episode, we have brought together everyone who was in our truck that day including the director of photography Peter Slack who was shooting the entire time and documenting our experience with El Reno and what could easily have been the end of our lives.

Here is how this commentary is going to work. We are going to play the video that Peter shot that day from the back seat of Flash, the Tornado Truck. I will stop the video at key decision making points and we will discuss our thoughts, and share some insight as to how and why we made the decisions we did. Facilitating the process will be our good friend Nick Schenher (NicktheBody) who was watching all of this unfold on our live stream. So if you would like to watch the video and see what we are seeing during this commentary, head on over to YouTube and visit my YouTube page by searching for Greg Johnson Tornado Hunter. You will find the El Reno video and you can watch and pause when needed.

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Our Next Episode: We will be Joined by Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong

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• Guests: Tornado Hunters - Greg Johnson, Ricky Forbes, Nick Shenher

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Our Guests: Tornado Hunters - Greg Johnson, Ricky Forbes, Nick Schenher

The Tornado Hunters have a television series, chasing tours and a new podcast heard right here on the Storm Front Freaks Network titled El Ninos.  The Tornado Hunters are:

Greg Johnson- One of North America's top professional storm-chasers and serve weather experts.  He is also an accomplished photographer, speaker and workshop leader.

Ricky Forbes- Driver for the Tornado Hunters and also an accomplished web designer, snowboard coach, dirt biker, snowmobiler, and overall an adventure-seeking adrenaline junkie.

Nick Schenher- The driver and host for The Tornado Hunters storm chasing tours.  Nick has been chasing for over a decade.

• Follow Greg on Social Media @TornadoGreg

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• Greg - Boy Rescued from Ice on the Water with Fishing Pole

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Next Episode will be with Weather Brains original, Bill Murray.  Recording live for Patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks members on Thursday, May 13th at 9pmET/8pmCT and available on all podcast players Sunday, May 16th.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein