Winter arrives 3 months early and brings it full-blast. The result was a catastrophic death toll among those who could not fend for themselves.

President Herbert Hoover was an environmentalist so deal with it! It was on This Day that construction started on the Hoover Dam; prompted by a catastrophic weather event.

Tornadoes are not common but hardly rare in the province of Quebec. On July 6, 1999, a tornado ripped through three Quebec towns, causing extensive damage to property as it tore roofs off homes, leaving 200 people in need of temporary shelter.

On July 5th, 1936, one of the deadliest heat waves in Canadian history started as it hit Manitoba and Ontario and it lasted for almost two weeks.

The thunderstorm outbreak of 4 July 1996 was a major event where an estimated 11 documented tornadoes occurred and of them, three are estimated to have tracks greater than 10 km long.

Wildfire events happen all over the world. But when one burns through the life giving boreal forest in the Northwest Territories, an area slightly larger than Vancouver Island, it leaves an indelible mark on the planet.

On July 2, 1843, a powerful storm brought more than just gusty winds and heavy rainfall to Charleston, South Carolina; think "Alligator"!

On July 1st, 1863, one of the largest military conflicts in North American history started when Union and Confederate forces collided at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. But in all the history books and movies made about this infamous period, there is rarely much romanticized about how much the weather played in its events….today we do that.

Two-For-One Special today!! I feature the FIRST recorded tornado in Canada's history, that was on the same day, albeit 120 years later, as the deadliest in that country's history as well. This episode is jammed!!

We know that Thomas Jefferson was among those who signed the Declaration of Independence. We know he was the 3rd President of the US. But was he also possibly the 1st American meteorologist?