It was sad what happened to NLM Cityhopper flight 431 that day but a stark reminder of how the force of nature holds sway over all living things on this planet regardless of our advancements in tech and science.

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It was on October 5, 2010, this day in weather history when several supercells tracked over the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, dropping large hail, about 7.6cm in diameter and causing extensive damage. It was the largest hail ever reported in the Phoenix Metro Area.

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Part of our "Weather and War" series, we feature a battle from the earliest days of the United States while independence had only "just" been achieved. So far on this podcast we have covered the American Civil War with a deluge of flooding rain, and we discussed the War of Independence and how a hurricane took out ships from the British navy in Atlantic Canada. Today we hit up how FOG did the trick for General George Washington.

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Founded as a collective unit, NOAA came from an understanding that our oceans and atmosphere are inextricably linked and that our planet depends upon it, not only for our quality of our lives, but for life itself.  BUT its roots go back to the 18th Century and it involves a weather nerd who would go on to become President of the United States of America.  

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This stalled low reached out into the Atlantic ocean, in it’s counter clockwise Low Pressure spin, and inadvertently tapped into moisture from the nearby Hurricane Joaquin.  This brought heavy, continuous rain to southeastern States, with the worst effects concentrated in South Carolina where the catastrophic flooding occurred.

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It was the strongest since the San Fernando earthquake of 1971 and its shaking effect was felt as far away as San Diego and Las Vegas. There was a long series of aftershocks that continued to startle and frighten Southern California for days after the initial 6.1 magnitude earthquake, further disturbing a population who already were on their last nerve.

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During the night of 28 to 29 September, 2016, heavy rain inundated Windsor, Tecumseh, Leamington, and Essex County in southwestern Ontario. The rain gauge at Windsor’s east-end measured 106 millimetres, while Tecumseh’s suggested as much as 190. 

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When you say Hurricane Juan in Atlantic Canada it will both incite waves of fear and also spark conversation and both at the same time normally. On September 29th, 2003 Juan made landfall in Halifax as a Category 2 storm with winds whipping at 160kmh winds. It stayed that way from tail to tip of Nova Scotia and did not really lose any momentum over the Northumberland strait and rolled over PEI holding on as a Category 1 storm. 

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New September record snowfall opened up on Saturday, the 28th and did not stop till the Monday, on the 30th! Travel was brutal, regardless of what mode you chose. Flights were canceled and the power went out for many.  One particular road accident occurred along the Deerfoot Trail where 16 vehicles were involved.  

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The event started exactly as many suspected for a game in the desert, played in the parking lot of a casino…..there was a tarp malfunction?! As inconsequential as the actual game was because it was after all just an exhibition and really just a publicity stunt at that, the game did happen and went relatively well all things considered.

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