It is estimated, through census and other primitive documents, that between 22,000 and 27,501 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through them from October 10th, this day in weather history, through the 16th.

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For the proud and battered citizens of Louisiana, Delta meant something devastating when it was the record-tying fourth named storm of 2020 to make landfall in Louisiana, as well as the record-breaking tenth named storm to strike the United States in that year.

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t was, on this day in weather history, the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States, in terms of wind speed, and the most intense hurricane on record to strike the United States in the month of October. And just is for starters.

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35,000 runners had come from around the world to compete in one of the preeminent marathons. The 30th annual Chicago Marathon was an unusually sweltering hot 87F or 30C Sunday morning in early fall of 2007. It was a horror movie; runners described chaotic scenes of racers throwing up, passing out or being carted away on stretchers in obvious distress.

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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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