Randy Halverson is a farmer in western South Dakota. Not only is he a farmer, but he has a hobby that has resulted in world-wide attention which is best experienced by going to his web site: DakotaLapse.com
Randy was my guest for episode #045.
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For many families, church worship is such a non-negotiable part of their lives that the weather on Sunday morning is not even a secondary thought beyond what to wear.
Stephen Burks, an Ohio pastor of worship, sits down with me to discuss how weather affects various aspects of church life and activities!
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It’s that time again… fall clean up in the backyard. But that goes well beyond just raking leaves. You can minimize work next spring and maximize your garden’s performance by paying a little extra attention now, before the weather turns cold and snowy.
Arthur Richwine, our WJW-TV partner who keeps our Front Yard weather set looking so beautiful joins me on this episode to discuss some of the northern United States’ prep work that will make a difference in next spring’s garden!
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Does your favorite morning radio show host have a different set of problems when it comes to the weather?
Mark Zimmerman from 103.3 FM, WCRF, sure thinks so!
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A few weeks ago, my family and I traveled to extreme northwest New Mexico. One of our activities was a guided ATV ride in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado north of Durango. Many of the mountain peaks were 13,000 feet high and still had a little snow on them.
I interviewed our tour guide, John Rose, who arguably has one of the best jobs on the planet: a high-mountain ATV tour guide.
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In the latest episode of WeatherJazz, I have a very special interview with meteorologist technician Gina Sturm who is stationed at the National Weather Service Office in Barrow, Alaska, the U.S.A.’s northernmost town!
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I began my weather career as a sophomore in high school at my hometown radio station, WBSM in New Bedford, Massachusetts in the mid-1970′s. The man who mentored me is now their news director after a long career as a radio and television news anchor and manager in southern New England. Jim Phillips is his name and he has quite a few stories to tell about some key weather stories that he had the chance to cover in his career. He also spoke to me about what it was like to mentor a young 15-year-old who was very eager to learn the ropes of the broadcast industry.
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Ever notice that grocery stores become mobbed when the mere mention of a possible storm is proclaimed on television and radio forecasts? There is an obvious connection between the business cycles of a grocery store and weather forecasts. Join me and Jamie Messmer, manager and Heinen’s Grocery Store, to talk about how they deal with and prepare for certain weather situations.
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In Andrea Rich’s young career as a television meteorologist, she has experienced a decent sample of the weather in the northern United States. She joined me in my first episode of WeatherJazz® for 2011 and telling us about some of the nuances of each of the markets about which she had the chance to learn.
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Also, January 19th is an important date in Cleveland weather history. Cleveland’s all-time record low temperature was recorded on this date in 1994. Watch the noon weather segment from that date from WJW-TV below. In full, bright sun, the temperature was still a bone-chilling -11°F after a record morning low of -20°F.
Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Michael Kaufman takes us on the concluding half of the AT and sums up his entire experience as best as he can. What does Michael have planned for his next big adventure? Find out in this episode!
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