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Tony opens the show by talking with Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang at the Washington Post about the storm hitting DC over the next couple of days, and he also talks about some digestion issues Chessie is having. Tim Kurkjian calls in to talk about how the Red Sox are handling Rafael Devers and the log jam at 3rd base, and what Mike Trout is doing to to try and stay healthy this season, Barry Svrluga calls in to talk about the state of the Nats, Ovechkin's pursuit of the goals record, and the 4 Nations tournament in the NHL, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Dan Bern “Immortals of the Game” ; Josh Langford “Down in the Valley” Sent from my iPhone To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In This Episode Guest(s): Paxton Calvanese, Creator of Drive Weather App.  Matthew Cappucci, Contributor to MyRadar App.  Danielle Ehresman, Contributor to AccuWeather App. Brought to you by windstormproducts.com Recognize our Patreon Teammates Cyrena's Hurricane Helene Inverview-Donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief MMFS brings you STORM-net and HurricaneVision at 10% OFF Shop Storm Front Freaks in The Wx Store Lightning Round: Google Search #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations Wx Resources - Favorite Weather Apps Announce Next Show/Guest(s) WindStormProducts® offers specialized fasteners for coastal projects. Ensure your structures stand strong in any weather. Visit WindStormProducts.com and fortify your space today! Check out our Patreon page for exciting ways to support our podcast and interact with us more!  www.patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks Our Guests Paxton Calvanese was a software developer for 15 years and is also a pilot. His natural ability to code and explain things led to him developing several apps, including the Drive Weather app. Matthew Cappucci is from MyRadar and graduated from Harvard in 2019 with a degree in atmospheric science. He is also a contributor for the Capital Weather Gang, and was on the Midland/Odeassa storm with the SFF in May 2024 when there was a warning for DVD size hail. Danielle Ehresman graduated this past May from U Albany and is currently working at AccuWeather after internships in Arizona and Montana collecting snow total reports. Danielle works the night shift in State College, creating discussions and maps for media. Donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief as part of the WeatherPods Disaster Relief Telethon Shop Storm Front Freaks and Outbreak/StormCat5 gear exclusively at thewxstore.com 10% OFF for LIFE when you subscribe to STORM-net and HurricaneVision at https://data.mesoscaleforecast.com/account/membership and use the code STORMFRONT at check-out Follow us on YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks and our Twitter (@stormfrontfreaks) and Facebook (Storm Front Freaks) accounts for news when we go live with Storm Front Freaks Outbreak coverage of storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards #weatherfools Links Dina - Lieutenant Dan Chooses to Go Down with His Ship Phil - Aliens from LunaLight Phil - What Water? from LunaLight Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com or on our social media accounts and we may read it on our next episode! Next Episode…It's another podcast takeover!  Our co-host Brady Harris, aka StormCat 5 is going to be taking over the show and putting it all together.  Order your sunglasses now.  None of us know what to expect, except that it will be EPIC!  It's LIVE Thursday, October 24th at 9pmET/8pmCT on YouTube while the audio podcast will be available that weekend on your podcast player. Twitter: @stromfrontfreak Facebook: @stormfrontfreaks Instagram: @stormfrontfreaks TikTok: @stormfrontfreaks YouTube "RAW":  YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks Credits Opening Music: Brett Epstein Closing Music: Gabe Cox Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

This week, we're rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of August. We'll be back in September with new episodes; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in. In this week's episode rerun, host Kristin Hayes talks with Jason Samenow, weather editor for the Washington Post and one of the leaders of the Post's Capital Weather Gang. They discuss the intersection of climate change and weather, with a particular focus on how meteorologists communicate with the public about climate change in a scientifically rigorous way and how that communication has evolved alongside climate science. Samenow and Hayes also talk about the increasing number of extreme weather events that have been occurring both globally and in the Washington, DC, area. References and recommendations: Climate Central; https://www.climatecentral.org/ World Weather Attribution; https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/ Penn State Weather Camps; https://weather-camp.outreach.psu.edu/ Lenticular clouds; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud Mammatus clouds; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds; https://scied.ucar.edu/image/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds Snowmageddon 2010; https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/02/05/remembering-s-snowmageddon-images-scenes/ Eye on the Tropics newsletter by Michael Lowry; https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/ “The Weather” song by Lawrence; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TYHOARDFI

There's more worry about the future of downtown DC. Plus: Snow! It snowed, and might snow again, and people in the city have thoughts about how we handled it. And we're also talking about the joys of pocket parks, and how there's a new one on the horizon. Check out the local reporting that powers our roundups: NBC Washington has you covered on all the details surrounding Fannie Mae leaving. Capital Weather Gang at the Post will keep you informed about everything snow related. WTOP breaks down the possibility of a new pocket park at Union Market. Like what we do? Sign up to be a member and get exclusive perks like first dibs on live tapings. Speaking of! We are having our first one of 2024! It's on Saturday, Feb. 3 at The Square Food Hall. Come meet the team and enjoy food/drink specials at noon, and the taping begins at 1 pm. RSVP here. sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC for more local news and fun facts. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. And we'd love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a recall effort against a liberal DC Councilmember, more agita about shoplifting teens, and…snow! Or maybe not? Yep, it's January and Axios' Cuneyt Dil and contributor Dan Reed are joining us to talk about weird DC weather patterns.  As always, our roundups are powered by all the stellar local reporting: Cuneyt Dil from Axios had this scoop on the potential recall effort of Councilmember Charles Allen. WTOP has you covered on the shoplifting teens at the Columbia Heights Mall. And the Capital Weather Gang explains the snow/rain line D.C. straddles. Like what we do? Sign up to be a member and get exclusive perks like first dibs on live tapings. Speaking of! We are having our first one of 2024! It's on Saturday, Feb. 3 at The Square Food Hall. Come meet the team and enjoy food/drink specials at noon, and the taping begins at 1 pm. RSVP here. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE We're also on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc And we'd love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony opens the show by talking with Andy Beyer about the Belmont, and he also talks about golfing during a Purple alert for the air quality, and also about the upcoming father and son tournament he and Michael will be playing in. Jason Samenow of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang calls in to talk about the smoky haze enveloping DC and the East Coast and how long it will be here, Greg Cote calls in to talk about how Miami has become the center of the sports universe, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Ali Wick “Don't Wanna Hurt” ; “Obituary” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's hazy out there! We chat about what to do about the Canadian smoke spreading across D.C. Plus, Congress has some thoughts on voting rules in the District. And of course, it's pride month, and CCDC contributor Dan Reed has been reading up on that month's local history.  As always, our Friday episode is fueled by local journalism:  Capital Weather Gang is all over the haze and smoke status around the city. WAMU's got you covered on what went down with Congress. Check out all the local Pride events in the city. We're doing a survey to learn more about our listeners, so we can make City Cast [City] an even better, more useful podcast for you. We'd be grateful if you took the survey at citycast.fm/survey—it's only 5 minutes long. You'll be doing us a big favor. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. You can text “DC” to 66866 to subscribe. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to block D.C.'s police discipline and accountability bill. It was part of a larger hearing they SAY was all about stopping crime in D.C. But… it didn't quite feel that way. Audio Producer Julia Karron and City Cast DC Contributor Dan Reed join Bridget Todd to chat about that, plus the recent boom in traffic congestion and why D.C. smelled like smoke earlier this week. Our roundups wouldn't be possible without all the local reporting going on: Cuneyt Dil from Axios gives us the skinny on the hearing. Justin George of the Washington Post explains why traffic was heinous this weekend. The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang breaks down the science behind the smoke and smells. We also covered the House hearing on Thursday morning in our morning newsletter Hey DC. Sign up now. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. We're also on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc. And we'd love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When MPR News' Climate Cast debuted in January 2013, it was one of the few regular programs to address how a warming planet could change life as we know it. That urgency has only grown. In 2023, climate change is one of the leading issues driving political, economical and societal change. To celebrate Climate Cast's 10th anniversary, MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talked to an elite panel of experts about how climate change has evolved since Climate Cast began. What does the latest science say about how fast the planet is warming now? What are the biggest climate change impacts here in Minnesota and around the world? How is public opinion adjusting? And how far have climate solutions advanced in the past 10 years? This is a rebroadcast of the 10th anniversary Climate Cast. Guests: Katharine Hayhoe is widely recognized as one of the world's leading climate scientists. Among other things, she is a professor at Texas Tech University and the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. Bernadette Woods Placky is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and director of Climate Central's Climate Matters, a program that offers data analyses, graphics and other reporting resources to a growing network of more than 3,000 local TV meteorologists and journalists to help them tell local climate stories. Jason Samenow is The Washington Post's weather editor and the popular Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist.  Ed Maibach is the director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He also codirects the Climate Change in the American Mind polling project. Jamie Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, which is Project Drawdown's private sector testing ground for accelerating the adoption of climate solutions quickly, safely and equitably. Jon Foley is the executive director of Project Drawdown, a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 1. Raising our voices matters Katharine Hayhoe: When I ask people to describe what they feel about climate change in one word, the answers are: scared, depressed, paralyzed, overwhelmed, angry, guilty, anxious and frightened. Those are entirely reasonable. But unless we recognize that our choices make a difference, we're not going to fix this issue. Too often, we picture climate action like a giant boulder, sitting at the bottom of an impossibly steep cliff, with only a few hands on that boulder. We think, “why should I add my hand to that boulder? It's not going to move. It's pointless.” But when we look around and see all the action that's already happening, we realize that the giant boulder is already rolling down the hill in the right direction. And if I add my hand, and used my voice to encourage others around me to add theirs, it would go faster. As Joan Baez famously said: “The antidote to anxiety and despair is action.” And we can't fix this alone, but together. I'm absolutely convinced we can do it. It all begins when we use our voices to call for action wherever we live, work, study, worship, play. We can use our voices for a better future for us all. 2. Climate change impacts are more expensive than ever Bernadette Woods Placky: When we experience an extreme event, some of the impacts are obvious for the immediate toll on lives and our health. But it doesn't end after the event, especially in these communities that don't have as many resources and are the most vulnerable among us. That's where we have to continue making these connections: a storm is connected to climate change, but it is also connected to what you're already paying to recover and how that factors into your future costs. For instance, the Flood Insurance Program has gone through some major ups and downs. California and parts of the West are really trying to figure out how they're going to cover people with wildfire insurance, especially when affordable housing is already a massive issue, then you add all these extra pieces on top of it with the economy and COVID. It's affecting people who have really worked hard most of their life and done everything right out of their homes. We've gotten to a point now where the cost of taking action and leading toward climate solutions is more affordable than what we're paying in the impacts. 3. U.S. systems are not built for such extreme climates Jason Samenow: We've seen about 1.2 degrees Celsius of change. But the increase in extremes is increasing disproportionately. In other words, we're seeing a bigger change and extremes than you might expect for that amount of warming. That has climate scientists particularly concerned because if we go to 1.5 Celsius warming or even 2 degrees Celsius of warming, we're going to see these extremes continue to proliferate. Our systems are built for a climate that was a degree cooler, so the cost of trying to adapt to these extremes is going to be profound. It makes it incumbent in planning decisions to think about where we're headed in terms of the different extremes that we're facing and how they're changing. When we saw Hurricane Ida go through and you saw 4 inches of rain falling in an hour, the systems there weren't built to withstand that. We see these extremes continuing to get worse, the wildfires increasing the speed at which they spread, hurricanes like this past hurricane season — with that 15-foot surge in southwest Florida or around Fort Myers — and you add sea level rise on top of that. There's just a lot of thought that needs to be put into planning across the different economic sectors, whether you're talking about agriculture, health, water, all of these different systems are very vulnerable to extremes and they are proliferating before our very eyes.  4. Weather can solve climate change impacts Bernadette Woods Placky: One of the ways we're solving this is through wind and solar energy. That is weather, and it is dramatically shifting how we get our electricity. As the society can move as much as possible over to electrically-driven cars and transportation, and within our home units, businesses and buildings, then we power that with multiple forms of renewable energy. But again, I'm honing in on the forecasting aspect of this. This is weather powering our future. That's one of the areas where we're already seeing tremendous growth, and we'll see even more. 5. There are 5 key truths about global warming Ed Maibach: Me and my colleague Tony Leiserowitz have been conducting a poll that we call “Climate change in the American mind” every six months since 2008. One of the things that we've learned from our research is that there are five key truths about global warming. People who understand them are much more likely to be engaged in doing something about the problem. Those five key truths are: Global warming is real and the proportion of Americans who understand it is 7 out of 10. Global warming is human caused. Global warming is bad for people in a whole variety of ways There's hope actions we take will make a difference. Experts agree that global warming is human-caused, no matter what you hear about it. 6. More than half of Americans are both alarmed and concerned about global warming Ed Maibach: There's really no such thing as the general public. That never really does justice to the way people really think and feel about issues. So we used our survey data back in 2008 to identify distinct ways of seeing the global warming issue among the American people. We found six distinct categories: the alarmed, the concerned, the cautious, the disengaged, the doubtful and the dismissive. The top-two categories — alarmed and concerned — make up the majority with 53 percent. Ten years ago, fewer than 3 in 10 Americans felt that climate change was changing the weather here in the U.S. and now it's almost two-thirds, so more than 6 in 10 people who get the fact that the weather isn't what it used to be. 7. Politicians stopped denying climate change and started acting on it Ed Maibach: In the most recent election, we really didn't see Republican candidates talking about climate change and I would contend that's actually a good thing. Normally during prior election seasons, Republican candidates used to speak out against climate change, against the belief in our human-caused climate change, and against taking action on climate change. But that didn't happen in the most recent election. I think the reason why is because that doesn't play with young conservatives in America anymore. They actually would like their leaders to acknowledge the realities of the problems that we face. I think that's a really important step forward, and I hope it continues to play out. America will be a much better country.  Another thing that I think everybody should keep their eye on is the fact that Congress did pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is a major climate solutions bill. So a whole lot of money is going to be flowing through federal agencies to help Americans, homeowners, renters and business owners start to participate in the clean energy revolution, at a much more affordable price than they could have previously participated. My guess is that public enthusiasm for climate solutions is about to skyrocket. 8. Overall emissions have decreased since 2007 Jon Foley: At the national level, this surprises a lot of people. But the United States as a whole has actually been seeing a decrease in all of our emissions overall, as a country, by about 20 percent since 2007. Most people don't expect that to be true, but it is. Even though our economy and our population have grown, our emissions have been going down since 2007. That's true in Minnesota, too. And what's also really interesting is the price of solar photovoltaics and wind power has fallen more than anybody ever expected. Even the optimists have been caught off guard by how cheap solar and wind have gotten. Solar is now the cheapest form of energy humans have ever had in our entire history, so no wonder it's finally winning. It's beating coal, and it's going to beat natural gas in the marketplace really quickly. That's great news. 9. Big actors can move things faster Jamie Alexander: Another thing that I'm looking at is what the big actors in society, such as large corporations, are doing to help us move much faster than any one individual can. We have a lot of big businesses in the Twin Cities that have a lot of clout and influence and can really help us move money much more quickly than any one individual into climate solutions. These big actors in society can help us shift away from the source of the problem and toward the solutions. Large corporations can shift their banking practices away from those banks to finance the sources of the problem and toward climate solutions. One of the things I'm looking at up here in Duluth, where I live, is how we're going to work to transition like workers in the Iron Range, for example, and how mining is going to be. I think that's going to be a really important thing to get right. 10. Little changes can make a big difference Jon Foley: We can do a lot of things in our homes that save us money, like retrofitting our homes when we have the chance, taking advantage of tax breaks, insulating and weatherizing our homes, improving our heating and cooling systems to new efficient made-in-America heat pumps. Also small things like reducing food waste, eating our leftovers, making sure we take home the doggie bag, shifting our diets to things that are a little bit more climate friendly. We can also do the talking about it and engage in a larger conversation, not just in the voting booth, but every day about what we buy, how we talk, what we post on Facebook, what we listen to, how we chat about it. Even at work, asking questions about our retirement funds, what our company is doing about climate change and so on. We can be part of a larger democratic conversation as a society that really brings climate change to front and center but also all the benefits climate solutions bring to us too. Click play on the audio player above to listen, or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to hear the whole thing — Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.

When MPR News' Climate Cast debuted in January 2013, it was one of the few regular programs to address how a warming planet could change life as we know it. That urgency has only grown. In 2023, climate change is one of the leading issues driving political, economical and societal change. To celebrate Climate Cast's 10th anniversary, MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talked to an elite panel of experts about how climate change has evolved since Climate Cast began. What does the latest science say about how fast the planet is warming now? What are the biggest climate change impacts here in Minnesota and around the world? How is public opinion adjusting? And how far have climate solutions advanced in the past 10 years? This is a rebroadcast of the 10th anniversary Climate Cast. Guests: Katharine Hayhoe is widely recognized as one of the world's leading climate scientists. Among other things, she is a professor at Texas Tech University and the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. Bernadette Woods Placky is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and director of Climate Central's Climate Matters, a program that offers data analyses, graphics and other reporting resources to a growing network of more than 3,000 local TV meteorologists and journalists to help them tell local climate stories. Jason Samenow is The Washington Post's weather editor and the popular Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist.  Ed Maibach is the director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He also codirects the Climate Change in the American Mind polling project. Jamie Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, which is Project Drawdown's private sector testing ground for accelerating the adoption of climate solutions quickly, safely and equitably. Jon Foley is the executive director of Project Drawdown, a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 1. Raising our voices matters Katharine Hayhoe: When I ask people to describe what they feel about climate change in one word, the answers are: scared, depressed, paralyzed, overwhelmed, angry, guilty, anxious and frightened. Those are entirely reasonable. But unless we recognize that our choices make a difference, we're not going to fix this issue. Too often, we picture climate action like a giant boulder, sitting at the bottom of an impossibly steep cliff, with only a few hands on that boulder. We think, “why should I add my hand to that boulder? It's not going to move. It's pointless.” But when we look around and see all the action that's already happening, we realize that the giant boulder is already rolling down the hill in the right direction. And if I add my hand, and used my voice to encourage others around me to add theirs, it would go faster. As Joan Baez famously said: “The antidote to anxiety and despair is action.” And we can't fix this alone, but together. I'm absolutely convinced we can do it. It all begins when we use our voices to call for action wherever we live, work, study, worship, play. We can use our voices for a better future for us all. 2. Climate change impacts are more expensive than ever Bernadette Woods Placky: When we experience an extreme event, some of the impacts are obvious for the immediate toll on lives and our health. But it doesn't end after the event, especially in these communities that don't have as many resources and are the most vulnerable among us. That's where we have to continue making these connections: a storm is connected to climate change, but it is also connected to what you're already paying to recover and how that factors into your future costs. For instance, the Flood Insurance Program has gone through some major ups and downs. California and parts of the West are really trying to figure out how they're going to cover people with wildfire insurance, especially when affordable housing is already a massive issue, then you add all these extra pieces on top of it with the economy and COVID. It's affecting people who have really worked hard most of their life and done everything right out of their homes. We've gotten to a point now where the cost of taking action and leading toward climate solutions is more affordable than what we're paying in the impacts. 3. U.S. systems are not built for such extreme climates Jason Samenow: We've seen about 1.2 degrees Celsius of change. But the increase in extremes is increasing disproportionately. In other words, we're seeing a bigger change and extremes than you might expect for that amount of warming. That has climate scientists particularly concerned because if we go to 1.5 Celsius warming or even 2 degrees Celsius of warming, we're going to see these extremes continue to proliferate. Our systems are built for a climate that was a degree cooler, so the cost of trying to adapt to these extremes is going to be profound. It makes it incumbent in planning decisions to think about where we're headed in terms of the different extremes that we're facing and how they're changing. When we saw Hurricane Ida go through and you saw 4 inches of rain falling in an hour, the systems there weren't built to withstand that. We see these extremes continuing to get worse, the wildfires increasing the speed at which they spread, hurricanes like this past hurricane season — with that 15-foot surge in southwest Florida or around Fort Myers — and you add sea level rise on top of that. There's just a lot of thought that needs to be put into planning across the different economic sectors, whether you're talking about agriculture, health, water, all of these different systems are very vulnerable to extremes and they are proliferating before our very eyes.  4. Weather can solve climate change impacts Bernadette Woods Placky: One of the ways we're solving this is through wind and solar energy. That is weather, and it is dramatically shifting how we get our electricity. As the society can move as much as possible over to electrically-driven cars and transportation, and within our home units, businesses and buildings, then we power that with multiple forms of renewable energy. But again, I'm honing in on the forecasting aspect of this. This is weather powering our future. That's one of the areas where we're already seeing tremendous growth, and we'll see even more. 5. There are 5 key truths about global warming Ed Maibach: Me and my colleague Tony Leiserowitz have been conducting a poll that we call “Climate change in the American mind” every six months since 2008. One of the things that we've learned from our research is that there are five key truths about global warming. People who understand them are much more likely to be engaged in doing something about the problem. Those five key truths are: Global warming is real and the proportion of Americans who understand it is 7 out of 10. Global warming is human caused. Global warming is bad for people in a whole variety of ways There's hope actions we take will make a difference. Experts agree that global warming is human-caused, no matter what you hear about it. 6. More than half of Americans are both alarmed and concerned about global warming Ed Maibach: There's really no such thing as the general public. That never really does justice to the way people really think and feel about issues. So we used our survey data back in 2008 to identify distinct ways of seeing the global warming issue among the American people. We found six distinct categories: the alarmed, the concerned, the cautious, the disengaged, the doubtful and the dismissive. The top-two categories — alarmed and concerned — make up the majority with 53 percent. Ten years ago, fewer than 3 in 10 Americans felt that climate change was changing the weather here in the U.S. and now it's almost two-thirds, so more than 6 in 10 people who get the fact that the weather isn't what it used to be. 7. Politicians stopped denying climate change and started acting on it Ed Maibach: In the most recent election, we really didn't see Republican candidates talking about climate change and I would contend that's actually a good thing. Normally during prior election seasons, Republican candidates used to speak out against climate change, against the belief in our human-caused climate change, and against taking action on climate change. But that didn't happen in the most recent election. I think the reason why is because that doesn't play with young conservatives in America anymore. They actually would like their leaders to acknowledge the realities of the problems that we face. I think that's a really important step forward, and I hope it continues to play out. America will be a much better country.  Another thing that I think everybody should keep their eye on is the fact that Congress did pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is a major climate solutions bill. So a whole lot of money is going to be flowing through federal agencies to help Americans, homeowners, renters and business owners start to participate in the clean energy revolution, at a much more affordable price than they could have previously participated. My guess is that public enthusiasm for climate solutions is about to skyrocket. 8. Overall emissions have decreased since 2007 Jon Foley: At the national level, this surprises a lot of people. But the United States as a whole has actually been seeing a decrease in all of our emissions overall, as a country, by about 20 percent since 2007. Most people don't expect that to be true, but it is. Even though our economy and our population have grown, our emissions have been going down since 2007. That's true in Minnesota, too. And what's also really interesting is the price of solar photovoltaics and wind power has fallen more than anybody ever expected. Even the optimists have been caught off guard by how cheap solar and wind have gotten. Solar is now the cheapest form of energy humans have ever had in our entire history, so no wonder it's finally winning. It's beating coal, and it's going to beat natural gas in the marketplace really quickly. That's great news. 9. Big actors can move things faster Jamie Alexander: Another thing that I'm looking at is what the big actors in society, such as large corporations, are doing to help us move much faster than any one individual can. We have a lot of big businesses in the Twin Cities that have a lot of clout and influence and can really help us move money much more quickly than any one individual into climate solutions. These big actors in society can help us shift away from the source of the problem and toward the solutions. Large corporations can shift their banking practices away from those banks to finance the sources of the problem and toward climate solutions. One of the things I'm looking at up here in Duluth, where I live, is how we're going to work to transition like workers in the Iron Range, for example, and how mining is going to be. I think that's going to be a really important thing to get right. 10. Little changes can make a big difference Jon Foley: We can do a lot of things in our homes that save us money, like retrofitting our homes when we have the chance, taking advantage of tax breaks, insulating and weatherizing our homes, improving our heating and cooling systems to new efficient made-in-America heat pumps. Also small things like reducing food waste, eating our leftovers, making sure we take home the doggie bag, shifting our diets to things that are a little bit more climate friendly. We can also do the talking about it and engage in a larger conversation, not just in the voting booth, but every day about what we buy, how we talk, what we post on Facebook, what we listen to, how we chat about it. Even at work, asking questions about our retirement funds, what our company is doing about climate change and so on. We can be part of a larger democratic conversation as a society that really brings climate change to front and center but also all the benefits climate solutions bring to us too. Click play on the audio player above to listen, or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to hear the whole thing — Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.

When MPR News' Climate Cast debuted in January 2013, it was one of the few regular programs to address how a warming planet could change life as we know it. That urgency has only grown. In 2023, climate change is one of the leading issues driving political, economical and societal change. To celebrate Climate Cast's 10th anniversary, MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talked to an elite panel of experts about how climate change has evolved since Climate Cast began. What does the latest science say about how fast the planet is warming now? What are the biggest climate change impacts here in Minnesota and around the world? How is public opinion adjusting? And how far have climate solutions advanced in the past 10 years? Guests: Katharine Hayhoe is widely recognized as one of the world's leading climate scientists. Among other things, she is a professor at Texas Tech University and the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. Bernadette Woods Placky is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and director of Climate Central's Climate Matters, a program that offers data analyses, graphics and other reporting resources to a growing network of more than 3,000 local TV meteorologists and journalists to help them tell local climate stories. Jason Samenow is The Washington Post's weather editor and the popular Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist.  Ed Maibach is the director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He also codirects the Climate Change in the American Mind polling project. Jamie Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, which is Project Drawdown's private sector testing ground for accelerating the adoption of climate solutions quickly, safely and equitably. Jon Foley is the executive director of Project Drawdown, a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions. The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 1. Raising our voices matters Katharine Hayhoe: When I ask people to describe what they feel about climate change in one word, the answers are: scared, depressed, paralyzed, overwhelmed, angry, guilty, anxious and frightened. Those are entirely reasonable. But unless we recognize that our choices make a difference, we're not going to fix this issue. Too often, we picture climate action like a giant boulder, sitting at the bottom of an impossibly steep cliff, with only a few hands on that boulder. We think, “why should I add my hand to that boulder? It's not going to move. It's pointless.” But when we look around and see all the action that's already happening, we realize that the giant boulder is already rolling down the hill in the right direction. And if I add my hand, and used my voice to encourage others around me to add theirs, it would go faster. As Joan Baez famously said: “The antidote to anxiety and despair is action.” And we can't fix this alone, but together. I'm absolutely convinced we can do it. It all begins when we use our voices to call for action wherever we live, work, study, worship, play. We can use our voices for a better future for us all. 2. Climate change impacts are more expensive than ever Bernadette Woods Placky: When we experience an extreme event, some of the impacts are obvious for the immediate toll on lives and our health. But it doesn't end after the event, especially in these communities that don't have as many resources and are the most vulnerable among us. That's where we have to continue making these connections: a storm is connected to climate change, but it is also connected to what you're already paying to recover and how that factors into your future costs. For instance, the Flood Insurance Program has gone through some major ups and downs. California and parts of the West are really trying to figure out how they're going to cover people with wildfire insurance, especially when affordable housing is already a massive issue, then you add all these extra pieces on top of it with the economy and COVID. It's affecting people who have really worked hard most of their life and done everything right out of their homes. We've gotten to a point now where the cost of taking action and leading toward climate solutions is more affordable than what we're paying in the impacts. 3. U.S. systems are not built for such extreme climates Jason Samenow: We've seen about 1.2 degrees Celsius of change. But the increase in extremes is increasing disproportionately. In other words, we're seeing a bigger change and extremes than you might expect for that amount of warming. That has climate scientists particularly concerned because if we go to 1.5 Celsius warming or even 2 degrees Celsius of warming, we're going to see these extremes continue to proliferate. Our systems are built for a climate that was a degree cooler, so the cost of trying to adapt to these extremes is going to be profound. It makes it incumbent in planning decisions to think about where we're headed in terms of the different extremes that we're facing and how they're changing. When we saw Hurricane Ida go through and you saw 4 inches of rain falling in an hour, the systems there weren't built to withstand that. We see these extremes continuing to get worse, the wildfires increasing the speed at which they spread, hurricanes like this past hurricane season — with that 15-foot surge in southwest Florida or around Fort Myers — and you add sea level rise on top of that. There's just a lot of thought that needs to be put into planning across the different economic sectors, whether you're talking about agriculture, health, water, all of these different systems are very vulnerable to extremes and they are proliferating before our very eyes.  4. Weather can solve climate change impacts Bernadette Woods Placky: One of the ways we're solving this is through wind and solar energy. That is weather, and it is dramatically shifting how we get our electricity. As the society can move as much as possible over to electrically-driven cars and transportation, and within our home units, businesses and buildings, then we power that with multiple forms of renewable energy. But again, I'm honing in on the forecasting aspect of this. This is weather powering our future. That's one of the areas where we're already seeing tremendous growth, and we'll see even more. 5. There are 5 key truths about global warming Ed Maibach: Me and my colleague Tony Leiserowitz have been conducting a poll that we call “Climate change in the American mind” every six months since 2008. One of the things that we've learned from our research is that there are five key truths about global warming. People who understand them are much more likely to be engaged in doing something about the problem. Those five key truths are: Global warming is real and the proportion of Americans who understand it is 7 out of 10. Global warming is human caused. Global warming is bad for people in a whole variety of ways There's hope actions we take will make a difference. Experts agree that global warming is human-caused, no matter what you hear about it. 6. More than half of Americans are both alarmed and concerned about global warming Ed Maibach: There's really no such thing as the general public. That never really does justice to the way people really think and feel about issues. So we used our survey data back in 2008 to identify distinct ways of seeing the global warming issue among the American people. We found six distinct categories: the alarmed, the concerned, the cautious, the disengaged, the doubtful and the dismissive. The top-two categories — alarmed and concerned — make up the majority with 53 percent. Ten years ago, fewer than 3 in 10 Americans felt that climate change was changing the weather here in the U.S. and now it's almost two-thirds, so more than 6 in 10 people who get the fact that the weather isn't what it used to be. 7. Politicians stopped denying climate change and started acting on it Ed Maibach: In the most recent election, we really didn't see Republican candidates talking about climate change and I would contend that's actually a good thing. Normally during prior election seasons, Republican candidates used to speak out against climate change, against the belief in our human-caused climate change, and against taking action on climate change. But that didn't happen in the most recent election. I think the reason why is because that doesn't play with young conservatives in America anymore. They actually would like their leaders to acknowledge the realities of the problems that we face. I think that's a really important step forward, and I hope it continues to play out. America will be a much better country.  Another thing that I think everybody should keep their eye on is the fact that Congress did pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is a major climate solutions bill. So a whole lot of money is going to be flowing through federal agencies to help Americans, homeowners, renters and business owners start to participate in the clean energy revolution, at a much more affordable price than they could have previously participated. My guess is that public enthusiasm for climate solutions is about to skyrocket. 8. Overall emissions have decreased since 2007 Jon Foley: At the national level, this surprises a lot of people. But the United States as a whole has actually been seeing a decrease in all of our emissions overall, as a country, by about 20 percent since 2007. Most people don't expect that to be true, but it is. Even though our economy and our population have grown, our emissions have been going down since 2007. That's true in Minnesota, too. And what's also really interesting is the price of solar photovoltaics and wind power has fallen more than anybody ever expected. Even the optimists have been caught off guard by how cheap solar and wind have gotten. Solar is now the cheapest form of energy humans have ever had in our entire history, so no wonder it's finally winning. It's beating coal, and it's going to beat natural gas in the marketplace really quickly. That's great news. 9. Big actors can move things faster Jamie Alexander: Another thing that I'm looking at is what the big actors in society, such as large corporations, are doing to help us move much faster than any one individual can. We have a lot of big businesses in the Twin Cities that have a lot of clout and influence and can really help us move money much more quickly than any one individual into climate solutions. These big actors in society can help us shift away from the source of the problem and toward the solutions. Large corporations can shift their banking practices away from those banks to finance the sources of the problem and toward climate solutions. One of the things I'm looking at up here in Duluth, where I live, is how we're going to work to transition like workers in the Iron Range, for example, and how mining is going to be. I think that's going to be a really important thing to get right. 10. Little changes can make a big difference Jon Foley: We can do a lot of things in our homes that save us money, like retrofitting our homes when we have the chance, taking advantage of tax breaks, insulating and weatherizing our homes, improving our heating and cooling systems to new efficient made-in-America heat pumps. Also small things like reducing food waste, eating our leftovers, making sure we take home the doggie bag, shifting our diets to things that are a little bit more climate friendly. We can also do the talking about it and engage in a larger conversation, not just in the voting booth, but every day about what we buy, how we talk, what we post on Facebook, what we listen to, how we chat about it. Even at work, asking questions about our retirement funds, what our company is doing about climate change and so on. We can be part of a larger democratic conversation as a society that really brings climate change to front and center but also all the benefits climate solutions bring to us too. Click play on the audio player above to listen, or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to hear the whole thing — Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.

When MPR News' Climate Cast debuted in January 2013, it was one of the few regular programs to address how a warming planet could change life as we know it. That urgency has only grown. In 2023, climate change is one of the leading issues driving political, economical and societal change. To celebrate Climate Cast's tenth anniversary, MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talked to an elite panel of experts about how climate change has evolved since Climate Cast began. What does the latest science say about how fast the planet is warming now? What are the biggest climate change impacts here in Minnesota and around the world? How is public opinion adjusting? And how far have climate solutions advanced in the past ten years? Guests: Katharine Hayhoe is widely recognized as one of the world's leading climate scientists. Among other things, she is a professor at Texas Tech University and the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. Bernadette Woods Placky is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and director of Climate Central's Climate Matters, a program that offers data analyses, graphics and other reporting resources to a growing network of more than 3,000 local TV meteorologists and journalists to help them tell local climate stories. Jason Samenow is The Washington Post's weather editor and the popular Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist.  Ed Maibach is the director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He also codirects the Climate Change in the American Mind polling project. Jamie Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, which is Project Drawdown's private sector testing ground for accelerating the adoption of climate solutions quickly, safely and equitably. Jon Foley is the executive director of Project Drawdown, a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions. Click play on the audio player above to listen, or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to hear the whole thing — Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.

On today's episode, we're joined by Kasha Patel. Kasha is the deputy weather editor for the Capital Weather Gang at the Washington Post, covering weather, climate, and the environment.Kasha talked about her path from NASA to her current position, how she covers both hard news stories and fun features, including fact checking a volcanic explosion in a The Lord of the Rings series. She also explained how she comes up with story ideas, her use of TikTok, and how her writing jokes for her stand-up comedy work comes together with her science education interest.Kasha's salute: The D.C. Science Writers AssociationFind Kasha's stories herehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/people/kasha-patel/You can hear me interview Kasha about her comedy work hereThank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback at journalismsalute@gmail.com, visit our website at thejournalismsalute.org and Mark's website (MarkSimonmedia.com) or tweet us at @journalismpod.

Kasha Patel is a triple threat: scientist, journalist and stand-up comedian, the perfect person to join me for a conversation about the rich alchemy of leaning into all three. Kasha Patel is the deputy weather editor for the Capital Weather Gang at The Washington Post, covering weather, climate change and the environment. Before joining The Post, she produced news stories, videos and features about the Earth sciences, climate change and satellite research for NASA. And, she's a stand up comedian. Funny, smart, with a vision for how curiosity, science and humor can help us all, wherever we are. Kasha Patel: https://www.kashapatel.com Antidote for partisanship? In science, curiosity seems to work: https://news.yale.edu/2017/01/26/antidote-partisanship-science-curiosity-seems-work Center for Media & Social Impact, Yes...And Laughter Lab & GoodLaughs: https://cmsimpact.org Our theme and other music are by Sean Balick.

Tony opens the show by talking another incident with the neighborhood squirrels, and he also talks about the anniversary of Bob Irsay buying the Rams, and trading the franchise for the Baltimore Colts. ESPN's Booger McFarland calls in to talk about DeSean Watson and how the Browns players might feel about having him on the team, Jason Samenow of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang about the heat wave that has been crushing most of the country and Europe, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Elison Jackson “Going Clear” ; “Trashman” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Jason Samenow, weather editor for the Washington Post and one of the leaders of the Post's Capital Weather Gang. They discuss the intersection of climate change and weather, with a particular focus on how meteorologists communicate with the public about climate change in a scientifically rigorous way and how that communication has evolved alongside climate science. Samenow and Hayes also talk about the increasing number of extreme weather events occurring both globally and in the Washington, DC, area. References and recommendations: Climate Central; https://www.climatecentral.org/ World Weather Attribution; https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/ Penn State Weather Camps; https://weather-camp.outreach.psu.edu/ Lenticular clouds; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud Mammatus clouds; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds; https://scied.ucar.edu/image/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds Snowmageddon 2010; https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/02/05/remembering-s-snowmageddon-images-scenes/ Eye on the Tropics newsletter by Michael Lowry; https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/ “The Weather” song by Lawrence; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TYHOARDFI

Tony opens the show by talking about the Nats, and then he talks to Jason Samenow from the Capital Weather Gang at the Washington Post about why it has been so windy lately. Jay Bilas calls in to talk about the shocking retirement of Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright, David Aldridge phones in to share some memories of Wendy Rieger, and also about the NBA playoffs, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Jim Basnight “Hello Mary Jane” ; “My Vision of You” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Cappucci is a Washington D.C. based meteorologist. He currently works for The Capital Weather Gang, Fox5 Morning News, MyRadar, and WAMU 88.5 FM. Matthew travels the world chasing bucket list weather events and anomalies. Rob invited Matthew on the show to discuss his life as a storm chasing scientist and how the changing climate is creating more chaotic weather for everyone. Weather is always a factor for all anglers and crazy weather is causing a lot of detrimental effects on our fishing. Be sure to follow Matthew on social media to learn the science behind the weather, where to play bingo when storm chasing, and what to order at Waffle House.  Matthew on Twitter and Instagram Produced by Jason Reif Waypoint TV Support The Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado.  She's also the Director of the Natural Hazards Center.  She's also a principle investigator for the CONVERGE Facility, which is a facility dedicated to improving research coordination and disaster research.  Dr. Lori Peek, welcome!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is a meteorologist who writes for the Capital Weather Gang.  Camden Walker, welcome!

Segment 1 - Weather update Segment 2 - Kevin Ambrose from The Capital Weather Gang on the 100th anniversary of the Knickerbocker Disaster Segment 3 - What's wrong with the Wizards and what will be done to fix it? 

Brian ruins a t-shirt, Ed upgrades the forecast, and E deciphers a knot.

On the ground in Mayfield, Ky., after a string of tornadoes devastated the town, flattening buildings and leaving streets unrecognizable. The tornadoes tore through a 200-mile swath of land, and may be the sign of a lengthening tornado season. Read more: Late last week, a string of tornadoes ripped through the South and Midwest regions of the United States. Dozens have died, and thousands of structures have been destroyed. National breaking news reporter Kim Bellware takes us on the ground to the hard-hit town of Mayfield, Ky., where survivors are in shock. Plus, Capital Weather Gang contributor Jeffrey Halverson explains how unusual it is to see a tornado event this powerful during the winter months, and why it may be a sign of a changing weather patterns. Follow The Washington Post's live coverage of the tornado recovery efforts here.

Capital Weather Gang meteorologist Matthew Cappucci explains what makes the Perseids so special and how to find ideal places to watch them in the D.C. region.

The country is on fire and we talk about how it is affecting all the coasts. Also, should porn be taught in schools? and what do you do if your partner doesn't stand up for you or defend you? Let's go there!   Special guests:  Richard Fowler - Fox News contributor. Matthew Cappucci - Meteorologist for Capital Weather Gang. Justine Ang Fonte - is an intersectional health educator working in New York City.  Dr. Wendy Walsh - Americas relationship expert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We investigate a big storm: hurricanes! Matthew Cappucci of the Capital Weather Gang takes us through what hurricanes are, how they form, what they feel like, and why they're so dangerous. More info and shownotes at bigiftrue.abbymullen.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with two very prolific and accomplished young meteorologists: Matthew Cappucci of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang and Jack Sillin, who is still in school at Cornell University, but also has a big presence on Twitter and his own weather websites. Both have been active since they were very young, and now produce extremely professional and articulate analyses of complex weather topics. Meet the next generation of leaders in meteorology.

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As hundreds of wildfires in California continue to blaze and thousands of people evacuate, this year's hurricane season is on track to become one of the busiest on record. Andrew Freedman, editor of Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how climate change is aiding these natural disasters and what can be done about it. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As hundreds of wildfires in California continue to blaze and thousands of people evacuate, this year's hurricane season is on track to become one of the busiest on record. Andrew Freedman, editor of Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how climate change is aiding these natural disasters and what can be done about it. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is a long-time friend of the show and has appeared on numerous previous episodes.  He's the Chief Marketing Meteorologist for Weather 2020.  Bruce Thomas, welcome back!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist for the Capital Weather Gang in Washington, DC.  He wrote an article about the Tennessee tornadoes that occurred earlier this month.    Matthew Cappucci, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our third guest WeatherBrain runs the Nashville Severe Weather Blog.  David Drobny, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our fourth guest WeatherBrain is the Lead Forecaster at the National Weather Service Office in Nashville, TN.  Sam Shamburger, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our fifth guest WeatherBrain is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast television meteorologist at NewsChannel 5 in Nashville.  Henry Rothenberg, welcome to the show!

Jason Samenow is the Washington Post's weather editor, founder of capital weather gang, and a wealth of knowledge for all things weather and climate. We chat with Jason about the inner-workings of weather forecasts, the latest in climate science, and how to accurately communicate on climate change-- what we can and can't say with certainty about the changing world around us. This week in Agriculture Adapts: - Scientists have officially discovered the footprint of climate change on our everyday weather - Most weather-related natural disasters get blamed on climate change. To what extent is that a fair connection to make? - What makes weather forecasting so hard and how to best communicate forecast uncertainty - Deconstructing the 2019 floods in the Midwest U.S.: a perfect storm *** References mentioned in the show - Capital Weather Gang twitter - Capital Weather Gang general website - Capital Weather Gang Facebook - Jason Samenow's personal Twitter - Daily weather now bears the fingerprint of climate change

What is a bomb cyclone? What is it like to track extreme weather? And how does this all play into transportation infrastructure and resilience? Matthew Cappucci from Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang joined Stantec Greg (Rodriguez) and SAFE Greg (Rogers) in October 2019 to answer these questions and more, Follow Matthew Cappucci on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewCappucci And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @SmarterTranspo.

Capital Weather Gang member Matthew Cappucci stops by to teach us about weather, and being way too smart. #TinyHands is in hot water, and Chip makes bad weather jokes.

Capital Weather Gang member Matthew Cappucci stops by to teach us about weather, and being way too smart. #TinyHands is in hot water, and Chip makes bad weather jokes.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist that leads the Capital Weather Gang and is the weather editor at the Washington Post.  Jason Samenow, welcome back!  Familiar voice Tony Rice also joins WeatherBrains to discuss the 1969 Apollo 12 lightning incident and other topics.

Washington, DC is a city with four seasons. Visitors will get a different experience depending on the time of year they come. Don't let Washington, DC weather catch you off guard! Rob is joined by Jason Samenow for an in-depth weather discussion and advice for visitors. Jason is the Washington Post’s Weather Editor. In 2004 he founded CapitalWeather.com which has grown over the years from a one-man blog to a major operation with a team of writers at the Washington Post. That project is now called Capital Weather Gang. Full show notes for this episode are available on the Trip Hacks DC website. 

The world's weather is changing and the media needs to keep up. Flickr/Shannon Dizmang, CC BYWhen he founded the blog CapitalWeather.com 15 years ago in Washington DC, Jason Samenow was working for the US government as a climate change analyst. A full-time media career was probably the last thing on his mind. But the blog – which became known as the Capital Weather Gang – gained traction, and was gradually absorbed by The Washington Post. These days, Samenow is chief meteorologist and weather editor for the Post, where his work is driving audience growth and engagement. Jason Samenow began his career as a climate change analyst before transitioning into journalism. Jason Samenow, Author provided (No reuse) Lawrie Zion caught up with him for a chat about how digital media has changed the way that we connect to the weather, and why it’s wrong for weather editors to leave climate change out of the discussion. New to podcasts? Podcasts are often best enjoyed using a podcast app. All iPhones come with the Apple Podcasts app already installed, or you may want to listen and subscribe on another app such as Pocket Casts (click here to listen to Media Files on Pocket Casts). You can also hear us on any of the apps below. Just pick a service from one of those listed below and click on the icon to find Media Files. Additional credits Producer: Andy Hazel. Theme music: Susie Wilkins. Image Flickr/Shannon Dizmang The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Guest: Matthew Cappucci, Undergraduate at Harvard & Capital Weather Gang Contributor Description: It’s been a special weather phenomenon for meteorologists for a long time, but Jim Cantore took it to a whole new level in 2015...Thundersnow!! Winter storm fans routinely share their videos of lighting during a heavy snow, but just how does lighting form in winter storms? How rare is it? There are many open questions and today we are joined by a rising star in the meteorological community, Matthew Cappucci to get some answers. Matthew has researched thundersnow, is a contributor to Capital Weather Gang and will be graduating from Harvard in a few weeks! So, let’s dive in and breakdown how a flash of light and clap of thunder can give so many people a jolt of excitement!

Guest: Angela Fritz - Deputy Weather Editor for the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang This week on Weather Geeks - Take the hot tempers inherent to any science or political discussion, combine them, and give them a national stage to debate on one of the most prominent weather blogs on the web, located at the heart of the political world - The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang based in Washington, D.C. We will discuss the nightmare that can be communicating science through a high-profile public medium, dominant across social media, where there are no rules, all gloves are off and users can crush peers with both informed and ill-informed opinions all while hiding behind anonymous usernames.

Our first episode where all three co-hosts are in the same studio for recording! On this week's episode we discuss how the GOES-16 weather satellite is progressing, the recent severe weather outbreak in the mid-west, a check-in on the rainfall and drought in California, the weird winter we've been having, and we cover our main topic of ocean currents and how they affect the weather.   Show Notes! GOES-16 Cool GIF of a radar loop generated from GOES-16 GOES-R/GOES-16 Website MID-WEST SEVERE OUTBREAK US Tornados: The largest tornado outbreaks of 2017 RAINFALL / DROUGHT CHECK-IN IN CALIFORNIA Lake Oroville & the dam/spillway damage/overflow US Drought Monitor Website The drought in Washington, D.C., is now just as bad as California’s Capital Weather Gang: 500 inches and counting: Snow has clobbered California ski resorts this winter WEIRD WINTER / LACK OF SNOW IN CHICAGO For The First Time In 146 Years Chicago Goes Without Snow During January And February Main Topic: Ocean Current and how they affect the weather NOAA Ocean Explorer Website Global Ocean Currents Map NOAA Ocean Service Facts page How Do Ocean Currents Affect Weather? National Geographic: Ocean Currents & Climate XKCD: Earth Temperature Timeline GOES-16 data on Twitter

In This Episode Guest:  Ian Livingston, Information Lead and Photographer for The Capital Weather Gang and Co-Founder of USTornadoes.com Lightning Round:  Name that Storm Storm School with Brady teaches Hurricane Track vs. Intensity The team discusses the Tropical Storm Season Hype Train Weather Fools: We share our most crazy examples WxResources: Highlighting weather resources for our listeners Listener Questions and Comments Our Guest Ian Livingston, Information Lead and Photographer for The Capital Weather Gang and Co-Founder of USTornadoes.com Twitter: @islivingston www.ianlivingston.com www.ustornadoes.com Weather Fools Links Phil:  SpaceX Launchpad Explosion Dina:  Daily Mail Hurricane Gaston to Hit U.S. MJ:  Everyone Who Wanted to Believe in Hurricane Hermione Brady:  Man With Gunbrella WxResources Links Dina:  Weather Underground Phil:  iPhone Tripod for Slo Mo Video   Submit your questions or comments to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com and we may read it on our next episode! Credits Opening and Closing Music:  Andrew Slotta  

On this week's show we discuss the four day severe weather outbreak from earlier last week as well as what YOU should do in the event of a tornado warning. Jimmy is out this week, so Becky and Joel review a blog post she wrote in early 2015 covering the topic of tornado safety. We also cover the discussion that popped up this week related to the old vs new method for rating tornado severity and highlight a number of intense videos from the past week's storms. Show Notes! Introductions - Jimmy is out this week at a conference and was unable to co-host - so its just Becky and Joel. Topic: Tornado Safety Becky reviews the severe weather outbreak, day by day. How to Prepare for Severe Weather and Stay Safe During an Outbreak Insane photo of a very lucky young man who followed proper tornado safety procedures Affordable, $25 weather radio More expensive, but better quality weather radio EF3 vs EF5 discussion related to Oklahoma tornado Fujita Scale (for review) Relevant tweet about the discussion Scary Tornado Videos From This Outbreak Katie, Oklahoma Tornado - close video. Katie, Oklahoma Tornado - from several miles away. Sulphur, Oklahoma Tornado - watch from 4:00 until 6:30 to see the section we were discussing about the storm chaser Tim Marshal deploying a sensor pod. Wray, Colorado Tornado - the "photogenic" tornado we were talking about from the very first day of the storms. The Capital Weather Gang posted a good snapshot of photos from this storm as well. Also, after we finished recording this episode, USTornados.com did a big writeup specifically about the Katie, OK Tornado. This week's outro music was "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive.

Jason Samenow, Angela Fritz and Kevin Ambrose, members of the Washington Post’s popular blog “The Capital Weather Gang,” will talk about the science of forecasting, current climate trends and why so many of us are obsessed with the weather.

Upcoming discussion with Meteorologist Wes Junker, Will Schwartz, Dave Tolleris, CoastalWx with your hosts Randy Legette (stormtracker), Ian Livingston of Capital Weather Gang and Matt Ros

Upcoming discussion with Meteorologist Wes Junker, Will Schwartz, Dave Tolleris, CoastalWx with your hosts Randy Legette (stormtracker), Ian Livingston of Capital Weather Gang and Matt Ros

"The first time I saw a thunderstorm there I was actually legitimately scared by it," said Ian Livingston, a senior research associate with the Brookings Institute and a member of the Capital Weather Gang at The Washington Post. It came at midnight and blew my door open and I freaked out. It was fascinating at the same time."