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We'll explore both sides of railroading, model and real, because without model trains where would they get the idea for the big ones? This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com
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The audio blog of Nicnac Marsh featuring conversations about divergent life.
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Freight, Passenger, Trolleys, Light Rail, Museums, as long as it is rail/train related, we talk about it!
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The Carolina Weather Group is a weekly talk show broadcasting each week from the Carolinas. The show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us!
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This week on the Carolina Weather Group, James Brierton and producer Tim Pounds introduce us to railfanning by hitting the road to visit Altoona, Pennsylvania and visiting the world-famous Horseshoe Curve. Join them on their journey through smoke and rain as they explore a train enthusiast's dream of model trains, big-scale engineering, and persona…
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The truth about cicadas & Rock Hill hail storm [Ep. 490]
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This week, WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich talks about two very important, and yet very different, topics: The cicada emergence and a destructive severe thunderstorm in Rock Hill, South Carolina.This year will have the return of two different broods of cicadas, the Periodical Cicadas, also known as Brood XIX or Brook 19. They retur…
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Chasing storms: Inside the tornado outbreak of April 13, 2020 | Ep. 488
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Chris Jackson is a South Carolina-based storm chaser and a trained first responder. On April 13, 2020, he chased severe weather as it raced across his home state.The early morning event was a continuation of what became known as the Easter tornado outbreak of 2020, which caused damage across much of the South before coming into the Carolinas.In Sou…
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A conversation about sea level rise [Ep. 487]
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The Carolina Weather Group talks with Doug Marcy, Senior Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA Office for Coastal Management, about the threat of sea level rise. Doug and Shea discuss how a changing environment is causing our oceans to observe more heat, more water, and thus rise along the shorelines.To hear an extended version of this conversation, j…
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Becoming a Weather Ready Nation [Ep. 486]
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This week we chat with NOAA's Doug Hilderbrand about how we can build safety and resiliency toward severe weather by becoming a Weather-Ready Nation. On April 3, join us for "Safe Place Selfie Day," when we'll be posting pictures to social media from our "safe place," the place we go at-work, at-home, or at-school to seek shelter during tornadoes a…
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Unlock earlier gardening with weather trends [Ep. 485]
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Don't start gardening yet. Even though you can start gardening outdoors earlier this year in the Carolinas thanks to a change in the USDA's classification of Plant Hardiness Zones for North Carolina and South Carolina, we've got at least one more cold snap this week.This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Candice Jordan hosts a special conversatio…
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Preparing for the 2024 solar eclipse [Ep. 484]
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#space #science #eclipse #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx The Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Unlike 2017, the totality will not pass directly through the Carolinas. But still, at about 80% totality, there will still be some solar eclipse to…
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CWG @ National Storm Chaser Summit - Part 2 [Ep. 483]
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This year, the Carolina Weather Group was proud to sponsor the National Storm Chaser Summit in Texas. Our Dan Whittaker, on behalf of CWG and his company Environmental Solutions Group, represented our podcast at the convention earlier this month.Dan interviewed chasers, toured chase vehicles, and gave away a WEATHERmeter thanks to our friends at We…
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CWG @ National Storm Chaser Summit - Part 1 [Ep. 482]
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This year, the Carolina Weather Group was proud to sponsor the National Storm Chaser Summit in Texas. Our Dan Whittaker, on behalf of CWG and his company Environmental Solutions Group, represented our podcast at the convention earlier this month.Dan interviewed chasers, toured chase vehicles, and gave away a WEATHERmeter thanks to our friends at We…
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NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) has provided manual translations of weather forecasts and warnings in Spanish for the past 30 years, but now the agency has a new tool to be more accurate, efficient and equitable. Through a series of pilot projects over the past few years, NWS forecasters have been training artificial intelligence (AI) softwar…
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Broadcast meteorologist James Spann and storm chaser Brett Adair chat with us about what it's like to broadcast - and capture - video of severe weather happening in real time. The two big names in weather broadcasting joined us in November as the Carolina Weather Group teamed up with Spann's own WeatherBrains podcast, along with Storm Front Freaks …
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Great Southeastern Snowstorm of 1973 [Ep. 440 Encore]
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To mark the anniversary of the Great Southeastern Snowstorm of 1973, which brought two feet of snow to parts of the Carolinas, this week we're revisiting Episode 440 where we chat with Frank Strait and Melissa Griffin about the historic record from this incredible storm.This episode was originally available early to https://patreon.com/carolinaweat…
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Storm chaser's Jeff Piotrowski close encounter with a tornado [Ep. 479]
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Jeff Piotrowski is an Emmy award-winning storm chaser with over 40 years of experience.Jeff joined the Weather Pods Diaster Relief Telethon to share a story of one close encounter with a tornado while storm chasing.Special thanks to our friends at the WeatherBrains, Storm Front Freaks, and Chaser Chat for joining us in November as we all came toget…
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Resiliency: How to prepare for disasters [Ep. 478]
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Former FEMA Director Craig Fugate chats with the Carolina Weather Group about the need to adapt our communities before disasters strike.Fugate believes by making our communities more resilient against weather and other natural disasters, we can be better prepared to save lives and mitigate property damage.Fugate chatted with the Carolina Weather Gr…
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The man inside NC's decommissioned lighthouse [Ep. 477]
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It's been three years since the Carolina Weather Group first talked with Richard Neal, the owner of the decommissioned Frying Pan Shoals Tower off the coast of North Carolina.James Brierton and Shea Gibson caught up with Richard recently during the Weather Pods Disaster Relief Telethon. Here now is that updated conversation, followed by an encore p…
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Tuesday's storm damage + forecasting Friday's severe weather threat [Ep. 476]
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The Carolina Weather Group recaps Tuesday's severe weather across the states and looks ahead to another severe weather threat for Friday.On January 9, 2024, a powerful storm brought severe thunderstorms to North Carolina and South Carolina.High winds outside of thunderstorms caused tree and power line damage starting late morning on Tuesday. Winds …
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Storm Watch: Significant severe weather Tuesday in the Carolinas
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#northcarolina #southcarolina #weather We are tracking a potentially significant severe weather event for the Carolinas for Tuesday, with heavy rain, strong winds, and a few tornadoes possible along with high tides at the coast. MERCH: https://rstrm.io/e/YDmSpk LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip️ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: h…
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Ice, then storms in Carolina weather [Ep. 475]
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An emerging weather pattern will bring a chance of winter weather, including ice, snow and sleet, to portions of North Carolina Friday night into Saturday. The best chance of wintry precipitation will be in the mountains of western North Carolina, including Asheville, Boone, Blowing Rock and Hickory, but could also spill over into portions of the P…
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Trifecta: Jim Cantore, Mike Bettes and Ken Graham
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Our 12-hour Weather Pods Disaster Relief Telethon had lots of plans. Lots of meetings. Lots of choreographing. And yet we still knew: It's live for 12-hours. Expect the unexpected.For me, as the technical director, the hour that stands out the most was the 4 p.m. eastern hour, when through a series of unexpected events, three big guests ended up li…
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Nor'easter hits the Carolinas: A recap [Ep. 474]
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The Carolina Weather Group revisits the December 2023 nor'easter, discussing impacts, showing tornado damage photos, and exploring the December 17, 2023 storm that rocked much of North Carolina and South Carolina with heavy rain, gusty winds, and coastal flooding. With Jared Smith in Charleston, South Carolina and Scotty Powell in Myrtle Beach, Sou…
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Forecasting a nor'easter in the Carolinas [Special]
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A strong nor'easter storm system is expected to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to both North Carolina and South Carolina. The storm could bring down some trees and power lines. Impacts from this storm could be similar to the effects of a tropical storm, including the threat of coastal flooding. The Carolina Weather Group is providing the latest f…
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Brad Panovich and Mark Sudduth on the 2023 hurricane season [Ep. 473]
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Every year, we love catching up with North Carolina's own Mark Sudduth, a storm chaser and founder of hurricanetrack.com. Each year, Mark shares with us his amazing stories of chasing and documenting some of Mother Nature's most intense tropical storms.Mark and his filmmaking are known for capturing footage where humans cannot. By securing cameras …
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Seeing live storms with WeatherSTEM cameras [Ep. 472]
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#northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx The Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton catches up with Ed Mansouri, the CEO and founder of WeatherSTEM, about his network of nearly 800 weather stations nationwide that provide live storm video, real-time weather data, and other criteria data. These stations, many of which are in both North Ca…
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OUTBRK storm chasing game development update [Ep. 471]
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#weather #game #videogameDavid Daigle-Carignan and Marc Remillard are the developers of the upcoming storm chasing video game called OUTBRK. They joined the Carolina Weather Group and the Weather Pods Disaster Relief Telethon to update the progress of their game, which will allow players to virtually chase tornadoes and storms together online. OUTB…
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Iceland earthquakes, weather AI, and a telethon [Ep. 471]
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Dr. Wendy Bohon, an earthquake geologist, returns to the Carolina Weather Group to explain the earthquake activity being observed in Iceland. Could it mean an increase in volcanic activity?Plus, the Carolinas is beta testing new National Weather Service artificial intelligence software to translate severe weather alerts into multiple languages.And …
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