Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 194 of Weather Break
Lydia Maria Child’s poem “A Boy’s Thanksgiving Day” is the inspiration for the classic Thanksgiving song, “Over the River and Through the Woods”.  According to the song, “the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifting snow”.  [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 193 of Weather Break
As hurricane season winds down, Creighton University student Erika Weller takes this opportunity to talk about the military and civilian governmental agencies that fly routine and experimental missions into the eyes of hurricanes.  She talks about the kinds of aircrafts these “hurricane [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 192 of Weather Break
Here at the Creighton University Department of Atmospheric Sciences, we are always enthusiastic when our students get the opportunity to travel overseas to study the atmosphere.  Longtime listeners to Weather Break might remember episodes about Andy Rudersdorf’s “Semester at Sea” program, Halley [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 191 of Weather Break
Lightning safety is a complex issue.  While one doesn’t want to be out in the open during an electrical storm, being under a tree or a flimsy shelter can be worse.  One of the safest places to be during an electrical storm is [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 190 of Weather Break
The leading cause of weather-related deaths isn’t tornadoes, hurricanes, or even lightning.  It’s flash flooding.  On today’s episode of Weather Break, Creighton University student Beth Dickey talks with Mr. Steve Byrd, a retired National Weather Service meteorologist, about how these severe [...]

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