Episodes

  • Learning How To Survive Beyond Normal Circumstances

    Learning How To Survive Beyond Normal Circumstances
    Nov 20 2024
    Discover what was considered unusual for early November besides unseasonably warm temperatures throughout Upper Midwest. Learn why Minnesota is referred to as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Determine if weather conditions got so drastically bad to where Minnesota Highway Department Officials were placed in a situation like never before. Find out whether any car accidents occurred on November 11 in Minnesota. Learn how farmers cattle got impacted by the overall storm including any ramifications surrounding the poultry industry. Learn how school students got impacted by the storm including what school officials did to ensure overall student safety. Get an in depth report behind what switchboard operators performed in Minnesota’s Nicollet County come November 11. Learn how Twin Cities of Minneapolis & Saint Paul, Minnesota dealt with the storms havoc. Discover how paperboy’s managed to deliver customers newspapers including coming upon behavior considered irrelevant for the time. Find out how Lake Superior fared on November 11. Learn everything essential about Ship to Shore Radio Communications.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Duck Hunters Faced With Uphill Battle For Survival

    Duck Hunters Faced With Uphill Battle For Survival
    Nov 15 2024
    Go behind the scenes and learn how city leaders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin grappled with Mother Nature’s wrath. Determine whether or not many homes got heated with coal during the 1940’s. Discover what motorists were forced to rely upon regarding their cars cooling systems. Find out if the Mississippi River is home to an assortment of different bird species. Learn about different projects that the Army Corps of Engineers performed along Mississippi River leading up to and around 1940. Discover how one particular 50 Mile stretch of the Mississippi River became a frozen hot spot for duck hunters. Learn about some cardinal rules which duck hunters must understand without fail. Find out if hunting in particular was considered strong come early morning November 11, 1940. Get an in depth analysis report behind temperature fluctuations in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Understand tragic circumstances behind one hunter’s death including why another hunter survived. Learn more about different survival strategies hunters could’ve exercised. Agree if it’s fair to say that there were as many hunters whom died within close proximity to safety as there were those of the exact opposite. Get introduced to Car Ferry Vessel City of Saginaw 31 including her uphill fight against Mother Nature on November 11.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • SS Novadoc’s Uphill Battle Against Lake Michigan’s Waves

    SS Novadoc’s Uphill Battle Against Lake Michigan’s Waves
    Nov 12 2024
    Get to know why combers are important. Receive an in depth analysis report behind SS Novadoc’s journey on Lake Michigan starting around 12PM come November 11. Get introduced to William Krewell, Little Sable Point’s Lighthouse Keeper, including his role behind performing communication miracle networking when so many other people were experiencing the exact opposite. Learn about the procedures which United States Coast Guard Stations along Lake Michigan required their crews to perform. Determine if there are special vessels within United States Coast Guard. Come across an unexpected situation impacting the Coast Guard along Lake Michigan Monday November 11. Discover just how intense the overall wind speed came out to be exactly along Lake Michigan. Learn exactly how bad the storm impacted Lansing Shoals Lighthouse. Figure out what exactly was the most widely common transportation practice operating regularly between Michigan’s Upper & Lower Peninsula’s in 1940. Go behind the scenes and understand why Little Bay de Noc endured the storm’s overall brunt. Determine if Michigan’s Lower Peninsula had fared any better than her counterpart to the north.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Understanding Why Great Lakes Waters Are Unique & Unpredictable

    Understanding Why Great Lakes Waters Are Unique & Unpredictable
    Nov 8 2024
    Get introduced to 3 Great Lakes Vessels from SS Novadoc, SS William B. Davock, & SS Anna C. Minch. Discover if any of the three vessels had a Non-Clean Sailing Record. Learn about the paths each vessel took in going towards targeted destination. Figure out which Great Lake doesn’t border Canada. Get acquainted with Straight Decker Vessels including their advantages compared to what predecessors before them lacked. Learn exactly what was lacking in 1940 from a weather technological standpoint. Understand importance behind Signal Stations including Storm Warning Flags. Determine exactly what makes Great Lakes Waters so unique but yet very unpredictable. Discover which Great Lake to be the southernmost, shallowest, & smallest per volume. Get an in depth analysis behind Wave Buildup and how ships are impacted. Go behind the scenes and learn about what was taking place in Chicago & Joliet, Illinois, including Gary, Indiana on November 11.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • The United States In November 1940

    The United States In November 1940
    Nov 5 2024
    Discover come early November 1940 what Americans came upon from a weather standpoint per those residing in the Upper Midwest. Learn exactly what the biggest concern was facing greater American Public come November 1940. Understand why date of November 11 is important. Receive an in depth analysis behind what took place just 4 Days prior to November 11 from a weather standpoint including something grand via engineering 4 Months earlier. Learn how the National Weather Service received an unexpected weather alert surprise on top of what was already being tracked. Go behind the scenes and learn how second storm evolved. Get introduced to low pressure troughs including weather balloons. Learn how newspapers throughout the Midwest reported about the incoming weather system pattern including an odd customary weather practice. Get acquainted with Extratropical Cyclone/Synoptic Weather Pattern Systems.

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    42 mins
  • Life After Putting Down Unrest In Native Home State

    Life After Putting Down Unrest In Native Home State
    Oct 23 2024
    Learn if Benjamin Lincoln himself attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 as a delegate from Massachusetts. Discover the importance behind what took place come February 6, 1788 which Lincoln himself participated in. Find out why February 4, 1789 was unique which involved Lincoln. Get to know Benjamin Lincoln’s political ideologies including the party he chose. Learn if Lincoln shared something in common with another high ranking Revolutionary War Officer from a political ideology standpoint. Discover what Lincoln himself engaged in during the 1790’s. Go behind the scenes and learn about an elite group which Lincoln joined come 1783. Discover what unique things took place politically in 1800 that Lincoln witnessed. Understand the importance behind May 9, 1810 including the greater legacy behind Lincoln’s life.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Striving Behind Restoring Order In Midst Of Mass Insurgency

    Striving Behind Restoring Order In Midst Of Mass Insurgency
    Oct 18 2024
    Determine just how much money Benjamin Lincoln raised in establishing the privately funded militia. Get to know Luke Day including if he has any similarities with Daniel Shay’s. Get introduced to Militia Commander William Shepard. Understand the importance behind Springfield Armory including when it first originated. Learn how Daniel Shay’s & Luke Day went about mobilizing their troops. Discover what orders Militia General William Shepard was to perform per Governor Bowdoin’s request. Determine how the insurgents went about getting organized. Understand the significance about January 25, 1787 including any setbacks impacting one side over the other. Discover just how quick & decisive General Lincoln’s Troop Forces were in quashing down dissident upheaval within Berkshire, Hampshire, & Worcester Counties. Learn what the Massachusetts General Court provided Governor Bowdoin with power wise. Find out what the Massachusetts Legislature enacted on February 16, 1787 which was shocking. Learn whether or not Governor Bowdoin won reelection in April 1787. Understand the importance behind Number 4,000. Learn if in fact Daniel Shay’s received a pardon. Go behind the scenes and discover how end results got attained per outstanding hardships endured by Massachusetts’s Farmers. Decide if it’s fair to say that Shays’s Rebellion led many to question the legitimacy behind Articles of Confederation. Understand the importance behind Daniel Shays’s Gravestone from past to present.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Early Beginning Adjustments To Life In The Post Revolutionary War Era

    Early Beginning Adjustments To Life In The Post Revolutionary War Era
    Oct 13 2024
    Determine which document the 13 Colonies unanimously approved after ratification was completed come March 1, 1781. Discover how different the economy per towns within Central & Western Massachusetts were versus Eastern Massachusetts. Learn what practice many people engaged in within Central & Western Massachusetts as they lacked major assets. Agree if it’s fair to say that those in the west struggled when meeting demands imposed upon them beyond their control. Learn firsthand how Revolutionary War Veterans faced financial hardships prior to and after wars end. Get introduced to a Continental Army Officer whom resigned come early October 1780. Decide if it’s fair to say whether or not Massachusetts is no stranger regarding protest & turmoil during 18th Century. Understand importance of direct action. Get a timeline of what happens between late August into early September 1786. Learn firsthand how Benjamin Lincoln shared some of the dissidents concerns. Go behind the scenes and learn what Samuel Adams drew up resolution wise which insurgents considered unfair. Get to know Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin including how much pressure he was under by Fall 1786. Discover what Governor Bowdoin proposed in early January 1787 including whom he selected as military commander.

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    1 hr