Episodes
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
#40 - Holiday Weather Gift Ideas - It's Just My Face
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
In This Episode
- Jess and Jen Event Services present EXCLUSIVE Storm Front Freaks Podcast drink recipes to our co-hosts.
- Holiday Weather Gift Review and Give-away Extravaganza
- Dan Wallace of Weather Pro Shop
- Lightning Round: Holiday Family Feud
- Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Model Forecasting
- Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment
- Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations
- Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions
- What’s on our next show?
Jess and Jen Event Bartender Services
- Flood Water
- 1 oz Chambord
- 1 oz Frangelico
- 1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liquor
- 1 shot espresso
- Squeeze of chocolate syrup
- ¼ oz half and half
- Put all ingredients in mixing tin and shake until chill. Strain into martini glass.
- Blizzard
- 2 oz Malibu Coconut Rum
- ½ oz Blue Curacao
- Pineapple Juice
- Pour liquor over ice then top off the remainder of the glass with pineapple juice.
- Kim’s Screen Share
- 2 strawberries
- 2 raspberries
- 2 basil leaves
- ½ oz simple syrup
- 1 ½ oz raspberry vodka
- Sprite
- Muddle fruit, basil and simple syrup. Add vodka. Shake with ice and pour all ingredients into a tall glass. Top off the remainder of the glass with Sprite.
- MJ’s Storm Spotter
- 1 ½ oz Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
- 2 oz apple cider
- ½ oz lemon juice
- Sprite (optional)
- Put spiced rum, cider and lemon juice in mixing tin and shake with ice. Strain into martini glass. Top with splash of Sprite (optional). Could also be served over ice or hot.
- Mazz’s One Liner
- 2 oz Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
- root beer
- Pour liquor over ice. Top off remaining glass with root beer. Tall or short glass depending on preference.
Weather Gifts Reviewed
- Eton/American Red Cross FRX3+ Multi-Powered Weather Alert Radio EatonCorp.com
- Eton FRX5-BT Weather Alert Radio with Bluetooth EatonCorp.com
- Scientific Explorer Wacky Weird Weather Kit AlexBrands.com
- GPX WR182R Weather Radio and Flashlight GPX.com
- Sangean CL-100 Table Top Hazard Alert Radio Sangean.com
- Sangean MMR-88 Emergency Alert Radio Sangean.com
- Scientific Explorer Insta-Glow Snow AlexBrand.com
- Ideal Sno-Buddy Yeti AlexBrands.com
- GPX FR335B Weather Radio with Flashlight and Lantern GPX.com
- Scientific Explorer Tornado Maker AlexBrands.com
- Backyard Explorer Storm Chaser Mobile Weather Pod AlexBrands.com
Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: www.TorndaoTitans.com
WxResources Links
Dina: NOAA Probability Ice Forecast
Kim: NOAA National Snow Analysis
Phil: Mike Olbinski Monsoon IV Film
Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com and we may read it on our next episode!
Next episode (41), we’re talking with Storm Chaser/Photographer and Creator of StormHighway.com, Dan Robinson of St. Louis.
Credits
Opening and Closing Music: Andrew Slotta
Saturday Nov 04, 2017
#39 - Guest: John Gordon - Batting 1.000
Saturday Nov 04, 2017
Saturday Nov 04, 2017
In This Episode
- Guest: John Gordon, Meteorologist-In-Charge NWS-Louisville and former Hurricane Hunter.
- Lightning Round: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-Louisville Slugger Edition
- Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: 3 Tips to Improve Photography
- The team discusses the increase in flood deaths and decrease in almost all other natural hazard deaths over the last 30 years.
- Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment
- Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations
- Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions
- What’s on our next show?
Our Guest
John Gordon, Meteorologist-In-Charge NWS-Louisville and former Hurricane Hunter.
A 22-year NWS veteran, Gordon has held a variety of forecast and management positions in Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri and Tennessee. From beginnings as a meteorologist intern at the forecast office in Jackson, Miss., Gordon worked his way through forecasting and management positions with increasing responsibilities. He is also an aircrew meteorologist and mission director for Hurricane Hunter aircraft as a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Gordon earned his bachelor’s degree in meteorology from Park College of St. Louis University in 1986 and earned a master’s in teaching of geosciences at Mississippi State University in 2002. After spending a year at the Jackson office, Gordon served as a journeyman forecaster at the Springfield, Mo., office from 1994 to 1998, when he was selected as a lead forecaster at the Nashville, Tenn., forecast office. He served as meteorologist-in-charge of the Huntsville, Ala., office beginning in 2002, where he led the spin-up of the new forecast office until reporting to Louisville.
Gordon served in the U.S. Air Force from 1986 to 1992, serving as a Wing Weather Officer at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., from 1986 to 1990 and as Team Chief at the European Forecast Unit in Germany from 1990 to 1992. As a member of the Air Force Reserve since 1993, Gordon serves as a flight meteorologist with the Air Force Hurricane Hunters out of Keesler AFB, Miss. Gordon flew six missions into the Category 4 hurricanes Frances and Ivan in 2004 and has made more than 90 hurricane-penetrating flights since 1995.
Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: www.TorndaoTitans.com
WxResources Links
- Chris: SPC New HREF Model
- Kim: Breaking911 Nature on Twitter
- Brady: AviationWeather.gov ADDS METARs
- John: WKU's White Squirrel Weather
- John: Valparaiso University Meteorology
Weather Fools Links
Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com and we may read it on our next episode!
Next episode (40), we’re setting you up with a holiday wish list. We’ll be reviewing and giving-away weather products from Eton, Sangean, GPX, Alex Brands and WeatherProShop.com. Also, we’ll share some great weather-themed drink recipes for the holidays!
Credits
Opening and Closing Music: Andrew Slotta