When Weather Changed History
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| When Weather Changed History | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Towers Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Weather Channel |
| Release | January 6, 2008 – February 25, 2009 |
When Weather Changed History is an American documentary television series that aired on The Weather Channel from January 6, 2008, to February 25, 2009. It chronicles major events in history and the effect weather had on them.[1]
Program History
[edit]When Weather Changed History premiered on January 6, 2008, with the first episode focusing on the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The series premiered with record high ratings for its first season of 10 episodes. As a result, a second season consisting of 14 episodes was ordered. Season 2 premiered on October 5, 2008.
The last episode of When Weather Changed History aired on February 25, 2009. Currently reruns can be seen, however, the current fate of the program is unknown at this time. In December 2010, The Weather Channel aired a week's worth of Viewer's Choice episodes at 8 p.m. ET.
TWC launched a similar series, Weather That Changed the World, on June 9, 2013. The show will cover three stories that had appeared on When Weather Changed History - the Challenger tragedy, the Hindenburg, and the Titanic. In addition, the killer smog that hit Donora, Pennsylvania in 1948 - which had been covered on When Weather Changed History - was also covered, along with the 1952 smog that hit London, England.
Episode list
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | January 6, 2008 | March 23, 2008 | |
| 2 | 14 | October 5, 2008 | February 25, 2009 | |
Season 1 (2008)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Challenger Disaster" | January 6, 2008 |
| 2 | 2 | "Battle of the Bulge" | January 13, 2008 |
| 3 | 3 | "Air Florida Potomac Crash" | January 20, 2008 |
| 4 | 4 | "Operation Eagle Claw" | January 27, 2008 |
| 5 | 5 | "Rescue from the South Pole" | February 10, 2008 |
| 6 | 6 | "Dunkirk" | February 28, 2008 |
| 7 | 7 | "Delta 191 Crash" | March 2, 2008 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Great Mississippi Flood" | March 9, 2008 |
| 9 | 9 | "Coast Guard Rescue" | March 16, 2008 |
| 10 | 10 | "Race to Nome" | March 23, 2008 |
Season 2 (2008–09)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Galveston Hurricane" | October 5, 2008 |
| 12 | 2 | "The Great Chicago Fire" | October 12, 2008 |
| 13 | 3 | "Titanic" | October 19, 2008 |
| 14 | 4 | "Hindenburg" | October 26, 2008 |
| 15 | 5 | "Killer Smog" | November 2, 2008 |
| 16 | 6 | "Dust Bowl" | November 30, 2008 |
| 17 | 7 | "D-Day" | December 7, 2008 |
| 18 | 8 | "Drowning the Heartland (Iowa flood of 2008)" | December 14, 2008 |
| 19 | 9 | "Nagasaki" | January 4, 2009 |
| 20 | 10 | "Hurricane Katrina" | January 12, 2009 |
| 21 | 11 | "Deadly Heat (Chicago, IL 1995)" | January 18, 2009 |
| 22 | 12 | "Washington's Weather" | January 25, 2009 |
| 23 | 13 | "Greentown (May 2007 tornado outbreak)" | February 22, 2009 |
| 24 | 14 | "1974 Super Outbreak" | February 25, 2009 |
References
[edit]- ^ Drimmer, Stephanie (2019). National Geographic Kids Ultimate Weatherpedia: The Most Complete Weather Reference Ever. National Geographic Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-4263-3543-3.