- 100 Biggest Weather Moments
infobox television |
show_name = 100 Biggest Weather Moments
caption = 100 Biggest Weather Moments' title screen
format = Documentary
runtime = approx. 1 hour per episode
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starring = Host:Harry Connick, Jr. Other: Various celebrity commentaries, The Weather Channel's on-air meteorologists
country = USA
network = The Weather Channel
first_aired =April 15 ,2007
last_aired =April 19 ,2007
num_episodes = 5
website = http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/100biggest/
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tv_com_id = |"100 Biggest Weather Moments" is a 2007 five-part miniseries on The Weather Channel, that
premiere d onApril 15 th and aired nightly through Thursday, April 19, and is the biggest documentary effort in The Weather Channel’s 25-year history. [ [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070419005069&newsLang=en The Weather Channel Unveils Number One Weather Moment: Global Warming] ,Business Wire ,April 19 ,2007 ]The series is hosted by
Harry Connick, Jr. and counts down the topweather -related events with commentary from various celebrities. The collection of weather moments is the work of more than 120 meteorologists [ [http://nab.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=125329 Big ‘Moments’ In Forecast - BroadcastNewsroom ] ] .Episode Details
Weather Moments
Episode # 1
:100.
The Snow Plow Game [http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/100biggest/] :99. Stradivarius violins:98. 1993 Midwest Flooding:97. Blowing in the wind:96.Sunglasses :95. The hygrometer:94. Paris Wine Tasting:93. Golfball dimples:92. 1978 Blizzard:91. Singular snowflakes:90. Weather insurance:89.Punxsutawney Phil :88.Ice skates :87. The Battle of Dunkirk:86.Saffir-Simpson scale :85.Catalytic converter :84. Shackleton's antarctic exploration:83. Macintosh /Gore-Tex :82. Iceberg sinks the Titanic:81. Desert Storm:80. Long Island Express:79. Saving Dr. Nielsen:78. The umbrellaEpisode # 2
:77. Invention of the snowboard:76. Rainy spring in Ireland:75. Buddy Holly plane crash:74. The Serum Run:73. NYC Blackout 1977:72. Personal Severe Weather Notification:71.
Joanne Simpson :70.Solar Power :69.1979 Cotton Bowl :68. 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa /The Scream :67. Weather Balloon Transforms History:66. Fossett's Balloon Adventure:65. European heat wave 2003:64.Operation Eagle Claw :63. Naming of hurricanes:62.Hurricane Andrew :61. Hollywood becomes film capitol:60. The Anemometer:59. Battle of the Bulge:58. Eruption of Mt.Tambora:57.Poor Richard's Almanac :56. Perfect StormEpisode # 3
:55. Wizard of Oz tornado:54. First tornado forecast:53. Domed Stadiums / Astroturf:52.
Silent Spring :51. The Ice Bowl:50. Sun's relationship to earth:49.Battle of Long Island :48. Labor Day Hurricane:47. The Fujita scale:46. WWII and the jet stream:45.Peshtigo Fire :44. Speed and the wind tunnel:43. El Niño of the century:42. Hitler's march on Moscow:41. First cloud classification:40.Johnstown Flood :39.Hurricane Mitch :38. Hurricane hunters:37.Tree rings ,ice cores andfossils :36.Rossby waves :35. The ozone hole:34. First TV WeatherEpisode # 4
:33. First Winter Olympics:32.
Antifreeze :31. Storm chasers:30. Tri-State Tornado, 1925:29. Bob Beamon's Long Jump:28. Windshield wiper:27. The Challenger explosion:26. 1993 Superstorm:25. The Weather Channel:24.Boston Massacre :23. The barometer:22. Creation of the EPA:21. Allergy index:20. Doppler radar:19. Galveston Hurricane:18.Microburst s:17. Dust Bowl era:16. Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock:15. Bangladesh arises from disaster:14.Live Aid :13. The second atomic bombEpisode # 5
:12. Franklin Flies a Kite:11.
UV Index :10. 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak:9. Flooding of 1927:8. Invention of the thermometer:7.Supercomputers :6.Air conditioning :5. Amazing Grace:4. First weather satellite:3. The D-Day invasion:2.Hurricane Katrina :1.Global warming
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Promotion
Previews of the mini series were shown at a virtual "weather island" created by the Weather Channel, in the virtual world "
The Weather Channel donated $75,000 to
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References
External links
* [http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/100biggest/ "100 Biggest Weather Moments"]
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