31st Conference on Broadcast Meteorology

Session 1: American Weather History

Tuesday, 25 June 2002: 9:50 AM-1:30 PM
Papers:
  9:50 AM
1.1
From Sailing Ships to the Internet
George A. Winterling, WJXT TV, Jacksonville, FL

  10:05 AM
1.2
How the weather affected key events during the American Revolution
Elliot Abrams, Accuweather, Inc., State College, PA

  10:20 AM
1.3
A look at the "Saxby Gale" of October 1869
Joseph M. Rao, Cablevision/News 12 Westchester, Yonkers, NY

  10:35 AM
1.4
THE Storm of the Century: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI

  11:05 AM
1.6
History of commercial sector weather innovation
Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg

  11:20 AM
1.7
Hurricane Andrew—10 Years Later
Bryan Norcross, WFOR/CBS-TV, Miami, FL

  11:35 AM
1.8
Virgina's Early Weather History: "Postcasting" Conditions Prior to the Official Records
Dennis Blanton, Center for Archaeological Research, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

  11:50 AM
1.9
  12:05 PM
Coffee Break

  12:30 PM
Lunch Break