Climate change, industry, parks, air and water quality are issues that are debated in congress, compete for funding and enpassion many Minnesotans.
July 17, 1986 - MPR’s Mark Steil looks back to the month of July in 1936, when Minnesota suffered through an oppressive heat wave. Steil interviews residents in southern Minnesota that endured the extreme temperatures.
August 8, 1986 - MPR’s Mark Steil reports on massive hailstorm that pounded farmland in Lincoln County. Steil interviews famers about the damage from softball-sized hail.
November 11, 1986 - MPR’s Loren Omoto talks with William H. Hull, author of “All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard.” Hull details the time period and recollections of those that lived through the storm.
March 15, 1987 - Bruce Watson, consulting meteorologist in the Twin Cities, discusses various topics, including tornados, weather patterns, and meteors. Watson also answered listener questions.
July 24, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews meteorologist James Campbell about the storm that parked over the Twin Cities, bringing torrential rain and a tornado. Campbell describes it as a 100-year event.
July 24, 1987 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on a tornado that touched down in Maple Grove during the July 23rd rainstorm that encompassed the Twin Cities. Smith interviews residents and the Maple Grove police chief.
July 24, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews meteorologist Bruce Watson about what created the conditions for the massive amount of rain that fell on the Twin Cities on July 23, 1987. Watson describes the intensity of rain in six-hour period as something that happens about every 5-10,000 years.
August 22, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Ron Willis, deputy meteorologist-in-charge of the Twin Cities National Weather Service office discusses late summer weather, thunderstorms, and possible outlook for the fall. Willis also answers listener questions.
January 25, 1988 - Mainstreet Radio's Leif Enger interviews northern Minnesotan farmer Floyd Cartwright and others about weather “prophesying.”
June 7, 1988 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on the troubling conditions facing farmers as drought conditions set in across many areas of the state. Meersman interviews farmers and officials about the potential impact.