The London Tornado of 1091 (Episode 1, Remastered)

Our first episode is all about the monster tornado that hit London in 1091. You'll learn all about TORRO Scale Zero, how stormchasers in the US memorialized Bill Paxton, the Benedictine historians Florence and William, the safest part of St. Mary-le-Bow Church in Cheapside, how much a Norman helmet weighed, and what medieval London (probably) smelled like. 

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Sources for this episode include:

"Extreme Weather: Forty Years of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)", Doe, R. K., 2015

Torro.org.UK

Guinnessworldrecords.org

"Tornadoes in Medieval Britian", Rowe, M. W. The Journal of Meterology, September 1975

 "Work of the devil : Tornadoes of the British Isles to 1660" , Rowe, M. W. The Journal of Meterology, October 1999

"Tornado Outbreaks in Europe", Tijssen, L., 2015

"The Story of the British and their Weather"  Nobbs, P. , 2016

Note - 2/13/22 - I went back and remastered the audio - it sounds a lot better now! -Greg