Savage Skies (1996)
Synopsis
With respect and wonder and a sense of poetry, “Savage Skies” looks at the Earth’s weather.
First Air Date: 1996-05-06
Last Air Date: 1996-05-07
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 4
Networks: PBS
Top Cast
- Al Roker as Himself/Host
Seasons
Season 1 (1996)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Fire and Rain
This episode provides a lyrical if sobering look at rain and clouds, including interviews with survivors of flash floods that struck Lynmouth, England, in 1952 and Big Thompson Canyon, Colo., in 1976.
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Ep. 2: Riders on the Storm
This episode explores the staggering power of tornadoes and lightning - and travels with “storm chasers” on the hunt for a tornado.
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Ep. 3: Monsters of the Deep
This episode starts with the ocean, then introduces its ferocious offspring, hurricanes. Of particular interest: Hurricane Andrew, which struck several Miami suburbs with full force in 1992.
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Ep. 4: The Winter’s Tale
This episode poses the question, What is snow?, as well as visiting the residents of Oimyakon, the world’s coldest inhabited village, a Siberian settlement where pens won’t write (the ink freezes solid) and milk is sold in frozen blocks.
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