Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️

A different kind of ⛈️ chaser. Storm & response historian. Author of 2 forthcoming books about the #1936Flood & #HurricaneAgnes (1972). Other acct: @Bilder_CEM

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

We're a little over 1 yr into researching & writing the 1st installment of a 2-book series on the 1936 Flood & Hurricane Agnes (1972). Someone in the📚business advised me to create an account (separate from @Bilder_CEM) to keep ppl updated on progress by @Jacob_Feuer & I 🧵👇

[John Banghoff @JohnBanghoff]

This one has @Chasing36and72 written all over it!

Heck of a rain event yesterday, especially since there was no influence from a tropical system.

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

@mikestanislaw We could still see the lightning from Lansdale when it was solidly on the other side of the Delaware.

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

At the Susquehanna NHA Riverfest, waiting for the commemoration of the Wrightsville Bridge Burning 🔥 during the Gettysburg Campaign 🇺🇸

Long Live our Grand Republic!🇺🇸

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

🎶“I may be rough I may be wild I may be tough & countrified But I can’t give up my good old rough & rowdy ways”🎶
Been listening to this Jimmie Rodgers song a lot tonight. A prophetic tribute to #KyleBusch 70 yrs b4 #RowdyNation Cc @jeff_gluck
https://t.co/dmPUDlOH94

[Emergency Management Group Inc. @EmergMgt]

Fascinating presentation on the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane by @Chasing36and72 at the @NatHurricaneCon

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

A couple yrs ago I connected w/ a descendant of George E. Gore - one of the journalists whose footage is included in this newsreel. She has been very helpful w/ my book on the overall #1936Flood, which will highlight the remarkable story of the “the 2nd Johnstown Flood.”

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

90 years ago today…
#1936Flood
#Pittsburgh #Pennsylvania

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

How many compounding factors do you see in this newsreel 🎥 about the #1936Flood? The events depicted happened 90 yrs ago this week. The compounding nature of the flood & the historic winter of 1935/36 that led to it will be a major theme in my book 📕🌊

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

https://t.co/u378Bwog0W

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @PittsburghPG]

90 years after St. Patrick’s Day flood swallowed Pittsburgh, lessons still shape the region https://t.co/EV53payTQF

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

Look who made the front page of the @PittsburghPG 📰👀

It was an honor to be interviewed about the 90th anniv of the #1936Flood. @NWSPittsburgh also heavily contributed to the article. Link to the web version in the comments.

I’ll post more on the 90th anniv this week.

[NWS Pittsburgh @NWSPittsburgh]

History made at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with a 66 mph wind gust!

It's officially the 4th strongest wind gust on record that wasn't caused by a thunderstorm. For comparison, the top gust ever was 83 mph (July 10, 1992) from a thunderstorm.

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

Tragically, Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica last October as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, deserves retirement. At least 95 people in the Caribbean & South FL lost their lives (both directly & indirectly). The record books speak to Melissa’s horrific intensity. /end

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

🌀Hurricane History News📰Melissa is the 100th name to be retired in the Atlantic. Melissa first became an option in 2007 as part of “List V” (ie the 5th of 6 lists in the 6-yr rotation of names). Melissa replaced Michelle, which was retired after the 2001 season. More in🧵👇1/4

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

#HurricaneMelissa was the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica. Now that 'Melissa' has been retired, @MetserviceJA's Evan Thompson, said, "Jamaica would not have liked to constantly recount the trauma that was visited on us in 2025.”
📰https://t.co/vyFwpVRs4u

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

As @BMcNoldy has noted on other platforms, Melissa’s retirement means List V is now the record holder for most number of retired names since the official naming convention was adopted in 1979. Here's his blog post. 3/4 https://t.co/oZw4tF5MMJ

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

@NateWardle @NWSStateCollege Same thing happened at my house far to your east, around 10 last night. Long-lasting thunder that even shook the house.

[NWS Jackson MS @NWSJacksonMS]

Even 60 years later, we are trying to learn more about this tornado and pin down the specific path it traveled. If you or someone you know has accounts from this tornado, we would love to hear from you.

[Mark Sudduth @hurricanetrack]

Upon further review, Melissa was stronger than we thought.

[Mike Bilder - Historian & Author ⛈️🦺⛑️ @Chasing36and72]

One of the protagonists of my book on the #1936Flood was related to Jimmy Stewart by marriage.

[American Meteorological Society @ametsoc]

Could weather have shaped the outcome of Gettysburg? A meteorologist–historian team investigates.

Read the AMS Headlines interview to learn how science is reshaping our understanding of the past: https://t.co/cQv2T4YRTv