The Wind from Eden: Montana Weather Stories is produced by the Acoustic Atlas at the Montana State University Library: https://acousticatlas.org. The series looks at how weather has shaped the history, culture, and literature of Central Montana. It is brought to you by the MSU Library’s Ivan Doig archive with support from Humanities Montana. Original music for the series was provided by Flynn Cohen at flynncohen.net. Audio from Ivan Doig’s books English Creek and This House of Sky was provided by Recorded Books, Inc. and Highbridge Audio. The banner image on this site, "Meagher County, Montana" by J. Stephen Conn, is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ 83372564@N00/3866726886. The series kicked off on February 22, 2021.
Episodes
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
The area along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front is known for its relentless wind, including a phenomenon known as a "Chinook," or "snow eater." We interview a meteorologist to help us understand what causes a Chinook and hear why Ivan Doig referred to Chinooks as "the wind from Eden.”
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