Local broadcaster and historian Feliks Banel explores our region’s darkest weather days and most infamous storms. With archival photos, radio, and TV clips, Banel takes us back in time to hear stories of those who survived some of the worst Pacific Northwest weather in recorded history.
Further, Banel explores how these storms can revive our shared humanity. Frightening weather can bind communities together to share resources, commiserate, and protect each other. Participants are encouraged to share their own memories of how they survive being snowed in, washed out, or left without power in the wake of a big storm—and why we remember those moments for the rest of our lives.
Feliks Banel is a writer and producer, and serves as editor of COLUMBIA, the quarterly magazine of the Washington State Historical Society. He has been a host and contributor for KIRO Radio on matters of Northwest history and culture for many years; he created the history series This NOT Just In for KUOW Public Radio; and he produces documentaries for the Seattle Channel.
Banel lives in Seattle.
Upcoming Events
- When
- 7:00 pm, Tuesday,
February 18, 2020 - Where
- St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
6800 Eastside Drive NE
Tacoma, WA 98422 United States
- When
- 11:00 am, Saturday,
February 22, 2020 - Where
- Greater Maple Valley Community Center
22010 SE 248th St.
Maple Valley, WA 98038 United States
- When
- 1:00 pm, Sunday,
March 8, 2020 - Where
- Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center
27130 102nd Ave NW
Stanwood, WA 98292 United States
Learn More
For more information on how to book a speaker, please contact Hannah Schwendeman at (206) 682-1770 x101 or by email.