“The best climate change documentary I’ve ever seen.” That’s what Jeff Masters wrote about Weather Under Fire in Yale Climate Connections, and I’m still trying to find the words for how much that means to me. Jeff co-founded Weather Underground and flew into hurricanes with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, and I grew up reading his work as a weather geek, so hearing that from him is something I am blown away by. I may be the one on the film poster, but this film is much bigger than my story. It’s about the meteorologists across the country who are being threatened and silenced for explaining the science, and about the cuts to the National Weather Service that leave all of us less safe. It’s also about what happens to a nation when the people trying to warn us about extreme weather are pushed out. The film is complete - what’s left are the final touches. We’re raising this last bit of money now, because keeping Weather Under Fire independently funded has been a goal from the start so that we never had to give up our editorial independence. If you’d like to help get it over the finish line, contributions are tax-deductible: donate.mazloweb.com/donate/t… This Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 PM ET (4:30 PM PT, 6:30 PM CT), director Sarah Gibson, Jeff and I are hosting a 30-minute Zoom. We’ll share clips from the film and take your questions live, and Jeff will close with a preview of what the strengthening Super El Niño could mean for California this winter. To get your invite, RSVP at [email protected] Please share/pass along!