00:07 - It means a long and continuous history of meteorological curiosity

00:12 - documented weather and climate discussions date back

00:14 - to the pennsylvania gazette and poor richard's almanac

00:18 - two publications managed by ben for shanklin

00:20 - arguably america's first meteorologist and

00:23 - also my namesake which I am very grateful for

00:26 - that's what it means to me.

00:29 - Celebrate two hundred and fifty years of history

00:32 - watch more at pc and select dot com.