WPR Ep. 8 Ghost-Town Diner, Locust Plague & Live Pilot Signal

Storme probes a “perfect” Nevada ghost town, Stan tracks locusts and dust storms, Community Alerts roll in, an Emergency Channel rescue at Millstone—and a live pilot breaks radio silence.Episode description (expanded):Storme Craft opens with hard rules for ghost-town scavenging—timer traps, freezer gas, chalk marks, and clean call-ins for James—before diving into a Nevada diner that still smells like bacon and plays “Stayin’ Alive” at midnight. Stan reports angry locusts in Arizona, dust in Utah, and tremors near Yellowstone. Community Alerts flag silty wells, straggler drift through the Old Trolley Cut, a Runway Market swap window, and eye-irritation advisories. An Emergency Channel call requests a careful rope-assisted evac from the Millstone grain elevator catwalk ahead of a dust storm. Then the big hook: B’s crew restores an airport tower and hears a live pilot transmission—proof the sky isn’t empty. Log bearings, don’t chase lights, and route intel to James.Keywords: Wasteland Public Radio, post-apocalyptic podcast, ghost town safety, Nevada diner mystery, locust swarm, dust storm, community alerts, Emergency Channel, live pilot transmission, Stan Croft weather.Music: Josh Woodward- ThreadWritten, Directed, Edited by: ⁠J.Taylor "Boomer" Campbell⁠Storme Craft: ⁠Bree Croft⁠Stan Croft: ⁠Justin Telford⁠⁠Follow Us!⁠