• Allays
• Appeases
• Assuages
• Beaufort-scale recordings
• Composes
• Eases one's anxiety
• Heads off hysteria
• Makes peaceful
• Mollifies
• Pacifies
• Placates
• Pre-storm lulls
• Puts at ease
• Puts Sam and Elsie at ease
• Quiet times
• Quiets
• Quiets down
• Sedates
• Settles
• Settles down
• Soothes
• Stills
• Storm preceders
• They come before storms
• They sometimes precede storms
• Tranquilizes