People who live in north Alabama’s Lawrence County spent the weekend cleaning up in the wake of last week’s killer tornado … and it appears that many folks are experiencing a change in thinking about severe weather. Rex Free is an amateur radio operator (KN4CI) who has been active in the North Alabama Skywarn Network […]
Here are some more photos of the damage from the 2/5/08 tornado that plowed across Lawrence Co. in north Alabama. All photos were taken by Rex Free, a resident of Moulton, who says the tornado missed his home by about two miles. Quoting Rex: “Yesterday, Margaret and I spent the better part of 8 hours […]
Imagine taking a nap in a heavy, king sized bed, only to suddenly find the bed swaying back and forth. Dreaming? Nope. David Black, my father, says he experienced that very sensation during the second of two earthquakes that struck along the coast of Chile today. The earthquake, centered about 70 miles northwest of Santiago, […]
Those of us living in Alabama aren’t the only folks wishing for rain. Check out these shots I took around North Carolina’s Fontana Lake and Dam, over the weekend: Although the water level in Fontana Reservior can vary by around 50 feet in a normal year, the lake level here is 10 feet below winter […]
You may or may not recognize his name, but John Coleman, the first weather anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America, is considered the father of The Weather Channel. Despite people telling him he was nuts for having the idea, Coleman started the network in 1982 and spent one year, helping build it into the nation’s […]
Howdy, folks! Look out — we’ve turned another Episode loose … check it out! WeatherBrains Episode 80 is now online (August 6, 2007). The netcast audio program for people who love weather can be found at www.weatherbrains.com. In this week’s Episode: Is it really Breaking News? Is there too much hype in the weather business, […]
The latest episode of WeatherBrains is online… Click here to go straight to the WeatherBrains website… In this week’s Episode: Vulnerable Valley: We look at South Texas’ Rio Grande River Valley, a part of the U.S. coastline authorities fear could be “the next New Orleans†if a major hurricane strikes; WeatherBrains 101: Professor Peters gives […]
I was clueless, not to mention, sleepy. Why would my wife be trying to wake me up at 4 a.m. Tuesday, telling me I needed to get a shower, get dressed and be ready to head out the door for a 5:30 a.m. rendezvous in Homewood I know absolutely nothing about? “Be sure to bring […]
The latest episode of WeatherBrainsis online… Click here to go straight to the WeatherBrains website… In this week’s Episode: The Deadly Sizzler: Looking back at the heatwave of 1980, one definitely for the record books; Remembering early TV weather coverage: Flashing light bulbs on studio maps … and weather anchors who could write backwards on […]
The latest episode of WeatherBrains is online… Click here to go straight to the WeatherBrains website… In this week’s Episode: A WeatherBrains Extra: Low Down Radar … Newer doesn’t necessarily mean bigger and more powerful. The next generation of weather radar is actually smaller and less powerful than present day systems. But what it lacks […]
Look out … get ready! The latest episode of WeatherBrains is online… Click here to go straight to the WeatherBrains website… This week’s Episode is sort of like a weather buffet (there’s something for everyone): A WeatherBrains Extra: GOES-R. What will the next generation weather satellite have aboard, and what will this mean for our […]
An all new episode of our weekly 30 minute netcast, WeatherBrains, is available on the web and on iTunes… In this week’s Episode: – Hurricanes galore? Famed tropical expert Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University believes this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be a busy one, and shares the predictions he and associate Phil […]
An all new episode of our weekly 30 minute netcast, WeatherBrains, is available on the web and on iTunes… In this week’s Episode: – “Heatbursts†— Ted Ryan, Forecaster at the National Weather Service Office in Fort Worth, TX, talks with Kevin Selle about a product of a thunderstorm that can sometimes be felt 100 […]
An all new episode of our weekly 30 minute netcast, WeatherBrains, is available on the web and on iTunes… In this week’s Episode: – “Smart Balloons†— The next generation of weather balloons not only gather data, but they know where they are, and can control their own flight. Kevin Selle talks with Randy Johnson, […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
