I am now back from the 34th Int’l Conf. on Radar Meteorology in Williamsburg, Virginia. Some neat stuff there. However, I have to brag on my school…of all the colleges and labs represented, including NCAR, NASA, Univ. of Oklahoma, etc., UAH had the most presentations of any institution there! Our atmospheric science [...]
Enjoying some great speakers at the annual Southeast Severe Storm Symposium this morning. The whole point of being here is learning from our colleagues in the science of meteorology, but we also come for the food. Some shots below from lunch yesterday at Perry Cafeteria on the MSU campus, and last night’s blow-out at Pap’s [...]
I have sent a couple of other blogs from the road, but this is a review with all the pictures from those blogs plus others in a slideshow. It was a nice trip. I was invited to speak at NSSL on research Kevin Knupp and I are doing on tornado interactions with waves, [...]
Day 2 in Norman was Monday, and I got to meet with a lot of fascinating people and see most of the National Weather Center. The highlights were the tour of Storm Prediction Center (SPC) by director Joe Schaeffer, and lunch at “The Flying Cow” restaurant with Chuck Doswell.
Pictures below. Today is a [...]
Long time readers are aware of my “Spann’s Best Way To The Bama Beaches” series here…
Thanks to Randy Coleman for this suggestion for a ride down to the Florida beaches on the roads less traveled…
“James, I know you enjoy finding and taking rural and unexplored routes to the beaches (particulary Gulf Shores and Orange Beach).
I [...]
The ABC 3340 Storm Chaser or a member of the ABC 3340 Storm Alert Team will be participating in several Christmas parades over the next couple of weeks. Here is a list of the known events as of this afternoon. Of course, there are a variety of Christmas events going on during this [...]
This is my first ever blog post for the “On The Road Category” James is the king of that. But I just gotta post this story about Moundville, near where I grew up, in the north edge of Hale County:
NATIONAL STORY ABOUT MOUNDVILLE
There is a great story about Moundville in the current edition of Guideposts [...]
I sure wish I was quick enough to take a picture of those four wild turkeys I saw today, along with a flying squirrel. But, here are some scenes on the roads less traveled today in Pickens and Greene Counties; I wandered through outposts like Benevola, Union, and Mantua…. on the way to Aliceville.
Can two fools take a small boat and make it through the massive lock at the Bankhead dam on the Warrior River? YES!
What a great day… thanks to Tim Coleman for allowing me to take a remarkable on his boat yesterday. This set shows our journey from Bluff Creek on the Mulberry fork all the [...]
Our Warrior River adventure is underway!
I am on Tim Coleman’s boat; we just came through the confluence of the Mulberry and Locust Forks. The most interesting part of the journey will be going through the Bankhead Lock.
I am amazed we have cell service out here; we will be passing Birmingport shortly…