WeatherBrains 402: Tornado from the Past

WeatherBrains Episode 402 is now online (October 7, 2013). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the author of Out of the Blue, a fantastic book about the F5 tornado that struck Tracy, MN, on June 13, 1968, killing 9 and injuring 125. Scott Thoma was a Sports Reporter and a Sports Editor at a Minnesota daily newspaper for over thirty years. He lives in Willmar, MN.

Tonight’s Guest Panelist stumbled into TV at WSFA-TV in Montgomery in 1982 and started doing weekend weather. He worked in Tallahassee, FL, and Austin, TX, and spent the last last 8 years of his weather career at WTVY-TV in Dothan, AL. Connor Vernon broke the surly bonds of weather and is now the Executive Director of the Dothan Area Botanical Gardens.

Also joining us from the palatial suite at ABC 3340 will be Ricky Matthews, a meteorology student from UNCC.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners even after missing last week.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: Weather folklore and catchy phrases about the weather are always interesting. Tonight’s 101 episode is about the glass falling low or high and what you can do with your kite!!

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of October 7th. Featured is the hurricane season of 1780.

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Web Sites from Episode 402:

Out of the Blue

Tracy, MN, Tornado Memorial

Picks of the Week:

JB Elliott – WeatherNation

Nate Johnson – New Views of Sandy

Ricky Matthews – GOES-13 Rapid Scan southern California fire

Bill Murray – Weather Online from the UK

Brian Peters – Cryptic Message in Forecast Discussion

James Spann – Aurora Borealis from Canada

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Yankee Foliage

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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