WeatherBrains Episode 57

| February 27, 2007 @ 6:42 am | 3 Replies

An all new edition of our weekly 30 minute netcast is available on the web, and on iTunes…

In this week’s Episode:

-“They like to be green” — Reaction to Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth winning an Academy Award from Patrick J. Michaels, a Senior Fellow of Cato Institute and from members of the WeatherBrains crew;

-Sellout success: James Spann and Brian Peters report big response to an Alabama project to make alarm-equipped Weather Radios available to the public at a low price;

-From dust to blue sky: Kevin Selle provides a pictorial update of how much Texas weather can change in just 24 hours on the WeatherBrains website;

-Keeping warm in the cold: How do manufacturers test the winter jackets you wear to make sure they’ll stand up to the cold? Kevin hooks up with L. L. Bean to find out;

-This Week in Weather History: Bill Murray tells the tragic story of the Spokane Express, a train whose passengers were doomed because of a massive winter storm;

-Talking computers: What happens when David Black gets some mischievous ideas when he finds a website that turns text into voice? Nobody is safe…

Join James Spann, Kevin Selle, Brian Peters, Bill Murray, J.B. Elliott and David Black…

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James Spann is one of the most recognized and trusted television meteorologists in the industry. He holds the AMS CCM designation and television seals from the AMS and NWA. He is a past winner of the Broadcast Meteorologist of the Year from both professional organizations.

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