WeatherBrains 112: Focus on Atlanta Tornado
WeatherBrains Episode 112 is now online (March 17, 2008). This is THE netcast audio program for people who absolutely love everything weather.
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Josh Johnson, 
WXIA-TV in Atlanta, joins us to discuss the Friday evening tornado that struck downtown Atlanta. Josh was watching the Alabama-Mississippi State game like many others when he realized what was happening and headed for the station. He ended up being on air for much of the next day as another round of severe weather affected North Georgia and the Atlanta area.
Mailbag: And who even knows who will be handling the duties of EMO tonight? We certainly don’t. Our E-Mail Officer, Kevin Selle, falls down on the job AGAIN, but for a good reason since he’s dealing with severe weather. So James handles the mail bag, taking on feedback from listeners.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: From time to time we look at one of the big names in meteorology, and that’s what we have tonight. John Park Finley is a really big name in the early days of weather having been one of the first to try his hand at forecasting tornadoes in 1884. It was really hard to get all of his accomplishments in the allotted time so there are several links below for further review if you are interested.
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Web Sites from Episode 112:
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StormTrack Article on Finley (need to scroll down a bit)
James Spann again hosts the show with the usual collection of weather geeks for this look at the field of weather in the latest episode of WeatherBrains.
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