{"id":10416,"date":"2023-07-06T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2023-07-06T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T21:45:15","slug":"weatherbrains-911-never-buy-a-rental-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10416","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 911: Never Buy A Rental Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 911\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb070523.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 911<\/a> is now online (July 5th, 2023). 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Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 2021 Ohio valley tornado outbreak (20:00)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0March 2008 Atlanta SEC tournament tornado (31:50)<\/li>\n<li>1983 Iron Bowl severe thunderstorm (41:00)<\/li>\n<li>Dangers of complacency in college sports and meteorology (48:00)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0STEM (01:03:00)<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with social media trolling and online vitriol in the meteorological community (01:17:45)<\/li>\n<li>Future of broadcast meteorology and the changing business model (01:33:00)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:46:55)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 911:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strongweather.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannah Strong Website<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weatherstrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannah Strong Weather<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/stem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, including Computer Science &#8211; US DOE<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\/diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hannah Strong &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/37970149\/lewis-hamilton-urges-protesters-avoid-track-british-gp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lewis Hamilton urges protesters to avoid track at British GP<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulMSmithphoto\/status\/1674008507094294529?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet of red sprite jellyfish over Oklahoma\/Kansas border<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/weather\/2023\/06\/this-is-weather-world-40-years-of-training-future-forecasters-at-penn-state-university.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Weather World\u2019: Penn State showers future forecasters with experience<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Neil Jacobs &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2023\/06\/28\/lightning-strikes-nebraska-pro-rodeo-cowboy-while-roping-killing-him-and-his-horse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro Rodeo Cowboy Was On His Horse With Rope In Hand When Lightning Struck And Killed Him<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/bams\/103\/6\/BAMS-D-21-0072.1.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rethinking Warning Compliance and Complacency by Examining How People Manage Risk and Vulnerability during Real-World Tornado Threats<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dhCJ18zzp-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1983 Iron Bowl<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. 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