{"id":307,"date":"2009-06-22T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=307"},"modified":"2009-06-22T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T03:58:00","slug":"weatherbrains-178-sports-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 178: Sports Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 176\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/audio\/wb062209.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 176<\/a> is now online (June 22, 2009).  If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> netcast audio program for you!<\/p>\n<a id='wpaudio-69fd308098a2a' class='wpaudio wpaudio-readid3' href='http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/audio\/wb062209.mp3'>wb062209.mp3<\/a>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Our guest is Craig Mattox of the Southeastern Conference.\u00a0 He is the Tournament Director for  the annual SEC Basketball Tournament.\u00a0 He also handles game management issues  with the 12 member institutions of the conference.\u00a0\u00a0 Craig discussed the Atlanta  tornado of March 14, 2008 that hit the Georgia Dome during the middle of a  quarterfinal basketball matchup between Alabama and Mississippi State.\u00a0 He  talked about changes in emergency plans at the different schools for sports  events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We also had Josh Johnson, morning meteorologist for WSFA \u2013  Channel 12 in Montgomery, on the show.\u00a0 He set the meteorological stage for the  Atlanta tornado and gave a local perspective since he worked at Channel 11 in  Atlanta then.<\/p>\n<p>Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/nsstc.uah.edu\/aosc\/lawn_garden1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Lawn and Garden Index<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nsstc.uah.edu\/aosc\/lawn_garden_se.html\" target=\"_blank\">Southeastern Lawn and Garden Index<\/a><span class=\"booktitle\"> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicaffairsbooks.com\/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin\/display?book=9781586485153\" target=\"_blank\">Island in a Storm<\/a> book.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srh.noaa.gov\/rfcshare\/\" target=\"_blank\">NWS Precipitation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh Johnson &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherquest.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weatherquest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Selle &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=18\" target=\"_blank\">Episode 62 &#8211; Heatbursts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join James Spann, JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Brian Peters as they come together for another fascinating netcast about the weather.<\/p>\n<p>We love to hear from you! To leave a recorded message, call <strong>1-888-247-8627<\/strong>. Some calls may be used in future episodes. Also, feel free to post comments to the site and drop us an email at email at (at symbol) weatherbrains dot com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeatherBrains Episode 176 is now online (June 22, 2009). 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