#57 - Guest: James Spann - Code Red Day

In This Episode Guest: James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40 Birmingham Lightning Round: Alabama High or Low Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion: Is a unified weather communication message just a pipe dream? Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Our Guest James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL James is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL. In all, James has been a television weather anchor for over 36 years. Along the way he has worked for WSFA in Montgomery, KDFW in Dallas and two other stations in Birmingham. A multiple Emmy winner, James has received the two highest awards in the nation for a broadcast meteorologist. One is "Broadcaster of the Year" by the NWA, the other was the AMS “Award for Broadcast Meteorology”. A panelist on the Weather Brains podcast, James also earned his first ham radio license at the age of 14, and holds an extra class license. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesspann Twitter: @spann Snapchat: spannwx Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: www.TorndaoTitans.com Wx Resources Links Dina - METAR Data in Plain English Phil - AMS - Weather Safety for Venues and Events Weather Fools Links Phil – Sports Radio Host Dies After Getting Swept Away in Flood Brady - Soldiers Hospitalized after Lighting Strike Brady - Lightning Photo Dina - Surfer Eaten Alive by Monster Wave Submit your questions or comments about this show to [email protected] and we may read it on our next episode! Next episode (58), we’ll visit with popular Texas storm chaser and musician "Pecos Hank" Schyma! Credits Opening Music: Brett Epstein Closing Music: Gabe Cox