Fogbank for August 22, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC, skydaver on twitter. Send me your picks for the Fogbank.

You can find all my picks, and a link for this audio, at my blog, skydaver.blogspot.com

My first pick is from Universe Today, a photo of a solar pillar
http://www.universetoday.com/88234/astrophoto-solar-pillar-by-rick-stankiewicz/

Second, the COMET program at MetEd has another new module in the Volcanic Ash series
 "Impacts to Aviation, Climate, Maritime Operations and Society".
You do have to create a login at MetEd, but that's free.
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/volcanic_ash/impacts

Third, a New York Times article on Forensic Meteorology
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/nyregion/forensic-meteorologists-provide-expert-testimony.html?_r=2

Finally, two articles on the Indiana State Fair stage collapse
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/August-2011/The-Indiana-State-Fair-Stage-Collapse-Why-Regulations-and-Meteorology-Matter/
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-meteorologist-author-says-indiana-state-fair-stage-collapse-was-a-needless-tragedy-20110816,0,3336799.column

Thanks for listening,
Skydaver out!

The audio for this Fogbank

p.s. I don't sneak picks to JB, I email them, and include the Weatherbrains on the email.
p.p.s I think this will take you to my Google+ page