Fogbank, Sept. 19, 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

Since today's Fogbank is being recorded on International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I'll ask what part of a hurricane is a pirate's favorite?

Eye, Matey!

My first pick is a set of weather games & quizzes for kids

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/weather/Whandson2.html

Next up, a blogpost from the Capital Weather Gang, an alternative to the Weather Channel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/a-new-alternative-to-the-weather-channel---weather-nation-tv-interview-with-ceo-paul-douglas/2011/08/18/gIQAkvJcNJ_blog.html

My third pick is from Phil Plait, writer of the Bad Astronomy blog at Discover, has a post about a photo taken from the ISS of the Aurora Australis

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/15/the-hunter-the-station-and-the-southern-lights/

Fourth, from WAAY-TV in Huntsville, AL, a story about WeatherFest at UAH.

http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Weather-Enthusiasts-Gather-at-UA-Huntsville-for/aZXVcftE60-2axGw1-xRQA.cspx

I'll close with a story from NOAA Climate Services on heavy rainfall & flooding in the Northeast

http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2011/record-rains-floods-in-the-northeast

Thanks for listening

Skydaver, out!

Fogbank Audio