If you watched News 2 on Sunday afternoon or evening, or if you stopped by the blog, you know we had several tornado warnings for Middle Tennessee as Rita’s remnants pushed through. As always, Lisa did a fantastic job covering the tornado warnings as severe weather threatened the mid-state. There were several more tornado warnings to our south in Mississippi and Alabama on Sunday, where numerous tornadoes touched down. Watch un-edited video from ABC 33/40 in Birmingham as they track a twister on the ground from their Tuscaloosa tower camera. As meteorologists we’re always our own biggest critics, but I will say that I respect ABC 33/40’s chief meteorologist James Spann as much as anyone in the business.
If you don’t normally stop by Neil Orne’s morning blog, you should mosey on over this morning to read his thoughts on covering Hurricane Rita. I’m biased, but I think the fact that News 2 sent a crew of four down to Louisiana to cover Rita speaks volumes about our commitment to covering the devastation that’s happened along the Gulf coast this year. We could have easily aired packages from network reporters like all of the other stations across the country, but the stories our crew filed were a notch above the rest and well worth their effort. Neil, Todd, Alex and Boyd: great job!
