Warnings Book Photo Contest

Sorry I've been so busy this week and haven't been able to blog,folks! Back in April, I posted a review of a book that wasn't even published yet. Since then "Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather" by Mike Smith, CEO of WeatherData, an AccuWeather company, has been making the rounds in the meteorological community. Until March 8, he's having a contest where you can qualify to win weather-related prizes by sending in a photo of you reading the book, via email or the Warnings Facebook Page.

A couple people have taken the opportunity to showcase the book at famous weather locations, which is poignant because the book is about how lives have been saved through the advancement of weather forecasting. For example the above poignant photo which is captioned: "Mike Smith's "Warnings" in front of the memorial plaque to the 11 children killed when their school imploded during the infamous 1925 Tri-state tornado that ripped through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana."

Here's another of my favorites:

"Kevin Lavin and Fred Stewart, two retired Air Force meteorologists like "Warnings." The bar is a block inland from the Gulf and the sign behind them marks the high water mark from Hurricane Opal."

And finally: I don't think anyone is going to beat Stephanie for the highest elevation that Mike's book has ever been photographed!

Will you like this book? If you liked weather enough to read this blog, you're going to be blown away by this book (find out how to purchase here), which chronicles the history of the weather business, the U.S. warning system, and weather disasters. Among other unique trivia tidbits, you'll find out how and why the first Tornado Warning was issued, and why radar colors go from green to red.

I'll throw my hat in the ring with a J-CAM shot, but since I work for AccuWeather, if I should happen to win, I'll give the prizes away to AccuWeather.com Facebook fans.