TV Meteorologist Gets Death Threats After Station Cuts Into Masters Coverage

By Associated Engineering Press

An Atlanta meteorologist says she received death threats Sunday after her station cut into the Masters coverage to warn viewers of tornado threats … Dr. Laura Myers, director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama, can relate. “I’m a huge Masters fan and was watching Saturday” when Alabama stations began coverage of the tornadoes there, Myers said. “I knew it was going to make people mad.” Sources: Weather.com, PJ Media, ClickOrlando.com, NBC 10 (Roanoke, Virginia)

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.

Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Posted on: April 16, 2019    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features: