The weather enterprise needs you. The Vortex-Southeast tornado research project has brought cutting-edge researchers and all their high-tech equipment to Alabama for the spring tornado season. But they need help from regular folks too. And they don’t have to stand in the path of a tornado to do it, either … Dr. Laura Myers, the director of the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, is leading the project and said input from Alabamians is essential. She is specifically looking for volunteers in north and central Alabama. “It’s going to make a huge difference, because in terms of the weather warning process we can improve the warning process if we know how people use the information,” she said. Sources: Al.com, Elk Valley Times (Fayetteville, Tennessee)