It wasn’t the typical kind of Alabama snow day. Not by a long shot. What many expected to be a minor winter weather event with a dusting of snow suddenly turned chaotic on Jan. 28, 2014, as snow fell, melted on roads and then refroze, paralyzing most major thoroughfares and stranding thousands in central Alabama. […]
Birmingham’s successful grab of the 2021 World Games is largely the result of one man’s curiosity after a sports excursion with his wife and a friend. When Scott Myers traveled to the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, his only intention was to enjoy the sporting event. He ended up with much more. “We took […]
How Teen Drivers Judge Distance, Location and Speed Teens see the world differently than adults. The challenge of driving among other cars requires the brain to do more than 100 complex visual-spatial calculations a minute. Teen brains aren’t quite there yet. They haven’t fully developed the ability to accurately judge location, distance or speed. Teen […]