The skies were clear and calm above Athens on Monday, but that didn’t stop about two dozen University of Georgia students from learning a bit about tracking hurricanes and tornadoes. Students in a weather processes class taught by UGA geography professor Marshall Shepherd gathered Monday afternoon around a huge truck rig idled in a UGA Intramural Fields parking lot. On a platform behind the rig, a radar dish steadily rotated, beaming and receiving radar waves, scanning the skies above Athens for wind and rain. Type of News/Audience:
