We have to take them all into account and just make the best forecast we can. But people do react to forecasts. Jefferson County school Superintendent Dr. Bobby Neighbors has to make an open or closing call, if there's even the slightest hint of transportation troubles. As a matter of fact, I've had that to happen before. You know, the weather can make you look so foolish.
Emergencies can happen there at any time.
So they're ready for them. Associate Executive Director of Hospital Administration Marilyn Henry is one of several UAB employees who coordinate winter weather plans. And the slightest mention of wintry weather in Alabama sends most people to one place. SFX At Piggly-Wiggly, Clairmont Avenue, Birmingham. The Clairmont Avenue Piggly Wiggly on Southside is a bustling place on a day of forecast ice or snow.