The Cordle Fam

Hope you enjoy your special day! Love ya and miss yall!

Brenda

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! I wish I could be there with yall to celebrate!!!!

I LOVE YOU

We love you so much! Wish I were in Jackson to celebrate with y’all…enjoy your catfish!

As I’m sure many of you have heard, the great Braves broadcaster Skip Caray passed away yesterday. He’ll be missed by all those who knew him and listened to him broadcast. I had the pleasure of working with him a few times while I was with Braves Radio and it was always an adventure.

During my time at Braves Radio, I acquired a few outtakes. Here are my favorites…

Skip was known for his uncanny ability to know where fans were from…

Skip Loses it…

Several weeks later, Skip’s producer reminded him of that last intro just before they went on air with this one, and Skip loses it again…

Skip & Joe discuss Joe West…

Here’s a link to a great AJC article on Skip’s death.

So I had a rather interesting day at work yesterday.  I backed up to the athletic complex around 9am and proceeded to put a few trophys in my car.  Not just any trophys, though.  2 Heismans, the National Championship trophy from 1957, and the 2004 SEC Championship trophy.  My car’s never been worth so much.

After fighting off the urge to drive straight to an eBay dealer, I took the trophys to the lockerroom at the stadium.  We spent the better part of the day with them, shooting various shots we need for one of the football intro videos.

Quote of the day?  “Don’t tell anyone I accidentally spit on a Heisman.”

To the fam:  I love y’all…sorry I’m not going to be in Newnan this weekend!  Don’t have too much fun without me.

As you may know, I’ve dreamt about the idea of one day sailing around the world.  Well, as crazy as that may sound, even I wouldn’t consider rowing!  This lady from London rowed across the Atlantic a few years ago, and is currently half way between California and Hawaii.

The really cool thing, is that she’s been blogging and posting to her web site all along the way.  Check it out…

I’ve flown a good bit in the past 2 years, but yesterday had to be one of the most interesting travel days I’ve encountered. Never before have I been asked to evacuate an airport.

7:50pm- A few thousand people trying to go through 1 door to get to the evacuation area:

I’ll have to admit…at first, I resisted the evacuation. The lines to get to the tunnel beneath the concourse were so long, I found a seat that I thought would be safer. I wasn’t the only one–before long there were a dozen of us staked out in our corner of the concourse. Then I realized something.

Any time I hear about an evacuation situation, whether it be hurricane, flood or tornado, I never have much sympathy for those who don’t pay attention. So, I changed my mind, and decided to follow the crowd and head downstairs.

8:10pm- We finally make it down to the tunnel:

Naturally, by the time we finally got there, the threat of tornado was gone, and we were given the all-clear to go back up stairs.

This time, as it turned out, evacuation might not have been necessary. However, it was really good to know that there was a plan in place for this type of event. Most of the airport staff were very helpful, and there was never really any panic.

So, if you’re ever at the Cincinnati Airport for a tornado, you’re probably pretty safe. But, what if you were at a Braves game? Or an SEC football game? I think we all just assume that these places have a plan, but honestly, were would 92k people go if they were in Sanford Stadium? Or 87k at Jordan-Hare? It wouldn’t be pretty.

Hey everybody! How y’all been? Things are really picking up down here, getting ready for football season and all. I’m leaving tomorrow for 4 days at corporate hq in South Dakota. Found this the other day, and thought y’all might enjoy it…

I found some more pictures that someone had posted on the website