I have a very strong passion for weather. It started when I wanted to know what to wear to kindergarten. Every morning I would watch our local weather channel then run up the stairs to get dressed. I still do that today! I watch the Weather Channel, my favorite weather station, in my mom’s bedroom before I come downstairs in the morning, just like when I was a little kid.
Now, 7 years later, I am progressing with my study in weather, but some things never change. I was in kindergarten 7 years ago. Now I am homeschooled. This makes it a bit easier to learn about weather. I have different opportunities than if I was in school. My plan is to intern at WSCU in western CT in January. I was also given the opportunity to work with the head of the meteorology program at WSCU. We will be doing a hurricane project.
I have done a lot on the study of weather. I took an online class right in the midst of the tornado outbreak in 2011. Ninth Ward, Dark Water Rising, Night of the Twisters and Escaping the Giant Wave are just a few of the the books I read and/or listened to. Hurricane tracking and tornado lapbook making are also some things that I did. I wrote to Stephanie Abrams from the Weather Channel. Unfortunately, I never got a reply. I would have loved it if she wrote back and said “Please come and meet me!” That would be a dream come true.
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This is me with Erika Grow when she worked
at News Channel 8. We were able to get
a tour of the weather station from her! |
The point of my blog is to document what I have learned. I will write about important things that are happening with the weather. For example one day I might do a post on the 10 day forecast in the major cities. The next day I might write about the latest update on Hurricane Sandy. I post about my interests in weather and hope you will follow along with me.