Storm Coverage
For the past few days, while all of us at News13 have been tracking the tropical activity in the Gulf, Bree and I have been reminiscing about what brought us to Florida, and to our career in general.
The answer: storm coverage.
I know we’re interested in politics and law, and of course the beaches are unbeatable, but nothing can compare to the sense of urgency and excitement of impending weather.
Not that we’d ever want anything bad to happen, but there’s something about having to change my scripts 2 minutes before going live tonight because of weather updates, and pulling together as a team to make sure everything is covered just in case.
Today’s tropical depression was the first severe weather I’ve covered.
Bree finally got to do her live-shot out at the beach, and I went live with some tips on how to stay prepared.
It’s all a learning experience for me, I never paid attention to the details of pending storms-how they change from sub-tropical depressions to depressions to tropical storms and then hurricanes.
In D.C, we just take a look out the window and if it’s raining it’s raining, and if there’s a hurricane we know something’s gone completely wrong.
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I was born and raised just outside the nation's capital in northern Virginia, and recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major of Broadcast Journalism and minor in International Relations. I studied abroad for a while in Italy and also traveled to Shanghai, China for a journalism class. During college I worked at CBS6 in Richmond, VA as well as FOX5 in Washington D.C. I'm glad to be in sunny Florida and look forward to making Panama City my home for the next few years...
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