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by ChipMahaney_FOX4 from DFW Area

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Storm Chaser's Dream?
Feb 23, 2007 | 9:41 AM
Category: Weather
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If I wasn't working at FOX 4 today, I'd be in western Oklahoma (or the eastern Texas panhandle) right about now, getting ready for tonight's big weather.  Chance of supercells forming in front of this squall line.  Any that do form could drop a tornado very quickly. 

The only drawback with today's setup is that the storms may not fire up until after dark.  That makes chasing even more dangerous, with a lower payoff probability for getting that great tornado photo or film.

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oldi read my blog view my photos
Feb 24, 2007 | 12:23 AM

Sometimes I wish that I had majored in meteorology instead of broadcasting. I don't know if I have the nerve to be a storm chaser.
I got out of broadcasting many years ago. I became an EMT and worked in EMS for a while. Then I went into law enforcement. I will problably be a paralegal after retirement.
I just wish that I wasn't too old to be a meteorologist. Do you get to do any storm chasing?
ChipMahaney_FOX4 read my blog view my photos
Feb 24, 2007 | 3:05 AM

Been a few times, but not in a few years. With my job here at FOX 4, I'm always inside when the action's outside.
KellerKowboy read my blog view my photos
Feb 24, 2007 | 11:21 AM

oldi, just do what I do...pretend to be one! :) I too love studying weather and meteorology and have a high degree of respect for the scientists conducting technical experiments and gathering data in and around (and sometimes right in the middle) of severe weather events. Their work can only enhance the warning process and, therefore, save lives.

I think maturity and life's experiences would go a long way toward making one a better meteorologist. Ya' can't beat experience.
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Howdy! First off, I'm not the FOX 4 traffic guy. That's Waggoner. I'm the "other Chip" and I’m the managing editor of this world’s-finest newsroom. One of my responsibilities is to manage this website, so I’d love to hear your comments. Outside of work, I’m on the board of directors of Radio Television News Directors Association, the leading organization of TV/radio/online journalists in the world. One of the Top 5 highlights of my life will come when the Texas Rangers win a World Series. My wife is also in TV News, and we've got two great kids. This photo is me in front of a mountain glacier at the Columbia Icefields in Alberta, Canada. How to tell Chip Waggoner and me apart? We're both good-looking, but he's a Frog and I'm a Mustang, and that's all you need to know about that!

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