What Made You Interested With Weather/Meteorology

[TexasStooge]

Severe weather. 'Nuff said.

[NEWeatherguy]

My uncle, who unfortunately passed away January 26, 2006, at 44 years, was who got me interested in weather. He would always get excited when severe weather was forecast and sometimes would act like severe weather was forecast. "Big storms tonight," he would say even though the weather was nowhere close to getting active. That was when I was old enough to make simple sentences (3 or 4 years old). Plus, I got real interested in the thunderstorms that shook me out of bed at 1 a.m.! (OK, I was scared.......but...) Things built on from there.

[pojo]

My dad used to watch TWC religiously... and outside playing in the snow growing up. Now I fly with the Hurricane Hunters.... that's the best adrenline wx kick I can find!!!

[MSRobi911]

Living in a Hurricane prone area!

Mary

[azsnowman]

I used to spend my summers on my grandpa's farm in the Pan Handle of Texas when I was but a wee lad...we'd sit on the front porch, the smoke from his pipe would swirl my head and the THUNDERSTORMS We could see them coming MILES away...the towering heads, the lightning starting in those heads, the still of the air just before they'd hit, the smell of rain on the Plains, the swirling wall cloud, the clouds turning GREEN, the hail, the wind and ultimately...a TORNADO, yeah....that's when I became a weather NERD

[angelwing]

My older brother...he used to draw weather maps in his high school copy books (he's 10 years older than me)and used to tell me about them when I was little and I found it fascinating!

[isobar]

On May 8, 1979, I was in high school in Tampa, FL. T-storms trained for about 16 hours.

Result: 10 tornadoes just in Hillsborough county alone. (mostly F0,F1), 14" rain, continuous/uninterrupted 13 hr tornado warning (not watch).

Outside of tropical wx, I've never seen such an isolated, continuous onslaught. It seeded a lifelong interest (OBSESSION) and thirst for knowledge.

When others complain about the weather, I can enjoy even the most boring nimbostratus day, just knowing the cause and effect. Besides, someone on the planet must be having storms. With the internet, I can enjoy watching theirs too!

[MSRobi911]

azsnowman

Was that cherry blend in his pipe??? I loved to smell my PawPaws pipe!!

Mary

(had to add the d to love...he passed quite a long time ago)