A personal question.

[Mezocyclone]

I'll be 49 in a couple of months and just shy of my 8th birthday my Dad took me and my older brother out in the eye of Hurricane Cleo in 1964.. The eye wall was incredible.. Like a verticle wall of darkness just swirling about the sky... We lived in a suburb of Miami at the time and the front side of the storm had taken down a 30 foot Ficus tree in our front yard,,, The quiet of the eye was what caught me and I have been tracking storms ever since... 41 years of Hurricanes....

[27-80]

49 and tracking storms for since 1999, when we moved to SoFla

[floridahurricaneguy]

Well I am 16 and have always loved severe weather and tropical weather but just since last summer when I learned a lot and became extremely into it.

Matt

[senorpepr]

A'ight...

I'm 23 and have been following tropical cyclones since 1995. (This being my 11th year.) Out of those 11 seasons, only nine months were spent in a cyclone-prone area: Mississippi. I originally started my passion of tropical cyclones back when I was in Missouri, I was following Hurricane Erin. Regardless, I've been actively watching the weather (including winter storms and thunderstorms/tornadoes) for 18 years. As for operational forecasting... five years for places all over the globe.

[kmanWX]

I will be 20 years old in October I have been tracking local storms since 1993 when we had the blizzard of 1993. I have found that science is a very interesting and a extremely intriguing subject to learn about.

[T-man]

I'm 48 years old, and have tracked hurricanes since the late 60's(hurricane Betsy).

[P.K.]

20, and I've been following tropical cyclones properly (All basins not just the Atlantic) for a year now although I did take an interest in them before.

[angelwing]

I'm 44 and started tracking hurricanes in 1972, when Hurricane Agnes hit Philly, so about 33 years or so

[Jim Cantore]

15 years old this is my tenth full season (I started late in 1995)

[Jim Cantore]

And by the time I die I could have 80 years of study under my belt

[Astro_man92]

I'll be 49 in a couple of months and just shy of my 8th birthday my Dad took me and my older brother out in the eye of Hurricane Cleo in 1964.. The eye wall was incredible.. Like a verticle wall of darkness just swirling about the sky... We lived in a suburb of Miami at the time and the front side of the storm had taken down a 30 foot Ficus tree in our front yard,,, The quiet of the eye was what caught me and I have been tracking storms ever since... 41 years of Hurricanes....

that is an amazing avatar

oh and that must have been cool, scary, amazing, surprising. I guess it was one of those "you had to be there" kind of events

[Astro_man92]

This thread should be stickyed

[HurricaneGirl]

I'm 40 years old and have been tracking since 1992.

[Ivanhater]

I'm 40 years old and have been tracking since 1992.

well jacksonville is one of the safest place to live in florida when it comes to tropical weather, i dont think there has ever been a direct landfall there, could be wrong

[Derek Ortt]

OK, OK, I'll include my personal info

22 yeard old. Tracking since 1993. And by tracking, I mean basically sacrificing spending any time with friends to do so, could I could learn (basically, my life has been trop met for a long time, I just now get paid for it). Didn't start posting on any boards until I was in college (and started to learn the dynamics of these systems).

For the kids, this how I'd suggest going about your pre-learning phase. Spend 100% of your free time on this, at the expense of your friends even, and listen to what the mets are saying. trust me from experience, this method works

[BonesXL]

I am 39, been tracking after Andrew.

[Astro_man92]

When is the next update???

[Frank2]

50 and 45 years, in that order (Hurricane Donna (1960) was my first experience, and what an experience that was - I can still remember it!).

Frank

[M_0331]

56, watching storms since Hazel hit sc/nc line in the early 50's, really
started closely watching when I moved in Wilmington, NC in 1973. NC
people really follow storms, feel very high tension up there. Since transfer back to Charleston SC in 1990 just after HUGO, less tension but people are gun shy due to HUGO. But got the cane fever after living in NC. I feel that cane watch in high now, from my many years on cane watch I see a real change of cane danger starting to occur.
I don't post often but I think this site is the best one.
Eddie

[Astro_man92]

56, watching storms since Hazel hit sc/nc line in the early 50's, really
started closely watching when I moved in Wilmington, NC in 1973. NC
people really follow storms, feel very high tension up there. Since transfer back to Charleston SC in 1990 just after HUGO, less tension but people are gun shy due to HUGO. But got the cane fever after living in NC. I feel that cane watch in high now, from my many years on cane watch I see a real change of cane danger starting to occur.
I don't post often but I think this site is the best one.
Eddie

Nice avatar