When: March 7th @ 7:00PM
Where: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Who: Skot Covert - Meteorologist & 3x Emmy Award Winning Journalist @ THV11
The only way to get data from a hurricane is by plane. They then take the data and tell people where it might go. The difference between watch and warning: watch is might happen, warning will happen
Weather and climate aren't the same. Weather is short term, climate is long term. Bad weather comes in different ways: tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves, etc.
Along the gulf coast, there are constant hurricanes and an unofficial spectrum, called the Waffle House spectrum. The bad hurricanes mean the Waffle House is closed, and decent hurricanes means that they have a limited menu.
The meteorologist wakes up at 2 am and starts the weather at 4:30 am! “March 31st I was working… as a very violent tornado went through downtown Little Rock. I will never forget that day” was his reply to what was the scariest storm he encountered. What he did that day saved many lives. He should be proud of himself.
He wanted to do this job because he was just in love with weather and storms since he was a kid. Starting at just a local news station.
The thing he loves about his job is that it always changes. The weather, obviously, changes a lot but so does his job. “It is always a fun challenge that changes so often.”
“The more and more I watched the more I learned. The more I learned the more I was curious.” That's what he said as a reply to what inspired you to do your job.
The coolest thing he has done on the job was fly into a hurricane to collect data.
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