The Weather Channel’s Stephanie Abrams
What we’re talking about
- Stephanie Abrams grew up in Florida and the first time she considered a career in meteorology was after witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew’s impact to south Miami Dade County in 1992.
- Some of the most memorable storms she has covered in the past include Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Michael in 2018, and Hurricane Laura during the historic 2020 hurricane season.
- Another memorable event Stephanie covered for the Weather Channel was the 2017 Solar Eclipse in the U.S., her love of the sciences as a kid from participating in NASA’s science camp, and by chasing an eclipse with her dad culminated into an emotional event while witnessing the 2017 eclipse.
- Stephanie prefers the humid Florida summers to the cold and snowy winters in New York.
Transcript
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She’s one of the most recognizable TV meteorologists in the country. And if the weather is making news, the Weather Channel’s Stephanie Abrams is there. From hurricanes.
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And we’re not even in the eye of the wall guys. To a total eclipse. You can see the corona and you see the sun kind of spewing out.
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She doesn’t hide her love for covering the biggest weather stories. This is Disaster Recovery Roundtable. A platform to explore, engage, and educate the emergency management community.
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Our topics are timely and relevant. Intended to promote the exchange of ideas and best practices. Now, here’s your host, Greg Paget.
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We are so excited to have to the show, meteorologist Stephanie Abrams. Perhaps one of the most famous meteorologists in all of TV. With us from the Weather Channel.
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She’s host of AMHQ. Welcome to Disaster Recovery Roundtable. I am happy to be here.
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But do we have to tell it? We have to tell everyone how I got my start. And where I got. You will.
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Okay. I’m going to get you there for sure. I first wanted to just kind of set the tone for people.
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And find out about yourself and how you got started. What was the big thing that got you into meteorology? I think for a lot of meteorologists, there seems to be one big event. That really influenced them or pushed them into weather.
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And for me, that was Hurricane Andrew. I grew up in South Florida. And I remember as a kid, this hurricane coming.
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I was in West Palm Beach. Of course, it came much south of us. So we didn’t really have the effects of it.
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But I just remember seeing such destruction. And wondering how could wind and rain cause that much damage? It just blew my mind. And so that was one of the big influences that pushed me into weather.
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But I always loved math and science. I went to space camp as a kid. When I was a kid, you could go in Florida for like a day or something.
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And then I went to Huntsville for the full program there. And my dad took us to national parks. He had a telescope.
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I would soak in any type of science. I just loved it. I think I even saw you go back to space camp as an adult for covering it for the Weather Channel.
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Yes. And you could go as an adult. So everyone who’s like, oh, I wish I did that as a kid.
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You go as an adult. Go back and enjoy it. It’s fun.
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When did you realize you want to do TV meteorology? Well, what happened was, growing up, I liked all these different sciences. I wanted to be an astronaut, obviously, for a minute. I wanted to be a volcanologist for a minute.
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I wanted to be… I went to… There was a sea camp when I was a kid, also in elementary school. So I wanted to be some sort of marine biologist. So I wasn’t really sure.
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And I got to the University of Florida, go Gators. And I took all these different sciences. And one class that stuck with me was the meteorology class, because it kind of puts together physics, chemistry, ocean.
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It really brings together a lot of different sciences, which I loved. And then, of course, it explained why the sky was blue, or why in Florida it would rain on one side of the street and not the other, which always blew my mind. I was a kid.
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I was like, hang on. Why is it raining over there and not over there? I didn’t quite grasp that. And so that’s really how I got into meteorology.
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For television, listen, I never thought I was gonna be in TV. And I don’t know if you… Greg, there’s a story that goes along with this. I don’t know if Greg ever thought I was gonna be in TV, because I interned for Greg.
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And so what happened was, there’s a class in college that you can take where you do the news in college. And I did a bunch of internships, one, of course, with you. And I just never really thought I was gonna be in TV.
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I was raised primarily by my dad. So for anyone that’s listening that thinks they’re not good enough, I didn’t think I was like a TV type. I didn’t really… I wasn’t into hair and makeup and all that stuff.
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And I just was more into sports and outdoorsy things. And just… So anyone that’s listening that’s like, oh, that’s not a place where I belong. I just want them to know you belong wherever you wanna be, period.
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And so when I did these internships, I’m like, well, this is cool. Let’s give it a try. You never know.
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And so that’s kind of what got my interest, doing all the different internships and saying like, this is fun. I like this. Now, let’s talk about your co-host there on the show in the morning.
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You guys seem to have a great time presenting the weather. What is it about doing your job that you enjoy so much? Well, we’re all just passionate about it. And that’s the thing is Jim, Jen, and I, they’re my co-anchors, but everyone there, we’re all a big family.
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We all really like each other. And we’re all friends outside of work. You know, and so I think the fact that there is this central love of weather and meteorology at our core, and just that we all love each other and love the weather.
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It’s just a really nice place to work, to be in an environment like that, where everyone around you is passionate about the same thing. Stay with us. We’ll have more with the Weather Channel’s Stephanie Abrams.
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We’ll be right back. You’re listening to Disaster Recovery Roundtable, available on your favorite podcast provider and on our website at tidalbasingroup.com. And now back to your host, Greg Paget. Let’s talk about the 2020 hurricane season.
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Very historic. I thought it would never end. Who knows? There may still be a storm out there somewhere.
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What is it the most that you remember about this season? What’s so unique about it? It seemed, not all of them, but it felt like every storm was going to the same place. You know, there was a lot of comparisons to 2005. Now, 2005 was so memorable because there were so many massive storms.
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But they went to different places. There were many people affected. I mean, Louisiana, you know, record number of landfalls.
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And, you know, over to Florida getting affected so much. And even if it didn’t make landfall in that state, you got the surge from it on the east side of it. So I think that’s what was most memorable, and was that it just kept going right into the Gulf.
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And you were on one of those storms covering. I remember you were in just north of Pensacola, southern Alabama with the storm that was coming in. And just that one had a lot of rain with it.
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Also a lot of storm surge as well. But then you also covered Laura, I believe, right? Also on the coast of Louisiana. So I was in Lake Charles for Laura and in that eyewall.
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And it was brutal. It went for a while. And I always try to convey to people that even being in the eyewall of a Cat 1, you’re going to get damaged.
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And you’re going to see a lot of issues. So this was a Cat 4 eyewall. And it’s hard to describe any of these hurricanes.
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And that’s always been a real challenge going back. I’ve been at the Weather Channel now 17 and a half years. It’s such a challenge to try to express what you’re seeing, and what you’re feeling, and what you’re experiencing.
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Because there’s literally no words to describe what it feels like to be right in it there in Mother Nature’s path. And you mentioned that you’re in Atlanta. I’m in Atlanta as well.
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That’s home to the Weather Channel also. And we had Zeta come through this year. And a lot of folks, I think, were caught off guard just how much damage was caused by that weakening tropical storm that came through the Atlanta area.
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And that’s something else that we really try to harp on as much as we can is that these are not just coastal storms. These are inland events as well. And we really try to warn on that.
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Because so many people lose trees. Powers fall down. Power lines fall down.
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Listen, I remember, think about Michael, how far inland it went as a Category 1. Or even Charlie. I remember Charlie came in at four on the west coast of Florida. It was a two over Orlando and a one over Daytona.
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And there were cracks in Daytona. We got damage there. So we really try to emphasize as well saying, listen, this is not just a coastal thing.
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Flooding is the number one killer. There’s a lot of inland flooding, freshwater flooding. So people really need to always pay attention, even if they don’t live along the coast.
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Stay with us. When we come back, we’ll hear how the Weather Channel promotes safety first for its crews in the field. And Stephanie shares which hurricane forced her crew to flee for higher ground before landfall.
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We’ll be right back. You’re listening to our special coverage of Hurricane Season 2021. Now, here’s a preview of our next episode.
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We’ll be joined by Tidal Basin’s Director of Mitigation, Jacob Gray, to learn about the services available for recipients of FEMA’s BRIC funding. From hazard mitigation planning, grant and program management, project implementation to project closeout. And those services available if you’re interested in applying for the next round of funding.
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For this and other episodes of Disaster Recovery Roundtable, visit tidalbasingroup.com forward slash education. Now, back to your host, Greg Paget. When you’re out in the field covering a hurricane, what is it that you enjoy the most about that compared to like being in the studio? Yeah, I think that being in a storm, first of all, allows you to fully grasp what people are going through.
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So it makes me a better meteorologist so that I can articulate better what someone’s going to experience, what it’s going to feel like as best I can. And then also just being out there, obviously with the people that you’re trying to help makes a difference. Because, you know, they’ll come up and talk to you and, you know, ask for advice and whatnot.
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And so I think that when you’re going through something, and this is really in life, right? When you’re there with someone going, it’s just, it’s a different level of understanding and compassion that you’re able to have. Is there one particular live shot that you remember the most? From, I believe it was season four, where there was a piece of metal coming towards us, this long piece. And I was saying, watch out, watch out.
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I just saw the corner of my eye. And I mean, that really could have hurt somebody. And so that was memorable.
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And Laura, something hit glass above me and glass rained down on me. That was memorable when it comes to hurricanes. So, you know, moments like that when there’s debris and that’s when you know it’s time to go in.
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That when the debris starts, done and done. You do not mess with that at all. It’s definitely dangerous, but I know the Weather Channel takes so much precaution for you guys in the field to really protect the team.
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Absolutely. I mean, that is the number one priority. And they always say, and we’ve had these conversations, you know, if you’re not safe, leave.
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It’s no discussion. No one cares if you’re not safe, leave. And they will make sure that we’re high enough.
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If there’s a surge area, they’ll say, you can’t stay there. The surge is going to be too high, period. I mean, so safety at the Weather Channel is number one priority.
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I think it was Hurricane Michael. I saw you cover it, your coverage. And you were like, guys, we have to leave because we are in a very vulnerable place and it is just getting way too dangerous.
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So, and Michael, originally we were going to go to Mexico Beach and we ended up, I couldn’t find somewhere there I felt safe. So we found a house just to the east of there, Port St. Joe, and this house was up on a hill. So we were going to be fine when it came to the water, but we were literally across, like, it was beach, road, house.
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And this thing was coming in four or five. I was like, I’ve been in too many eyewalls. There’s no way I’m going to take the eyewall of this thing right on the beach.
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Like, that’s not safe. And it’s not just me. We have our whole crew, everybody else.
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And so, Jim, in fact, on the other morning, he’s like, Abrams, he could tell that I was uneasy and trying to, was processing everything. He’s like, Abrams, just come over here. Just come with us.
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We have rooms, just come over here. And so I did. And we went over Panama City Beach.
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And that’s what I mean, like having that love and camaraderie between all of us, we’re all really looking out for each other and genuinely care for each other. And that’s how we feel about our viewers too. And we were in this house and there was people that were letting us stay there.
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And I was like, you guys gotta go. Like, it’s not safe. So when you’re out there with people in the community, it’s just, it’s a different feeling.
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Was Michael like the worst you’ve ever seen from a hurricane? Michael was one of the worst. I mean, obviously Katrina, you know, in that 04 season. Jim and I were sitting there after Katrina and we both said, I feel like we’re on a movie set.
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Because there was the only way to describe it is that the destruction was so bad. Neither of us could even, I mean, you’re talking about a casino that’s been lift up, you know, and move floated and come down over here. And you can still see the air conditioning unit that it was attached to over there.
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It’s just, how can you even describe that to somebody? And we were just like, yeah, it looks like a movie set. Michael was the same way. What was interesting about Michael is, of course, Katrina was a three, Michael was a five.
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And it was shocking to see the type of damage from Michael as far also inland as we saw it. It looked like tornado damage, you know, though it was from a hurricane, but that’s just how strong the winds were. I was standing with a whole bunch of trains that were on a track that was tilted over, you know, from this thing.
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And just the trees and how they were all snapped. And, you know, these big concrete buildings and strip malls that looked like they were loaded. Those were powerful images, of course.
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Many of our listeners on our podcast are emergency managers. I know that you guys do a lot with the EM community. How important is it really to have that relationship with them? You know, it is.
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And it’s important for us to get information from that community out, right? I mean, we have this big voice when we have these storms. And so I think that it is a special relationship and unique and really important to have those lines of communication so that we can help, you know, everyone wants to help the people. We have that voice to get it out to a lot of people.
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And, you know, there’s a nice flow that was really good there. And, you know, on the ground, it’s nice to also know where everything is and where people are setting up and where people’s needs are because we run into people and they don’t have any water. And, you know, we try to help people out or know where stuff is.
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So I think it’s really important. So here’s the next thing I’d like to do is play a little game with you. We’re going to do word association so people can maybe get to know Stephanie a little bit better and to see what’s in that mind that’s going up there.
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Let’s say a word. And you just tell us the first thing that comes to mind, a couple of words, whatever. Jim Cantore.
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Passionate. I mean, Jim is like my big brother. He really is, feels like a big brother.
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And, you know, we haven’t done this in a while, but we used to go for runs and he is just the most passionate, energetic, who he is on TV. And I think that’s what I also love about the Weather Channel is everyone’s just so pure and authentic. So a lot of people say to me, oh, what’s Jim like in real life? And I’m like, he is exactly how you see him on TV.
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He is passionate, has energy that goes to the roof. Abrams, come on, we’ll go for a run. Abrams, let’s go.
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He’s, you know, takes off. I can’t keep up with him, which is fine. And I’ll see him up there.
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He’ll hit a bench and start doing, you know, jumps or pushups or whatever on the bench until I catch up with him. He’ll run from me a little bit and take off. So that’s the best way to describe him is that he’s just passionate, energetic, and truly himself.
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And he loves thundersnow. Loves thundersnow. He loves all things weather.
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I mean, you know, as we all do, but the thundersnow really takes him to the next level for sure. Okay, next one, Jen Carfagno. Jen Carfagno.
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I mean, literally one of the sweetest human beings you’ll ever meet in your entire life. She is, again, exactly how you see her on TV. She’s like a sister to me.
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I mean, we go hiking all the time together. We’re very, very close. But she is just one of those people that, you know, doesn’t have a bad thing to say about anything.
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She just sees the beauty and positivity in everything in life. And so from both of them, you know, I think that I love, you know, the differences that they have because I’ve learned so much from both of them in so many different ways. Here’s the next one, Al Roker.
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Oh, Al, he also is really one of the most kind, generous, caring, compassionate, funny people. I was, I feel so fortunate. I was able to work with him.
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And, you know, we’re still friends and whatnot. I mean, he’s just such a good guy. Again, who you see on TV.
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He is exactly that. He is just a real giving soul. And I’ve learned a lot from him also about leadership.
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And he’s also super positive and fun. Just all good. I’m so lucky.
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I feel like I’m so lucky to be surrounded by and working with such good people. And those are just the ones that you see on TV. I mean, there’s so many more behind the scenes.
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That are exactly the same. So I’m really, really lucky. The 2017 solar eclipse.
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Oh, when I cried. Yeah. It took me over.
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I gotta tell you this stuff. So backstory is my dad loves, like I said, math and science. When I was a young kid, he tried to see an eclipse.
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I went to sleepaway camp. I chose sleepaway camp over the eclipse. I was a kid, didn’t know any better.
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And he went to Hawaii and he’s like, oh, Hawaii’s always beautiful. I’ll have no problem. And literally right at totality, a cloud big, I guess I’m guessing cumulonimbus or some sort of cumulus cloud blocked his view.
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He was devastated. And so he took us in 99 because he was determined to see another eclipse. And I’ll make a really long story short.
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We ended up just driving around because the clouds were starting. He’s like, oh no, the clouds. It’s quite a moment.
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I have it on video. And we pulled into a gas station to pull over because it was nearing totality. And the name of the gas station was Total.
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And the eclipse hit. He’s like practically in tears. We’re all excited because dad got to see it.
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And we’re also seeing this incredible thing. In fact, I have a picture of it that I’m looking at right now from that one. And so people, you know, I have this backstory of my dad who’s so in love with the eclipse.
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And this time I was going on, I was going to be on a rain shadow on the east side of mountains on the west. And so I knew it was going to be crystal clear. When the fact that we’re on an earth, I don’t know if people think about this often.
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We’re on this planet that’s spinning or this itty bitty dot. And there’s all these huge other things happening around us. And how does it all line up perfectly? Give this beautiful moment.
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I mean, it just overtook me because I knew my dad was so excited about it. And, you know, the history of it. But it overwhelms you when you see something that is so out of reach.
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And I don’t want to say out of understanding. We understand it. But there’s all this stuff going on in the universe and around us that it just forever will blow my mind that a total eclipse happens.
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Stay with us. We’ll have more questions for Stephanie, including what’s her favorite type of weather and having received a degree from both of the state of Florida’s major universities. Does she claim to be a Gator or a Seminole? But before the break, let’s listen to that emotional weather channel coverage from that 2017 total solar eclipse.
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Oh, it’s emotional. I can’t explain why, but it is. Oh.
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We had tears. We had screams. We had fight fireworks during totality.
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But it just took my breath away, the whole thing. It’s really cool that it literally took our breath away for a while. So I’m so excited for everyone to experience this.
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And of course, you have to wear the glasses again now that we’re out of totality. But it got really dark down here. Just look how spectacular that is on the TV screen.
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The light is starting to come back to us now. Wow, that is something that’s really special. And we’re all really fortunate to be alive and where we are today so that we can see it.
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But that was really cool. I’m sorry. I don’t know why I’m so… Jim, I’m surprised by my reaction.
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You know, I did scream. I got excited. I don’t know why I’m so overwhelmed by it.
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But it’s very special. You’re listening to Disaster Recovery Roundtable, available on your favorite podcast provider and on our website at tidalbasinggroup.com. And now back to your host, Greg Paget. You’re a meteorologist.
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I’m sure you like all weather. But what’s your favorite type of weather? My favorite type of weather is probably like 70 and sunny. But if you’re talking about covering, I think snowstorms are the most fun to cover.
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Because no one really will get… If everyone stays off the roads and that sort of stuff, obviously, you can run into problems there. But truth is, if everyone stays home and there’s a big snow, it’s more times than not a fun thing. You know, obviously, I don’t want to blow off.
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There are some really bad storms and whatnot and everything. But nine times out of 10, if everyone stays safe and everything, they’re really fun to cover. When it is just puking snow, as we say, there’s nothing more fun when it’s coming down so heavy that you have no visibility.
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And I mean, that’s really fun to cover. I think a lot of you and your team there, in between live shots, have a lot of snowball fights, it sounds like. Snowball fights.
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And in fact, Jim and I, we have this weird tradition, because again, he’s so energetic. One time it was cold or something, he started doing push-ups and then we all started doing push-ups. And so it’s kind of turned into this thing when we’re covering winter weather and cold weather and everything, that we all end up doing push-ups somehow.
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Whether you’re in studio or in the field, I know there’s been times where I’m in the field and he’s in studio or vice versa, where I was like, oh, I’m doing my push-ups, get down, let’s do them. So they can be a lot of fun. What’s worse, summers in Florida or winters in New York City? See, that’s a really tough one.
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I love both in a different way. See, a lot of people, when you’re born and raised in that heat and humidity, it doesn’t really phase you when you’re not raised in it, right? Now, I would probably say the winters in New York because that cold just wears me out. I think it does everyone.
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Towards the end of the winter, it’s putting on the jacket and the hat and all that sort of stuff. So I would take heat and humidity actually any day. That’s probably my favorite weather would be the heat and humidity.
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I mean, ideally everyone wants like the perfect 70 degree and perfect humidity level, but I love the heat and humidity. It doesn’t really bother me. It does now that I’ve been out of it so long.
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I go to Florida and try to go running and I about pass out. And finally, are you a gator, a seminole or a wolverine? Ah, that’s a good question. I’m definitely a gator.
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I bleed orange and blue, go gators. The reason, Greg, you’re asking that is because my dad and my sister went to Michigan and I was going to go there because that’s all I knew was University of Michigan and I ended up at the University of Florida and I absolutely loved my four years there. And I think that’s what most people who have, you know, different degrees from schools, your first four years, right? Like that basic college experience and Florida won the football national title my freshman year and we went to the, our first basketball national title my senior year.
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So I had this awesome bookend too, but yeah, I bleed orange and blue. We’re so excited to have you. I know that your whole career has probably been shaped by that one internship you had.
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It was. 19 years ago with me at WPBF TV down in West Palm Beach, Florida, probably really set your stage. And look where we are today.
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Here you are on a national broadcast program on the Weather Channel and I’m here in my spare bedroom doing a podcast by myself. So, you know, we’ve really got this. What did you think? I mean, I was pretty bad.
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I mean, I think I was a good intern, but I was very nervous. You know, I would ask to practice when everyone would go to dinner and stuff and it’s really nerve wracking. What did you think of me at that age? Like this girl’s a joke or what? No, I just remember myself at that age too.
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And I was just, I from Atlanta tried to get on one of the TV stations in Atlanta and got turned down and was just so bummed about it because all I want to do is come in and just kind of learn the trade from people. So I kind of always told myself I would never treat an intern that way. You know, always give them the opportunity to learn as much as they possibly can.
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You never know one day they may be your boss, you know? So you always treat people the way you want to treat them. Yeah. I have a lot of memories from that internship.
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I, you know, I really, truly do count my blessings and pinch myself every day. Like, is this still real? Has it really been 17 years? And I know people that are our age, you know, you think we always think like, how has 27, what? How in the world has all that time passed? Yeah. So to be really living my dream job for all these years, I never take it for granted and I just constantly pinch myself and I feel very, very lucky.
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I’m sure you have some upper air data to go and analyze before you get ready for the show. So listen, thank you so much for being part of the Disaster Recovery Roundtable podcast. We really appreciate it.
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Yeah, thanks for having me. That’s Stephanie Abrams with The Weather Channel. You can find her and see her on AMHQ every morning, weekdays, Monday through Friday from 6 to 10 AM, along with Jim Cantore and all that great crew they have there.
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