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Former Chief Meteorologist, now retired, where everyday is Saturday, Father of 6 from 6 years old to 30 something. What do you do?

Cape Coral, FL
Joined April 2009
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BREAKING: The FTC just banned non-compete agreements, per MorePerfectUnion. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scenario, and voiding nearly all existing noncompetes.
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Satellite images offer insight into a storm's intensity. #Landsat 8 passed over Hurricane Ian’s eye as it approached southwest Florida. The eye of a hurricane is a circular zone of fair weather at the storm’s center, surrounded by an eyewall of the strongest winds.
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#Zeta is forecast to make landfall as #hurricane along northern Gulf Coast tomorrow. If it does so, it will be 6th continental US landfalling hurricane this year, tying 2020 with 1886 and 1985 for most continental US landfalling hurricanes in a single Atlantic season on record.
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NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Storm Kyle, located over the western Atlantic Ocean, at 5 pm EDT (2100 UTC).
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Record heat in Naples today. 94 is the hottest temperature Naples has hit this month so far.
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If you think "climate change" is about climate, it's not. It's about global taxation to be spent by IMF bureaucrats and others. New taxes on U.S. would be about $200 billion. Get out your checkbooks. By the way, C02 is not pollution. You exhale it all day. imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fan…
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Beautiful day !
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PEAK OF HURRICANE SEASON 🌀 Today, September 10th. However roughly 60% of the average Atlantic storm activity remains. Right now the WINK Weather Team is tracking Gabrielle (no issue) and 3 areas of interest throughout the Atlantic. #swfl #flwx
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This photo was taken from my back yard in Port Charlotte Village tonight (Aug 6) at 9:00 PM, I don't know how common it is, but a very tall cloud is casting a shadow over some lower clouds. The effect is quite striking.
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*rare sighting* All 6 @winknews meteorologists in one room. @JimTFarrell @ScottZWINK @MattDevittWINK @ZachMalochWX @BrittanyVWINK
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Table of 10 strongest continental US landfalling #hurricanes on record as ranked by maximum sustained wind. #Michael ranks 4th with sustained winds of 135 knots (155 mph) at landfall.
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Here's what being a Supreme Court justice is like: cnb.cx/2uCsTIz
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Remnants Of #Isaac Advisory 31: Noaa Hurricane Hunter Plane Indicates Isaac Has Dissipated. go.usa.gov/W3H
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Hurricane Florence @ midnight 9.13.18 Pungo River is raging across Belhaven, NC Stay safe y’all! – at North Carolina, USA
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NEW: #Hurricane #Florence has made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 AM EDT (1115 UTC) with estimated maximum winds of 90 mph (150 km/h), and a minimum central pressure estimate of 958 mb (28.29"). hurricanes.gov
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Take a quick glance at experimental radar storm total from #Lane. Some areas on windward Big Island saw over 3 FEET of rain. #hiwx
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On this date in 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in south Florida as a Category 5 #hurricane. One of only three Category 5 hurricanes to hit the continental US on record. Andrew caused >40 fatalities in Florida and ~$48 billion in damage (2018 USD).
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UPDATE: #Lane is officially a dangerous category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160mph. Lane is only one of two category 5 hurricanes to pass within 350 miles of the state according to database records. The last was Hurricane John in 1994. #hiwx
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JUST IN: July 2018 was the 4th warmest July on record for the globe, per @NOAANCEIclimate bit.ly/2nQ9UGT #StateOfClimate
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