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Why is Ian so Unpredictable?

Why is Ian so much more unpredictable than past storms? It’s not.

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September is National Preparedness Month

Are you and your family ready for unexpected disasters or emergencies? In correlation with National Preparedness Month in September, here are a few tips to help you plan and prepare.

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The Peak of Hurricane Season

If you live in a hurricane-prone area, don’t breathe a sigh of relief quite yet. The decline past the peak to the season’s end is a slow one, not steep.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #1 GO OUT ON TOP

Not everyone gets to leave a job on their own terms. Some are pushed out, fired, downsized, furloughed, or even given a hiatus due to an unforeseen global pandemic. I recognize how rare it is to exit a great job and career by choice, and I did not take it for granted.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #2 SLEEP IS NOT OVERRATED

More than half of my 25-year TV weather career was spent on a morning news shift. Waking up in the middle of the night is not normal. It’s a big reason why I needed to walk away when no other hours were an option.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #3 IT TAKES A VILLAGE

The phrase “It takes a village” is so very true. There is no way I could have sustained a long-term, successful career without a team of people in my corner.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #4 CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE

Writing children’s books about weather renewed my passion for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education in schools and provided personal fulfillment knowing a child might learn from my experiences. When that opportunity was taken away, I knew it was time to leave my TV job.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #5 LEAPING INTO THE UNKNOWN

After spending years honing specific expertise on a certain path, it’s hard to see there is anything else out there. And that is when you start to feel “stuck” in your job.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: # 6 WEATHER HYPE

There are meteorologists across the country (and not just on TV) who love to blow things out of proportion. Fear sells. A quick scan through Facebook during a hurricane shines a spotlight on it pretty quickly.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #7 PLAYING NICE IN THE SANDBOX

In order to work in one career (and one workplace) for many years, you have to get along with all kinds of people.

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About Amy

About Amy

Amy Sweezey is an award-winning Broadcast Meteorologist, children's book author, and mom of 3. It Never, Ever Snows In Florida is Amy’s first fiction story which tells of AJ, who lives in Florida and has never seen snow. Her second nonfiction book, Let’s Talk Weather, TV Forecasting: Behind the Scenes, explains the science behind the forecast and the tools Amy uses for predicting weather changes.

Amy lives in Central Florida with her family.

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