August 14, 2004
Jim Cantore
I like Cantore, but I suppose you have to be a Weather Channel freak to know who I'm talking about.
I think most people like Jim. He gets in the eye of the storm, and is obviously pissed when the deployment goes south, i.e. the storm takes a wrong turn.
How bad does it suck to be in Myrtle Beach when the hurricanum hits Cape Fear instead? These are eventualties the normal talking head doesn't have to deal with. When their Evildoer gets shot outside the bank he generally stays shot, and on site. It takes a real person to get marginalized on a moment's notice, they say.
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Posted by: Sarah at September 6, 2004 10:24 PMI like Jim Cantore because he can be funny at times, but when he needs to be serious, you know he will be. He's funny, but he doesn't get goofy when he is on camera.
Posted by: Sydney Fishman at September 13, 2004 10:02 PMDear Mr.Cantore,
My name is Amanda Prinz. I was wondering if you could come to my school in your spare time. I'm learning about weather and I was wondering if you could teach my classmates and me about the weather and the hurricane thats going on right now. I live in Santa Clara County in California.I live in Morgan Hill(located out side of San Jose).The street I live on is called Torrey Ct. My addres is 17225 Torrey Ct.Please E-mail me back as soon as you get this message. You are the reason I want't to be a Meteorologist.Well thats all. See ya!
Sincerely,
Amanda Prinz
P.S. You'r the only Meteorologist that I like!
Dear Jim Cantore,
I LOVE you! I watch you every night and your special reports. I have been looking up to you for years. I even have your photo from the Weather Channel biography framed in an 8x10. I would love to be a meterologist just like you! Everybody makes fun of me for liking you so much, so how cool would it be if you could show them that you know what you're talking about and that you're not a "quak." It would mean so much to me if you replied to this message.
Jill Hartmann
Mr. Cantore,
Thank you for all you do. I live in NC. I love the weather, and you are my favorite meteorologist. I named my fish after you! His name is Jim, but we call him Jimmy. What colleges are good for studying weather? Have a great day!
I LOVE JIM CANTORE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM MUCH LATELY WHAT GIVES???????????
Posted by: paul at January 29, 2005 8:08 PMI always liked Mr. Cantore and his style, but eh, another face on TV that I will never get to meet.
Well, that all changed on February 10th. I met him while he was on location in Concord, N.H.
What a nice person. He didn't bark commands, or demand thibgs. He was very polite and respectful, and it is obvious he lives, sleeps, breathes, and dreams about weather.
His cameraman, Ed, was very nice too. Just as polite and respectful as Jim is.
Jason
Is Jim Cantore married?
Posted by: cappie at March 20, 2005 9:05 PMI think Jim Cantore is adorable...is he married, I noticed last year, he did have a ring on and it is not on his finger this year....would love to know how to write to him....and would really love to meet him....yes I am single.....is he?
Posted by: Joyce at July 9, 2005 2:48 PMJim-
Thank You so much for your dedication to your job. You and your live updates really helped us out during Dennis. I appreciate you and all you do for the viewing audience and your fans.
Thanks again from your number 1 fan.
Karla
Posted by: Karla at July 11, 2005 4:06 PMyes, he's married.
Posted by: Shwna at August 25, 2005 1:14 AMPANAMA CITY BEACH - He walks down the beach, holding his microphone, his Teva sandals slapping the rain-pocked sand. Wind tugs the brim of his Storm Stories ball cap. White foam skips across the waves.
The sky is bruised. Dark clouds sweep in from the south.
"Ten seconds," he hears through the wire in his left ear. Enough time to adjust the black T-shirt over his gym-built biceps. "Four seconds." He sets his jaw, turns his back to the storm. "Two." He stares into the camera. "One. And . . . "
"You can look behind me here and see the rain bands coming in," he tells a million television viewers, arcing his right arm along the shore, so they can see. "This thing is still a long way away from us. But once it makes that turn, it could start to speed up. We'll continue to track Hurricane Ivan as it heads closer. And we'll keep you posted."
He nods gravely.
"For now, I'm meteorologist Jim Cantore, reporting live from Panama City Beach, for the Weather Channel."
Cantore and his crew have been following Ivan across Florida for days. The weatherman is sick of waiting, tired of working 18-hour shifts, ready to get off the road.
He's worrying about a much bigger storm back home.
* * *
He feels as if he has been chasing hurricanes all summer. First Charley, in Fort Myers. Then Frances, in Melbourne and Palm Bay. He has endured days without air conditioning, hot food or a shower. Countless nights trying to sleep on sandy sheets, in dumpy motels. Five weekends with his family washed away.
He has never heard of a hurricane season like this one.
He has never been away from his wife and kids for so long.
* * *
He met Tamra 18 years ago, on his first day at the Weather Channel. She's petite and blond, six years older than he is. She was in management then, selling the fledgling station to cable companies across the country.
Her job was to get Jim Cantore into as many homes as possible, make him a household name.
In 1990, she became Mrs. Jim Cantore. Together, they helped build the station. He gave weather something new, a macho face. "We both traveled a lot. We got to the point where we were passing each other in the airport. After we had kids, it got real hard," Tamra says.
Daughter Christina is 11. Ben is 9. When Ben was 18 months old, the Cantore family's world began crumbling.
Ben wasn't walking. His wife's arms were shaking, but not from carrying the big boy. When Tamra went to the doctor, he focused on her first.
"I haven't let this out before. I don't know why I'm telling you now," Cantore says. He's leaning against the headboard in Room 116 of the Days Inn, trying to wind down during a break between broadcasts. "Maybe because I'm so exhausted and emotionally drained. Maybe because I'm feeling I'm so guilty I can't be there for them. Maybe it's just time." He turns his head away. Swallows.
"My wife has Parkinson's."
* * *
"I shuffle, sometimes. I get tired and have to lie down," Cantore's wife says from their home in Atlanta. "When it's real bad, it gets embarrassing - Jim has to cut my meat and feed me."
Tamra Cantore has the same type of early-onset Parkinson's as actor Michael J. Fox. There is no cure.
"My kids have never known me when I didn't shake, shuffle around and seem so stiff," she says matter-of-factly over the phone. "Somedays I'm not strong enough to open a jar of peanut butter. It's not as bad as what some people have to put up with. It's just what I've been dealt."
Tamra isn't the only one who is sick.
When she took Ben with her to her doctor's office, the doc wondered why the boy wasn't walking. At a year-and-a-half, Ben should have been running and spewing two-word sentences. But the boy could barely stand. He didn't speak.
After months of anxiety, testing tests and visits to specialists, the Cantores got the diagnosis: Both their children have a hereditary mental impairment. Their X chromosome is broken. They have Fragile X. Tamra is a silent carrier. Being a girl, Christina has a backup X, so she's better off than her brother. Her symptoms resemble social anxiety and ADHD.
Ben's condition often is mistaken for autism. "It's like having 10 kids to take care of instead of two," Tamra says. "It just gets overwhelming sometimes."
When Cantore is gone, a friend stays with Tamra to help. When Cantore is home, he drives his kids to doctors' appointments, therapy sessions and tutors. He does laundry, buys groceries and makes the meals.
On weekends, he packs his family in the SUV and drives 90 minutes north to the mountains, to the little log cabin he bought on the river. He and Tamra lash inner tubes together and float down the cool stream with the kids, drifting away from wild weather, adoring fans and debilitating diseases.
But Cantore hasn't seen the cabin for five weekends straight. He hasn't been around to cut his wife's steak or watch his daughter dance or let Ben beat him at PlayStation.
* * *
By 9:15 p.m., the rain is spraying sideways. Lightning stabs the sea. Cantore pulls on his coat.
"Four, three," the voice counts down in his left ear. He squints into the camera, wipes his eyes. "Two, one, and . . . "
"The good news is that any potential landfall won't come here until Wednesday," he tells viewers. "That means you'll have plenty of time to prepare."
When the camera cuts to a commercial, Cantore watches the radar bleeding red. He's worried about Ivan's future track. Will it end up at his doorstep in Atlanta?
He might not be there to bail the basement. He might not be there to comfort his wife, to feed her if she's having a bad day. He won't be able to calm his kids.
"Hey, Cantore! Up here! We love you, man!" a big-bellied fan shouts from the hotel's fifth floor.
Cantore looks up and waves. "Who's winning the Broncos game?" he calls.
"We don't know," big-belly yells. "We've been watching you!"
* * *
Tan and toned. Broad-shouldered. Sicilian. Passionate. Personable.
Smart enough to know his science. One-of-the-guys enough to break it down. He fills out his black T-shirts better than Sly Stallone.
Who knew a meteorologist could be so cool?
Jim Cantore turned 40 this year. He plays on his church softball team, jogs and lifts weights. He cheers the Green Bay Packers. Goes skiing in Colorado. Loves toasted almonds and Bruce Springsteen and An Officer and a Gentleman.
His eyes are hazel, his jaw square. He started shaving his head when his hairline headed north.
On-camera, before a storm, his deep voice takes on a calm, warning tone: Don't panic, folks. But be prepared. I'll show you what's happening so you can get out of harm's way.
Everywhere he goes, people ask for advice. Should we be boarding up yet, Jim? Is it better to be in the west wall of the eye or the east? Women mob him for autographs, and teenage girls giggle. Men want to buy him beers. When one family saw him on TV, broadcasting from Panama City Beach, they made a 90-minute pilgrimage to meet him. Restaurants send him free pizza.
Even as a kid, Cantore loved extreme weather. On cold nights in Vermont, he'd make his mom leave on the barn light so he could see when snow started dusting their farm. He'd wake at 2 a.m. to shovel the steps. "I'd always take off my shirt so I could feel the flakes hitting my back," he says. "The other kids would call me to see when we'd get off school."
He joined the Weather Channel in 1986, four years after the station started - a few months after he graduated from Lyndon State College in Vermont. He has been stalking storms longer than anyone else on cable television.
Early this month, while Hurricane Frances was battering Florida, the Weather Channel was the country's most-watched cable news station, earning the highest ratings in its history. Cantore was on live eight to 12 hours a day.
When he's not in the field, Cantore hosts Storm Stories, the Weather Channel's first narrative series. From 9 to 11 weeknights, he also anchors Evening Edition. He has been interviewed by Tom Brokaw, Larry King, Brian Williams. He's one of five storm chasers who dive into the worst weather. The producer tries to put Cantore where the hurricane is going to hit.
"He doesn't fake anything," says producer Simon Temperton, who has worked with Cantore for 12 years. Their first assignment together was Hurricane Andrew. "His excitement about the weather is real - and it's contagious."
With everything he's dealing with at home, Cantore's cravings for wild weather have intensified these past few years.
The only way he can escape one storm is to immerse himself in another.
* * *
Days before Ivan arrives at the Florida Panhandle, the sky above the Days Inn is still swollen. But sunlight is filtering through the clouds.
"How far did you say this place was?" the producer asks from the driver's seat of the rented van.
"Just a couple miles up the beach," Cantore says. "Stop complaining. Everyone loves dolphins."
He's heading to Gulf World, an outdoor aquarium where rescued dolphin are rehabilitated. He and his crew plan a feature about trainers trying to protect the animals from the storm. While his cameraman films stingrays and sharks, Cantore interviews the keepers.
"We have a program here where children can swim with the dolphins. They have to be 5 years old and comfortable in the water," Gulf World operations director Cheryl Joyner tells Cantore. A boy about Ben's age stands on the side of the pool, throwing fish to the dolphins.
Cantore would love to do something like that with his own boy. There are so many things he would like to do with Ben.
"I'd always dreamed of taking my boy to watch the Yankees," says Cantore, who wanted to play pro ball even more than chase storms. "But Ben freaks out in crowds."
* * *
"All right, folks. Here's the deal: This thing is coming. It's going to be making big waves in the gulf here soon. This is a tremendously dangerous hurricane, people. If it stays a 5, we'll be under water even on the second story of this motel."
He nods gravely.
"For now, I'm meteorologist Jim Cantore, reporting live from Panama City Beach, for the Weather Channel."
He's on the balcony of the Days Inn, outside Room 116. He opens the door. Cords and computers and cameras are piled on the tables, in case the floor floods. Almond Joy wrappers and empty Red Bull cans litter the dresser. The air smells like sweaty bodies and salt spray. The Weather Channel blares on TV.
"Mind if I turn this down?" Cantore asks his producer, who is slumped in a chair, scribbling notes. "I've got to call my wife."
He wants to catch his kids before they go to sleep.
"Salmon? You had salmon alfredo for dinner? That sounds yummy," he tells his daughter from the cluttered motel room. "No, I haven't had dinner yet." He eyes cold pizza on the dresser. "Did you see me on TV? Or are cartoons on?"
Ben seldom talks on the phone. If he does, it's just, "Hi, Dad. Okay, bye.' " But tonight, Ben tells his mom he has to talk to Daddy.
When he hears his boy's voice, Cantore smiles. He asks about school and PlayStation and the Yankees. Then Ben has a question. Cantore's face falls. For a few seconds, he's silent. Then he swallows and tries to steady his voice.
"When will I be home? Well . . . I'm still waiting for this storm. I'm going to be home . . . well, I hope on Friday, Buddy." There's a pause. Cantore slams his eyes closed. "Yep, Friday," he says again. "That's four more days."
Later that night - actually, early the next morning - after the overnight reports have been taped and the autographs have been signed and the cords rolled away, Cantore clicks on ESPN to check the Packers score. He pops open a can of Miller Lite.
The TV flickers blue shadows across his tired face. The sports scores slide across the screen.
"For years, I kept wanting to do something to fix things for Tammy and the kids," he says. "But I couldn't. So I didn't want to talk about it."
He clicks to the Weather Channel. There he is, smiling with the dolphins. There he is, windblown on the balcony.
"I guess, after a while, you have to admit you can't control it," Cantore says, watching the radar. "I guess you have to just do the best you can to accept it and live with it."
Kind of like the weather.
-----No, he's not available. Sorry.
Posted by: J at August 29, 2005 10:19 AMDEAR JIM,
YOU ARE THE GREATEST, THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL COVERAGE OF HURRICANE KATRINA. I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU BEING IN THE LINE OF FIRE WITH THIS ONE. IF ALSO HELPED ME WITH KNOWING THAT MY GRAND MOTHER WAS OK, SHE WAS STAYING AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER YOU WERE STATIONED AT. I THINK EVERYONE LOVES YOU.. I SURE DO...THANKS LOVE WENDY
Posted by: WENDY at August 30, 2005 5:48 PMJim, I know you have a lot on your mind during this time, but remember that you are meant to do this job. You were born to do this job. God bless you, buddy.
Posted by: JR at August 30, 2005 7:43 PMTonight on the coverage of the aftermath of Katrina, Jim and Stephanie Abrams were together in Gulfport. They have been together there for the past couple of days. Anyways, Jim said, "in fact, Stephanie had to come over and get us..." Stephanie said something about that we would have anyways, and Jim put his arm around her waist saying, "I know you would have, babe." Let's hope Mrs. Cantore was asleep at the time of that little slip-up.
Posted by: Kitch at August 31, 2005 11:19 PMI Love you so much, your so hot. I was so worried when you were in that hurricane! I asked everyone at school who there favorite weather guy was and everyone said you. I think you should try to act in movies. Are you married? MY favorite team is the yankees too. I was also in the hurricane Katrina. I am a triplet, Do you have a son near the age of 13. I live in Prairieville and were going to be wacthing u on tv everyday! And we wacth storm stories every night!
luv u so much
HAley, courtney, brittney
Dear Jimmy,
How are you? I love waching you on the weather channel!!! Your the coolest guy on there how's your wife and kids? Well I hope you write back I hope I get to meet you some day!! (one can only dream). Love you!
Hey Jim!!
I really didn't tune into the weather channel until i moved to Florida two years ago and now watch it like it's a new series! But anyways, my mom & I both agree that you are very attractive and hot meteorolgist! I yell to my husband everytime your on tv "Look He's On!!" My hub doens't mind though because Stephanie is his favorite. Anways, great job with your coverage and you look great!!! Best wishes to you and your family!
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie at September 16, 2005 6:26 PMDear Jim, I am a fan of yours, too, albeit probably a much older one. I appreciate all that you do and look forward to your reports just like everyone else-will be glued to the weather channel again this week watching Hurricane Rita do her worst - and praying that you will continue to be safe. If I were young enough to do it all over again I would be doing exactly what you're doing - I think weather, especially extreme weather, is fascinating. I just read the article on your home life-I'm so sorry you and your family is dealing with all that it is-wish I were there to help out. I guess God picks special people to go through especially hard things to show the rest of us that we can get through those times-but it sure doesn't seem fair. I've been praying for you to be safe through the storms-I will now add your family and your personal "storm" to my prayers and keep you all in my thoughts.
Posted by: Debi at September 22, 2005 10:54 AMJim,
I just wanted to say what a great job you do for TWC. I love storm stories and hearing your reports about the hurricaines and other sever weather. I have learned alot watching your shows.
As for your personal life, your wife Tamra -- I just want to say each day is what you both make it! My grandfather had parkinson's and what kept him going was keeping active and busy and always doing his exercises even when he didn't want to. You and your family must be amazing people to go through what you do in your personal life and still do what you do professionally!! You had my admiration and respect before I knew about your wife and kids, and now you have it ten times over!
all the best,
erica, jack and johnny hager
Posted by: Erica at October 23, 2005 12:06 AMHi Jim, just read your bio. I am and have always
been a big fan of yours. I had no idea what your
personal life is about, and I was truly saddened
to hear about your wife and children. They are
truly blessed to have YOU in their lives.
Be safe and please know you are cared about.
Sincerely, Missy
Jim Cantore, you are my hero and I think you are awesomely awesome. I know hurricane season is bad and hurricanes smash a lot of things, but they mean you are on tv more. I love you and hope your weather career goes on forever and ever.
Posted by: Sarah at November 16, 2005 1:38 AMJim is the mocha of forecasting and the bell pepper in my salad. I love Jim, intense, loose as a goose, but will always let you know its time to evacuate. I met Jim on the beach at Point Lookout, LI during tropical storm Floyd in 1999. I shook his hand and felt touched by a God sort of like Jeff Morrow in the tub during a lightning storm. Afterwards I meet Bill keneely at the piggly wiggly on left pine in ammosa Arizona and he had nothing but praise for Jim.
Love the doo
R.L.
Jim
When I grow up, I want to be just like you! I have always wanted to be a meteoroligist. I hope that you will bring me more experience in my life. Keep up the great predictions Jim!
Your #1 fan
Rachel Rosenthal
Dear Jim,
You are BY FAR the best meteoroligist on the weather channel. I want to be JUST like you when I grow up. I have already started looking into colleges with a meteorology program or an atmospheric study major. I'm leaning towards UNC, but i have about 6 years before i have to worry about that. I just read about the troubles that your family are facing, and i feel so bad. I hope i get to meet you some day!
love,
Grace
Jim,
We've missed you man. I am praying for you and your family. The severe weather stuff can wait. Take care of your family and know that although most have not met you, we do feel like we know you. God bless at this time.
I am a former paintless dent repair tech. from Springfield Mo. and have followed the path of many storms to find work, but seldom in the path of the storm. I have two young boys who mean the world to me so I now own two Smoothie King stores and stay at home instead of working on the road six to nine months out of the year.
Again, God Bless
Brad
Posted by: Brad at April 16, 2006 9:21 AMDoes anybody know where Jim is? It's hurricane season and Jim is no where to be found! We love him and enjoy watching him when he talks about chasing the storms! Someone please let us know if everything is ok with his family and if he is returning for the 2006 hurricane season?
Forever love,
Lauren and Debbie
I was fortunate enough to meet Jim a couple of weeks ago at a weather fair in a new orleans mall. Great guy, I only wish I could have talked to him for a little longer. I hope all is well with him and his family.
Posted by: Desiree at June 22, 2006 4:41 PMJim where are you? chris is out there what is it gonna do? i am from the ms gulf coast and we are worried!
Posted by: crystal at August 4, 2006 11:07 PMHey Jim:
How come you don't wear your wedding ring anymore ? I hope all is well with your family. You are such an icon for all of us. Keep up the good work that you do at the weather channel and for informing all of us on the hurricanes during the season
Posted by: Greg at August 6, 2006 5:18 PMIf he's like many people, the humidity of summer could have caused swelling in his finger joints. He could have lost it. He could have broken it.
Posted by: J. at August 6, 2006 10:51 PMDear Mr. Cantore,
Omg! you are my hero. i'm 11 and i'm going to be a meteorolgist and a brodcastor. i think it's so cool how you seem to never be scared and always ready to go, no matter if it's Hurricane Katrina or the worst blizzard in history. You have inspired me and for that i'd like to thank you.
Prayers for Jim and Tamra.
Posted by: Ry at December 14, 2006 11:00 AMJim Cantore is Gay or BI????
Posted by: ALEX at February 8, 2007 12:10 AMWe Continue to pray for Jim Cantore and his family. Parkinson's is not an easy situation and everyday can be a challenge. I am glad that he presses on...
Posted by: Roni at May 6, 2007 9:35 PMJim,
When you can give me an e-mail address to reach you.I am a meterologist.I worked as chief meterologist and weather producer for Wcbs-tv in new york city and Wnbc-tv nyc.I did the forecasts and produced the weather segment for weatherman Al Roker.I am very good friends with Wcbs-tv meterologist John Bolaris.We both worked together for a private weather service in long island many years ago.I was considering employment at the weather channel and had some questions.John said you would be the person to answer them.Anyway I am a big fan and think you are one of the top 10 true meterologists in the country today.Not some of these phonies with this 126 hour on-line broadcast meterology program from mississippi state.Only 52 hours are actually dedicated to basic sypnotic and thermodynamic meterology.It is a slap in the face to guys like us who indured 4 years of physics and calculus and differential equations.What is the sense of going to school for 4 years when you can do this on-line program and call your self a meterologist.Well enough about that.Hope to hear from you.My e-mail address is jandersonjr1966@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Jim
Dear Jim,
I would like to say that I have a fear of storms, and latley, it has been going away, since one last storm, the one that hit texas sometime in April. I was home with my sister, and her friend, both my age. and My grandma was baby sitting us. Well, I was watching the Weather Channel, and tornado warnings popped up and the sirens went off. My Grandma, cant walk well, so it took about 5 minuites to get her into the closet, and my dad works in a tiny shop, very very unsturdy. This day was most likly the one storm that knocked my fear half off. I remember the sirens roaring, hail pouring, my only thought was, I am going to die. right here, and now. But I was watching the storm on a portalble TV, and Started marking paths. I really wanna be a metorologist when I grow up, but I am scared a Storm will hit somewhere and I will flip out. I hope my full fear goes away soon. I know I have plenty of time to get over it, but I really wanna be a Metorologist. I watch The Weather Channel SO much, that my parents bought me movies, not weather related, so I would stop worrying. But This was in April. I am over my fear now, And for someone my age, I know alot about Weather patterns, and metorology, and my science grades are Phenomanal. I can look at a cloud, and instanly see if its a wall cloud, then I kinda concentrate on weather which way its moving, then go inside and look on the radar to see if i was correct, sometimes, most of the time, I am correct. My Mom also loves weather, and she takes it Very seriously, like everyone should. I am a weather channel FREAK, and I love it. One of my favorite movies is twister, and I cant get enought of it. Please email me back, at Bandnerd3455@hotmail.com i would really appriciate it and would enjoy some tips on Metorology. Please, and that you very very much. I would appriciate it escpecailly with my birhday coming up. Please, And Thanks!!!
Your Biggest Fan,
Alex Ramsey
Dear Jim,
I would like to say that I have a fear of storms, and latley, it has been going away, since one last storm, the one that hit texas sometime in April. I was home with my sister, and her friend, both my age. and My grandma was baby sitting us. Well, I was watching the Weather Channel, and tornado warnings popped up and the sirens went off. My Grandma, cant walk well, so it took about 5 minuites to get her into the closet, and my dad works in a tiny shop, very very unsturdy. This day was most likly the one storm that knocked my fear half off. I remember the sirens roaring, hail pouring, my only thought was, I am going to die. right here, and now. But I was watching the storm on a portalble TV, and Started marking paths. I really wanna be a metorologist when I grow up, but I am scared a Storm will hit somewhere and I will flip out. I hope my full fear goes away soon. I know I have plenty of time to get over it, but I really wanna be a Metorologist. I watch The Weather Channel SO much, that my parents bought me movies, not weather related, so I would stop worrying. But This was in April. I am over my fear now, And for someone my age, I know alot about Weather patterns, and metorology, and my science grades are Phenomanal. I can look at a cloud, and instanly see if its a wall cloud, then I kinda concentrate on weather which way its moving, then go inside and look on the radar to see if i was correct, sometimes, most of the time, I am correct. My Mom also loves weather, and she takes it Very seriously, like everyone should. I am a weather channel FREAK, and I love it. One of my favorite movies is twister, and I cant get enought of it. Please email me back, at Bandnerd3455@hotmail.com i would really appriciate it and would enjoy some tips on Metorology. Please, and that you very very much. I would appriciate it escpecailly with my birhday coming up. Please, And Thanks!!!
Your Biggest Fan,
Alex Ramsey
hello Mr. Cantore,
my name is shelby shilatz. I am 11 years old. when I grow up I want to be a meteorologist. I know that you have read alot of letters in your time so I am just going to tell you that I met one of our meteorologists at a seminar and I wrote him a report and when he read it, he let me come to the Wink studio.I got to watch the 5:00 news there. I was very excited that day. I am not trying to kiss up to you when I say that I want to be like you someday... being a very famous meteorologist, not just being known by millions, but to be that important in the weather assiociation. I hope you have a wonderful day!
sincerly,
shelby shilatz!
Hi Mr. Cantore! You are the best! See you in the next big one!
Posted by: Grace at July 17, 2007 12:21 PM I am an aspiring meteorologist attending Southern Illinois University as a Junior. I have been watching you on The Weather Channel since... well forever, and I watch religiously everyday. I was wondering what kind of training it takes to become the meteorologist that you are? Do you have any suggestions as to how one would get a job at The Weather Channel? I just turned 22, and I am very ambitious about the field.
Good Luck with your travels and stay safe from Dean!
~Melissa~
I THINK WE BOTH LOVE JIM! (AND, NO, MY HUSABND IS NOT GAY!) WE LOVE TO HEAR HIS FORCASTS AND WEATHER ALERTS. HE IS SOMETIMES VERY AMUSING AND WE ARE THINKING HE MAY WELL BE FROM ITALY. HE SURE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE. WE SAW JORMA DURAN IN PONTIAC, IL ON 1-9-08, AND SINCE WE LIVE ABOUT 30 MINS. FROM THERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR ON OUR WAY THERE HAD JIM BEEN IN PONTIAC INSTEAD. JUST MEETING HIM WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING FOR THE TWO OF US INCLUDING THE 15 YR. OLD DAUGHTER THAT WE WOULD HAVE DRUG ALONG WITH US! HOW IS IT THAT JIM IS THE "LUCKY ONE" TO ALWAYS BE SENT TO THE WORST OUR WEATHER HAS TO OFFER IN THE WAY OF HURRICANES? BE SAFE JIM! SEE YOU SOON. STEVE & MARY
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