FAQ's

1) How did you become a Meteorologist?

Typically, you need a 4-year College Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Sciences or 
Meteorology. My story can be found here.  

2) What's your most favorite part about forecasting the weather? 

The unknowns. The weather is not an exact science, and we forecasters will never be right 100% of the time. If we were, we wouldn't learn anything. And I love to learn. Any part of a forecast that I miss - I analyze and try to figure out what went wrong, and what went right! I keep records on all kinds of weather and learn from mistakes. This is known as "Analog Forecasting". Computers try to forecast for us, using math problems, but it's ultimately up to the forecaster to do their best at predicting the future. 

3) How long have you been forecasting the weather on television? 

Since January 3, 1994.

4) How long were you at WSLS?

From June of 1998 to November of 2006 - over 8 years.

5) Didn't you get in trouble for using drugs?

I had a one-year battle with opiates in 2004 into 2005. I sought professional help from the Mount Regis Center in Salem, Virginia in December 2005. I told the viewing public about it in February 2006, after a former co-worker overdosed from some type of drug that month. The community stood by me, as did my employer. I was regularly tested and passed every time. I have been clean ever since. 

6) Are you "recovered?" 

Addiction isn't just a term - it's a disease. A terminal disease. It's important to keep with a recovery program, even years after getting clean. No one ever recovers from the disease. All you can do is live life one day at a time - sober. I've put the "beast" to sleep, but drugs are all around us. I'll spend the rest of my life putting sobriety at the very top of my priorities.

7) What's the deal with this "MySpace" picture?

I was at a former friend's bathroom, getting ready for work, when the person barged in with a digital camera and took a picture. The former friend would often pull pranks, so I thought for sure the person would erase it...but they didn't. The person posted the photograph on their MySpace account. The photograph was nothing I posed for, and nothing I had authorized. As soon as I learned of it making the MySpace account, I had MySpace remove it. Still, people had downloaded the picture and WSLS learned of it. I was released from my contract a day later.