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George Waldenberger

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Grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm with 10 brothers & sisters. BS Geological Engineering & Geology Wisconsin. MS Atmospheric Science UCLA. Meteorologist @WFTV .

Orlando, FL
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Wow! Check out this waterspout at New Smyrna Beach today - just before 5pm near the 25th-26th Avenue beach. Video Credit: Jennifer Parcell
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Can see the massive plume of ash on satellite from #VolcandeFuego #Guatemala this evening... #WFTV
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With the #RedTide along SW #Florida at emergency levels, I want to share how these #algaeblooms develop, and why they’re so harmful. #WFTV #Bradenton #FLwx #FLEnvironment #kbrevis #brevetoxin
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Hailstorm not fun! Almost two inches in diameter
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5 years
497 #manatees at #BlueSpring State Park today, four shy of this season’s record. Officials believe we’ll break the all-time record for number of manatees here within the next two months. #WFTV
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In honor of #ManateeAppreciationDay , I’d like to introduce you to ‘No Tail’...Despite losing his #tail to a boat strike, this #manatee has been visiting #BlueSpringStatePark since 1983. Video Credit: @savethemanateeclub #WFTV #Florida #Orlando #Manatees #NoTail @9familyconnection
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Stretching out those little baby wings!!!! #LakeEola #Swan #Cygnet #FLwx #Orlando #Florida
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3 years
Lake and Orange County under a tornado warning through 8:30 pm.
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Yes. #cute . This little #Florida cold snap may be one of our last before spring! So we wanted to bid #farewell to some of the #manatees at #BlueSpringStatePark for the season. Story at 4! #manatee #Orlando #WFTV #FLwx
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#NOAA ’s first #hurricanehunter mission led by three pilots that were all female just happened. #WFTV #FLwx #Florida
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I-4 with the least amount of traffic I've seen on it yet, thankfully. #IAN
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Tonight's sunset in Orlando!
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Hey Seattle, we’ll be seeing you soon! @ShannonODKOMO
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Happy Christmas from little baby Jane! This is her first winter in Florida, good thing she packed her little boots!
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Check this out! #Manatees can use their pectoral #flippers similarly to how we use our arms...watch how this #manatee uses them to guide along this #log . This is video I’m logging for our next #ScienceOfFlorida episode. #WFTV #Florida @savethemanatee
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#Bougainvillea blooms on fire in my neighborhood, this is without any color filter. I think it’s time I get one too...they thrive in full sun. #Orlando #Florida #WFTV
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Big thank you from all of us, to the hurricane hunter pilots! Dangerous job, but very important job... #WFTV #Florida
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Absolutely #brilliant ! Sometimes it's better when it's raining! #WFTV #Orlando #Florida #LakeEola #Rainbow
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5 years
Shredded trees everywhere as reports of a tornado crossed I-75 just south of Ocala.
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5 years
You rarely see all of us together at once...but someone brought #donuts and so here we are... #WFTV #Florida #Orlando
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Florida, thinking of you tonight. Stay safe.
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4 years
...this camera angle never gets old. #Orlando
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2 years
Track update shows a farther-south Ian, moving off the coast earlier. In the morning tomorrow.
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3 years
Frosty Orlando! Rows and rows of icy cars at the int’l airport parking lot this morning!
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3 years
October in Orlando
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4 years
Sailing #Florida
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4 years
Have you heard????? @BrianWFTV is back!
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George Waldenberger
4 years
Wow! Stunning sunset #stunset from #Orlando . #WFTV #Florida
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George Waldenberger
6 years
It may look like a tropical storm, but in #Florida , we call this #Sunday . These were the storms that hit #WinterSprings this afternoon. #WFTV #Orlando Video by @KGibsonTV9 .
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11pm update...center of cone shifted a little south and east of Orlando. One of the things we're watching out for is a very heavy swath of rain on the north side of the core of Ian as it passes through. Flood threat is heightened through Thursday.
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This is cool...10:30 am #SpaceX In-Flight abort test today and our radar picked up the #Falcon9 rocket exploding. #WFTV
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George Waldenberger
5 years
Look at how they use their flippers to walk on the bottom! Coldest night in two years and Blue Spring State Park was full of manatees today!
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3 years
Well, it's all downhill from here! #Florida
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2 years
Orlando just added to the hurricane warning...if you were watching our newscast on Channel 9, you heard some of our phone's alerts going off as the alert came out.
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3 years
Wow! Manatees! Blue Spring State Park counted 548 manatees here today, all keeping warm in this Florida chill! Live Video:
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Blue and yellow lighting up Lake Eola tonight. The City of Orlando tweets: "Our city stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and our community's residents with Ukrainian roots."
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Just as the lunar eclipse starts unfolding in Central Florida Wednesday morning...the moon will set... #WFTV #Florida #Orlando #FLwx
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Did you see this yet?...a strong storm with a confirmed tornado hit #Tavares , #Florida today, then we received this video from adjacent Lake Eustis. Video Credit: Kara Sparks #WFTV #StormAlert9
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Orlando, The Villages, Sanford, Daytona Beach under a Tropical Storm Watch...Brevard County under hurricane watch. Coastal erosion a big threat over the next few days...still looking into the heavy rain and flooding threat with Nicole.
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5 years
Weather so nice, the ducks are out for Sunday #brunch ... #WFTV #Florida #Orlando
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6 years
#Manatees , much more active than normal today at #BlueSpringStatePark ... They’re getting ready to move from the #StJohns River into the 72° springs as it gets cold tonight. #Florida #WFTV
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The next track update will be at 5pm...concerns at this point include a slow moving major hurricane for multiple days off Florida's west coast driving in dangerous storm surge there, and a risk of flash flooding for us in here Central Florida.
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My first ride on Orlando’s newest attraction…the I-4 express lanes. So luxurious… @ALorenzoTV
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Hey Central Florida, you rock! Here’s to making the future exciting and bright!
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Goin’ with the flow...Just made it back home after trekking through parts of Central #America . It’s good to be back feeling the much cooler, drier #Florida air this morning, and the #LakeEola #duck welcome parade is nice too. #WFTV #Orlando
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7 years
#Irma now category 4 hurricane, 130mph winds. Track also mirroring global models near S. Florida Saturday! @WFTV
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Goodnight #Orlando .
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Not just cute, heartbreakingly adorable! #WFTV #Florida #Orlando #LakeEola #ducklings
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3 years
There’s always something new waiting to burst into bloom. #Florida
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George Waldenberger
4 years
Yeah, the sunshine state is still incredible when the sun isn’t shining but the moon is... #Florida
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George Waldenberger
6 years
Happy #VeteransDay ...my dear ol' Dad. #WFTV
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Wow! Check out this funnel cloud over The Villages from this evening's storms. No reports of a touchdown at this point, but we received a lot of pics and were watching the storm closely. Thanks to Steve Turnipseed for sending this pic. @NWSTampaBay
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Tampa #sunset last night.... #Florida #FLwx
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Each forecast cone issued for #Dorian in succession vs. real track after passing #PuertoRico ...very skillful track forecast by @NHC_Atlantic , intensity and timing had challenges but were consistently addressed by forecaster. #WFTV #FLwx #Florida
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Florida today
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Hey Central Florida: "Yay!" or "I'm going to Miami this weekend..." ????
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7 years
Ominous pink sky in Daytona Beach pre-Irma. #WFTV
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Wow! Did you see the #sunset tonight? #Florida
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Electric! #CocoaBeach #lightning tonight was intense. We had our tower cam pointed over the water and here are some of the brightest shots of the night. #Florida
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Look closely and you can see the Moon chasing #Venus chasing #Jupiter chasing the #sunset over the horizon. ( #Saturn 's also kind of hiding behind the Moon) #WFTV #FLwx #Florida #CocoaBeach
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The sound of the #beach , motivation to return can help you through the week. #Monday
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Cute morning #yawn ...getting ready for another busy day... #WFTV #LakeEola #Florida #Orlando #FLwx
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George Waldenberger
6 years
The #swans are just relaxing in this wonderful #Florida weather... #LakeEola #Orlando #WFTV
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Beautiful, but scary. Shelf cloud today tracks through St. Cloud, FL. Photo by: Carolyn Motley. #WFTV
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The ( #Florida ) cold never bothered them anyway... #LakeEola #Florida #Orlando
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Cool pic from #Orlando : A distant downpour over Ocoee as it gets closer to sundown.
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3 years
Beautiful, even when it rain. #Orlando
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8 years
Tom Ryan hits the trifecta: rainbow, sunset and lightning in one shot. East Orlando Saturday night. #wftv
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Stunning #BritishColumbia ...
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Uh, did you see the #rainbow tonight as the sun set? Wow! #WFTV #Florida #Orlando #EolaSouth #ThorntonPark
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They’re coming... Human crowds have disappeared from Gatorland, but the alligators still congregate. Today’s story, what the park is doing to reach guests who can no longer visit.
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Sunset... #WFTV
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Very cool yet basic #sunset time lapse from #Orlando . #WFTV #FLwx
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4 years
Walking to dinner, nice #sunset and #rocket #launch along the way. (I secretly timed it out) #Orlando
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2 years
landfall, Cayo Costa 3:05 pm
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6 years
Wow! Although very scary looking, these shelf clouds are quite common over Florida this time of year as storms approach. This pic was taken yesterday from Ormond Beach. Photo credit: MissiJedi Knight Juergens.
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Very sad situation. North Carolina #HurricaneMatthew flooding, photo by Lorie Moore. @VEcholsWFTV #wftv
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4 years
Cocoa Beach, right through that tunnel today. #Florida
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11PM forecast track update...nudged a little farther east yet toward Tampa Bay...this has been the trend today with each update.
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3 years
From 180 miles south in #FortLauderdale
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George Waldenberger
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You don't usually consider Florida a place of earthquakes, but there was one today ~100 mi. off Volusia coast. #WFTV
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George Waldenberger
1 year
Bon voyage...that's one big boat
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2 years
Tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch…as seen from Orlando!
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4 years
My 8 sisters and 2 brothers will recognize that my face mask is the same handkerchief that my Dad used to wear every day. #Florida #UCLA
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Water temp. 56°... does this count as #PolarPlunge ? #FLORIDA
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