I'm going to be a Gopher! Excited to announce that next month I start classes at U of M for a Professional Masters in Strategic Communication
@UMNews
It will be night classes so I will still be working full time
@WCCO
#BackToSchool
Finished my master's in strategic comm. from
@UMNews
. Capstone project: communicating climate change. Hope to clearly explain what you need to know about human-influenced climate change. It helps to get to work with my mentor
@MikeAugustyniak
as we bring this info to you on
@WCCO
Hello friends and WCCO family. I have had people reach out to me about my absence from WCCO lately. I will be out on medical leave for a few weeks. Thank you all for this support at this time.
I have some personal news I'm happy to share! Today Thunder and I passed our woodland II search & rescue test! I had previously certified myself, but now I can go out with my dog! Hooray for volunteering to try to save lives!
A lot of time & effort has finally paid off...got my EMT certification today! This is to help during search & rescue, but if I am ever on a storm chase and there's injuries at least I could be of service!
@wcco
#EMT
Look at what my sister bought me for my birthday! 🤣 I think I should buckle her in the
@WCCO
-TV | CBS Minnesota Mobile Weather Lab to keep photojournalists company on drives. (Wrong color eyes, but maybe we can put sunglasses on her)
This storm was so bad we had
@mikeseidel
from The Weather Channel here. Thunder and I went to say hi and did an impromptu interview on The Weather Channel. Thunder was the main star of course. We had Thundersleet for real and I had Thundersnow. Lol Stay safe everyone!
A big thank you to
@MikeAugustyniak
for working late to help me with severe storm coverage last night! Great to tagteam with my mentor! Hopefully everyone stayed safe!
#PositiveVibes
It was a super busy & tough day with the winter storm on the way. I guess
@mnwild
Breezer could tell bc he gave me doggie kisses before he went on the noon show! You can order their doggie calendar as a gift!
Here is my
#SafePlaceSelfie
During a tornado warning always put as many walls between you and the outside as possible. Lowest level of the home. Preferably no windows.
@wcco
Cross country skate ski lessons are quite the workout but at least some progress is made. It’ll be nice when I am finally good and can spend the winter skiing and summer running!
Severe/winter storm coffee pot full thermos, when the meteorologist brings this to work, you know its going to be a long day in the
@WCCO
Weather Center. I'll have hits on WCCO on the storm at the top of every hour through 6pm & then CBSN Minnesota through 10 pm.
In case you are wondering where
@MikeAugustyniak
and I are this week. I checked presenting my masters at the American meteorological Society conference off my list today.
#AMS2024
Great to have my number one mentor with me.
Just took my dog Thunder out. He was going full steam out the door then hit the ice glaze on the sidewalk & slid across it a good ways (he's fine). Don't be like Thunder. It's an ice rink in parts of downtown Minn Don't ruin your Saturday with a concussion.
#penguinshuffle
@WCCO
"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." Thunder & I wishing you a happy
#EarthDay
Please do what you can to protect the Earth, it's the only home we have.
Happy 3rd birthday to my best friend! We ran 6 days this week and he ran lagged me a couple of times for the 1st time ever...he did have a lot of ball chasing beforehand though.
This is my “mom can we not take a pic and just run” face 😂 we were about 6 miles in so I guess I can’t blame him but I thought the tree was pretty. Might lose those fall colors soon though. I’ll tell you why tonight on
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Feeling tired? It's not just how extremely hot it is but also the longevity of the extreme heat. What does it mean for our body? The answer on
@WCCO
News at 6 pm.
Took Thunder with me for my live weather last night. His light up collar is for if we trail at night during a SAR call, but just so happened to match 35 W.
@WCCO
It got hot FAST at training today but Thunder (dog) rocked our trail! Excuse my appearance I just ran hard core working the line of a powerful german shepherd lol. See you on
@WCCO
News tonight talking about storms and a big cool down!
I'll be off of work the next few days as I start my training for becoming a search & rescue volunteer. Here is an excerpt from my course book I found interesting.
Got a peak at
@glowholiday
today! Looks like fun, I will definitely go check it out! They have 2 "Dogs Days of Winter" days you can bring your dog too!
@WCCO
@GlowHoliday
Took Thunder to Minnehaha Dog Park to see if anyone else is braving the record cold out there. Of course he jumped in the river and had sandscicles afterwards. Fun story at
@WCCO
5!
After more than a few weeks of intense training Thunder & I recertified our Wilderness II Trailing Certification yesterday! I'm in for Chris on
@WCCO
tonight.
Went to meet
@mikeseidel
from The Weather Channel because I knew he was in town for our big storm. He asked to interview me & I thought it was for a hit on
@wcco
. After we were done he told me it was on The Weather Channel ;) Thunder was the star of course.