There’s no such thing as an average day in my job
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There’s no such thing as an average day in my job
Stanley karras works as a meteorologist in Tampa, Florida. It’s his job to follow hurricanes by plane and provide information about them to scientists.
How did you get the job? I was working for the national Weather service Michigan in the fall of 1995. And I saw a movie with my family called Storm chasers. It was about hurricane hunters and I thought, “Wow, that’s an interesting job!” As it happened, two months late I came across an ad for a meteorologist to work with the same people who had made the movie. I applied, was interviewed, and started work here in Tampa in May 1996.
What do you like most about it? I love the travel. I’ve been all over the world chasing hurricanes. It’s exciting to end up in different cities and different countries day after day. If you’re a meteorologist, you have to love flying. I also love working with top scientists. I’ve learned so much from them. For me, it’s like a classroom in the sky.
What an average day like? There’s no such thing as an average day my job! It all depends on the weather, and things are constantly changing. We often take off at a moment’s notice to chase storms. I’m the one who decides whether we fly low through a storm. I don’t want to take us into a hurricane that could be too strong for us.
Have you made any sacrifices to do this job? Yes, one big one. I’m away from my family. They all live in Pennsylvania. My wife’s with me, of course, but her family comes from the Midwest, so we’re pretty cut off from them.
What would you like to do next? I’d like to join a space program and be the first meteorologist in space, but I haven’t come up with an experiment to do in space yet. There aren’t any hurricanes
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do your job? Study math and science and get a degree in meteorology. I’ve taken the hurricane hunter path, but you could be a weather forecaster or do research, it’s fascinating subject and the pay’s pretty good.
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