!", said Charlotte, "--that's really what she said!"
9/25/98 Nathan Thompson Rich and Daphne's son
Nathan, 14mos, consistantly claps and dances to the music of The Weather
Channel. Says Daphne, "I guess that is what happens when your parents are
both meteorologists!"
8/27/98 Erika Kopp Bernie Kopp's daughter
Bernie, Erika's dad, has been an active local SKYWARN spotter in SE Wisconsin
for the last four years. His wife Eileen and daughter Erika, now 6 years old,
have become resigned to his activities and are actually great supporters of his
fascination with severe weather. Maybe too much so........
Last year when a tornado warning was issued via NOAA Weather Radio for a
neighboring county, Erika issued her instructions for the family, "Daddy, there
is a tornado outside. Me and mom are going in the basement, you hurry up and go
outside."
1/26/98 Eamon Clarke Clarke son
Chris Clarke was watching the Weather Channel one morning before work. When the
radar image came up, 2 1/2 year old Eamon said, "It's green. That means it's
raining in Louisiana!"
11/3/97 Avery Wittmeyer Wittmeyer son
Two days after the Wx Channel lego deal, Avery tells dad, "Someday I want to do
a weather forecast for you."
11/3/97 Maggie DeMott DeMott daughter
Looking out the window at the new-fallen snow:
Maggie: why did it snow a lot?
Charlotte: well, there was a big storm that came through.
Maggie: oh...and the snow is all of moisture getting out of it?
Charlotte: (too dumbfounded to reply)
11/3/97 Sean Wittmeyer Wittmeyer son
Asked his mom to come and see what he'd made with legos the other day. In
wonderful detail, for legos, there was a TV camera on a moveable dolly with a
cameraman, 2 sets of studio light bars and a stage area with a giant blue
backdrop. "It's the Weather Channel!", exclaimed Sean.
9/15/97 David Andrew Edwards Roger Edwards' son
"A chaser is a paleontologist that digs for storms." "When I grow up, I want to
be a paleontologist, a Power Ranger and a weather man!"
These two sentences were uttered by David, age 3. Because of his age, these
were scrutinized by the unbelieving WWW list moderator, and they are now deemed
to be accurate and the scrutiny yielded yet another kid-weenie below.
9/15/97 David Andrew Edwards Roger Edwards' son
Apparently, David was shown that green=moisture, red=temperature and
black=pressure for contours on a surface map. He wanted to keep a map Roger
showed him on a recent shopping trip, and balled his head off after leaving the
store and realizing he had left it in the shopping cart.
9/8/97 David Andrew Edwards Roger Edwards' son
David, age 3, while looking at dad's storm photos said, "When I grow up, I'm
going to jump on my flying tricycle and chase tornadoes!"
9/2/97 Maggie DeMott DeMott daughter
Charlotte had just finished cleaning the kitchen and told Maggie they had to go
upstairs for her bath. Maggie's reply: "Oh mom, let's watch the Weather Channel
for a while. Pleeeease, Mom. Just for a little bit?"
9/2/97 Sean Wittmeyer Wittmeyer son
Greg Stumpf noted that Sean got caught 3 times whistling Weather Channel local
forecast tunes. His excuse, "Well, dad's always watching this in the morning,
I can't get the songs out of my head".
8/18/97 Sean Wittmeyer Wittmeyer son
Sean got a single-use camera for use on vacation. Instead of waiting for the
plane ride, or Grandma's pool, or the beach, etc, Sean had to take a picture
of towering cu in the Denver cyclone on the way to DIA.
8/18/97 Maggie DeMott DeMott daughter
During a recent stroller ride, Maggie looked down while the stroller wheels were
going through some water. "Contrails!", she shouted.