“I saw all the destruction and remember thinking to myself, ‘How did rain and wind do all of that?’” — Stephanie Abrams
Her work at the Weather Channel keeps her indoors most of the time, but Abrams prefers to get outside to enjoy a beautiful summer day or stare into the building clouds of an approaching storm. At home or in the field, Abrams just can’t get enough weather information. “I remember when the snow was going to come into Atlanta this past year, I got about an hour of
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sleep. I was up just looking at the radar,” Abrams. “The last big hurricane I covered (before Irene) was Ike, and you couldn’t sleep because it was raging all night. We were stuck in an elevator shaft that was the most secure spot we could find.” At least she had plenty of Pop-Tarts and SunChips.
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