I'm a native of Macomb in Western, Illinois but have made my travels across the country from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C. with stops in Tulsa, Little Rock, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City. My passion for weather developed at an early age and can be traced back to when I was 5 years old and dressed up as a walking tornado for Halloween. My college education came through the University of Oklahoma where I completed his B.S. in meteorology with a minor in math. I've been through weather extremes from 110°+ heat in Las Vegas, to 3 feet of snow in Washington, D.C. where in my first winter I experienced the all-time record snowfall for the season (winter of 2009/2010)! I've also chased tornadoes in Oklahoma and saw my very first off of I-70 on the front range of Colorado.