Emmy winning AMS certified meteorologist/co-host of
@GoodDayAtlanta
at 10am. Bringing you 6.5 hrs of weather/news each AM! UGA Geography, Penn State Meteorology
You get back to me after you've taken several semesters of calculus, differential equations, physics, fluid dynamics, radiative transfer, thermodynamics, cloud physics, etc. and let me know if meteorology is a science field or not.
#DressforSTEM
🎉Celebrating 15 years at FOX 5🎉
Back in early 2007, I had no idea what direction my career would be taking next. Now, I’ve spent half of my 22 year television career on
@GoodDayAtlanta
- a show I used to watch while getting ready for school as a teenager. Dream come true!
Celebrating 12 years this week
@FOX5Atlanta
! Living the dream of working in my hometown on a show I watched from the very beginning. Here’s to hoping I’m not even yet to the halfway point of my career here. ❤️
@GoodDayAtlanta
#fox5atl
Smoke is continuing to pour out of the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers after a fire prompted road closures and evacuations early this morning.
@FOX5Atlanta
26 years...and second anniversary in a pandemic. On this day last year, I had just started working from home, doing weather in my basement, for our 25th anniversary. When we finally celebrate, it’s going to be epic! 🥰
THREE MONTHS. That’s how long it’s been since I’ve driven to work, stood up to do weather, or used this clicker. It’s good to be back! See you on
@GoodDayAtlanta
from the actual FOX 5 Storm Center (without Ziggy 😼).
Words I heard yesterday that stuck with me:
Right now, you are taking for granted something that someone else is praying for.
Hoping we can all take a little less for granted on this
#Thanksgiving
! 🧡
Proud to be a scientist and a woman in a STEM career. And proudly wearing my purple today to support
#DressForSTEM
to encourage young women to pursue science, technology, math, and engineering fields!
@GoodDayAtlanta
What does it say about me (or more precisely, my age) that, while everyone else was posting GIFs of Arthur from the animated kids show in honor of Tropical Storm Arthur, this is the Arthur I was thinking about instead. 😂
The hand sanitizer I just used smells so much like tequila that I can practically taste the salt rimmed glass of a margarita. While that sounds like a good thing, at 6am it is not. Especially since there isn't actually a margarita around. 😂
Late night at Miss Georgia ✅ Working for Ryan this AM ✅ Hour and a half of sleep ✅ Sore throat from cheering so loudly ✅ Still wearing last night’s makeup ✅ 😂😂😂
Happy Sunday &
#HappyFathersDay
!
@GoodDayAtlanta
Congrats on your retirement!
@jeffhillfox5
is as genuinely nice & “no-ego” as you can hope for, talented, smart, & wickedly funny. There has never been a moment I didn’t enjoy working with him. And those are just a few reasons it is hard to say farewell. Happy trails, my friend!
Wise to charge devices (in case of power outages) & secure items that can be blown around by the tropical storm force wind gusts Thursday night & Friday AM.
Go ahead and do that this AM, while you have some "dry time" to work with. That will be tough to come by by later today!
A break from the "butt crack sweat" is on the way.
I can't believe I just wrote that.
But when
@PaulFromFox5
suggests something, I take it as a dare. 😬
A rare "high risk" of flooding is indicated for Thursday/Thursday night over northeast Georgia.
For higher terrain, this can increase the risk of landslides
I'd sit tight Thursday night and Friday morning, in particular. No need to risk being out!
@GoodDayAtlanta
Ample area of warm water along Florence's path is a big factor in the forecast rapid intensification. Expected to go from the current tropical storm intensity to a category 4 hurricane as it approached east coast of US.
@GoodDayAtlanta
#fox5atl
Mostly cloudy with a 100% of
@FOX5Atlanta
engineer sightings. 😆
In another edition of my "adventures in working from home" chronicles....
Lesson
#1
, the camera in the studio is still hot, even if I'm not there standing in front of it.
For those of you wondering why Ziggy hasn’t made an appearance on TV behind me on
@GoodDayAtlanta
, it’s because she found a much warmer spot upstairs. 😂
Shout out to our resident “dress fairy”
@CourtneyDBryant
for this red number (and to
@TVEPAMY
for making sure this made it my way). Can never have enough red dresses to support
@universityofga
during the upcoming football season! ☺️
@GoodDayAtlanta
Have a day off (translation: I should have been able to sleep in). But husband convinced me to join him at 5am in the gym before we hit the road. The plus side: got to watch my
@GoodDayAtlanta
crew. 😍
Somehow after the time change, I’m the first one up. Enjoying my coffee alone with nothing other than the sound of rain. Heavenly.
#itsthelittlethings
😊
When you’re back working from home for a few days and you go upstairs during a break to find that your husband is watching “Friends” reruns instead of his lovely wife on
@GoodDayAtlanta
See some meteorologists are now broadcasting from home. I’m imagining the scenario in my own home...cat walks over the keyboard & sniffs the camera occasionally, husband belching in the background unaware I’m on TV, etc. That actually sounds like good TV. 😀
When showing my husband Saturn and Jupiter in the sky a few nights ago, explaining how they were moving closer together, he said “is that one supposed to move THAT fast??” Dude...that’s an airplane. 🤣
#GreatConjunction2020
What just happened ? I’ve been so fortunate to get to know a brand new group of amazing people in the
#Over40andFabulous
@bestselfatlanta
class of 2021 and alumni. Pick up a copy of the new issue to read the inspiring stories of our top ten finalists and fab 4!
@fox5atlanta
Happy Birthday to my kind, smart, and witty Cameron! I love you beyond measure and I’m so proud to be your mom. And yes...he’s old enough (24!!) that we have an “Olin Mills classic” photo from when he was a baby. 😄
Just a girl…standing by the window…watching a late night December thunderstorm roll through (check out how bright the lightning-filled sky is on the right!).
Every time I get to the last chicken nugget and the last waffle fry in my
@ChickfilA
order, I have to really stop and think about which one I want to save for last. Does anyone else do this? 🤔
Holy cow! What a surprise and a honor! Can’t believe the community of amazing
#Over40andFabulous
class of 2021 and alumni that I get to be a part of with
@BestSelfAtlanta
. The cover is just the icing on the cake. And
@PortiaFOX5
putting in overtime as my photographer tonight. 😘
Parenting teenagers: when they’re at the age where they don’t always want to talk to mom and dad and then they are suddenly chatty and eager to share their day with you, you stay up and listen - even though it is 10:30pm and your alarm is going off at 2:30am. 😊
A rare appearance on Saturday evening. That Monday 2:30am alarm clock is going to hurt, but it is always nice to get a chance to work with
@DeidraDukesFOX5
and
@KERRYFOX5ATL
!
@FOX5Atlanta
#WFH
perk....realizing that dress in my closet that's way too tight from the waist down can be worn now when no one sees me from the waist down. Our little secret, okay? 🤫
Live truck life. Trying to thaw out with
@AlexaLiackoFOX5
(working hard behind me) in between weather segments from outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium this morning. I’ll spare you stories of the porta potty experience in the dark. 😂🤣😂
@GoodDayAtlanta
Me....subtly (or not so subtly) ducking out of the weather maps when I'm stuck on camera long after I'm done with weather.
@Fox5Kaitlyn
@GoodDayAtlanta
Can you believe it? With this past weekend dry and the forecast also dry through this upcoming weekend, this will be the longest stretch of dry weather we’ve had since LATE APRIL INTO EARLY MAY OF LAST YEAR! 😯
@GoodDayAtlanta
#fox5atl
Can’t remember the last time I needed sunglasses on the way IN to work. Usually still o’dark-thirty when I’m arriving for
@GoodDayAtlanta
. But I’m in for an extremely rare Saturday appearance for Jeff Hill tonight. See you on.
@FOX5Atlanta
at 6pm!
#fox5atl
Trying to figure out why it’s so quiet at the gym this evening. And then I️ remember it’s
#ValentinesDay
. Or as a married old fart like me calls it....Wednesday.
We’ve been through a lot together on this shift over the years! Nothing allows you to get to know someone better than being in the trenches on a morning shift that starts at 4:30 am. And then, two years ago, we launched
@GoodDayAtlanta
at 10am together.
@KatieBFOX5
, THANK YOU...
I'm not exactly full of good news this week.
Severe storms...a weekend return to winter temperatures...losing an hour this weekend for
#DaylightSaving
...
I legit pulled this move on the air after delivering all of that. 😁
#justthemessenger
I passed a house on my way to work this morning already decked out fully in Christmas lights. Any other year, I'd say "too early". This year? I am here for it.