Storm Spotter classes return as severe weather season intensifies [Video]

MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER. CHARLIE BOURDEAUX IS A FRESHMAN AT UW MILWAUKEE STUDYING ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE. THE OCONOMOWOC NATIVE IS NO STRANGER TO SEVERE WEATHER IN FACT, HE LOOKS FOR IT. HE’S AN AVID STORM CHASER, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE HAZARDS REALLY EFFECTIVELY TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY’RE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IS REALLY, REALLY CRUCIAL TO KEEPING THE PUBLIC SAFE IN THESE PERIODS OF SEVERE WEATHER. NOW HE’S USING HIS KNOW HOW TO BECOME A COMMUNITY DEFENDER AGAINST STORM THREATS. NOT ONLY CAN IT HELP KEEP YOU SAFE, BUT IT CAN HELP YOU KEEP PEOPLE YOU KNOW SAFE. WHEN THESE STORMS ARE COMING THROUGH. SO YOU’RE NOT LOOKING OUT AT THE SKY GOING, I WONDER WHAT’S GOING ON UP THERE AT THE MILWAUKEE SULLIVAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE, METEOROLOGISTS POINT OUT THAT WHILE RADAR AND SATELLITE ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL, THEY CAN’T CATCH EVERYTHING REALLY HELPS TO …