It was only the second mile of a local 5K that I had, in a rare burst of fitness optimism, signed up for — yet I was already engaged in the mental gymnastics that would enable me to justify slowing my run to a walk. “This course just has too many hills,” I rationalized at...
Known by some as the Ted Lasso of AccuWeather, when he isn't tracking severe weather, hurricanes and snowstorms and broadcasting crucial information for millions of viewers, Geoff Cornish works as a volunteer firefighter. He agreed to let AccuWeather tag along on one of his shifts.
His motivation was infectious. I took a deep breath and leaned into the uphill climb. Drawing equal to the adorable father-daughter duo I recognized the supportive father. As Cornish strode around the firehouse, showing off equipment and explaining the nuts and bolts of the job, he told AccuWeather's Trisha Gates that firefighting runs in the family.
Cornish said he is often questioned about weather's role in the fire service, but it goes beyond what people expect."I think in our mind we think of brush fires and wildfires and a lot of seasonality tied to that. Two of our five biggest structure fires the past few years came from lightning strikes.”
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