![]() ![]() Having said all that, I wonder what my future going away party and gift will be. Certainly a lunch together to celebrate occasions such as going away parties would be nice, but why then do we need to buy "stuff" to show others our gratitude? Why do we do that? Why do we celebrate everything? Is it because we have nothing to do, or nothing better to do, or is this a display of power from those who have so little? Since when did I allow others to tell me what the appropriate amount is to give to certain things? Why, and when did this begin and why didn't anybody tell me? And why should I ever feel guilty for not giving anything at all? WHY? There she forecasts the morning and noon weather where he has been forecasting since January 2011. He is serving the station as a Chief Meteorologist. Why are we ask to give to newpaper delivery people on holidays when delivering newspapers is their job? Why don't we receive monetary gifts on holidays from our co-workers for simply being here? Don Schwenneker is an American Meteorologist working with the ABC11 News Team in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area. ![]() Why do we celebrate so much? Why do we need to pitch in? Why am I asked to "give" to: going away parties, birthdays, baby showers, or even, and etc. One of the topics we discussed that I enjoyed was regarding the workplace and that it at times feels like kindergarten. And of course, Don Schweneker's post today is a recipe for pierogies. I mean, they'll give a blog to anybody these days.Seriously. After some further investigation on the Channel 4 web site I discovered that she and several of her fellow co-anchors have their own blogs. That being said, today during lunch at an undisclosed location in Oakland (which I can't reveal lest the paparazzi show up for pictures of the OPP staff), I was excited to see none other than Channel 4's diva divine, Sally Wiggin. Ouch! I say this in love, though, as anybody who knows me well knows my love for local news anchors. Some of the stories they report on (the turkey problem in Shadyside, viewers' snow pictures) are so insipid they give me pause to reevaluate my own life and consider how well it is going compared to the lives of the tools who report these kind of stories for a living. I'm usually a Channel 2 person, but lately Channel 4 has been bringing me great pleasure. In addition to firefighting, Don's public service includes Police, Fire, and EMS dispatching and national certification as a 911 call-taker/dispatcher.There are all kinds of things I can say about local news. He is a certified rescue technician & first responder. He was also a volunteer firefighter for 7 years in Pennsylvania. And the name has stuck ever since!ĭon's family comes first in his life. So whenever there was big weather in the forecast, "Big Weather" was on TV. ![]() Second, during big weather events from tornadoes to flood warnings, Don was always on TV. First, he's 6'5" and one of the taller meteorologists on TV. He began his weather career over 20 years ago as a lead forecaster for KBIM-TV in Roswell, New Mexico.Īs for his moniker, "Big Weather," Don was given that nickname by a colleague for two reasons. Prior to that, Don worked for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, and WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He holds the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society as well as a Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association.ĭon joined Eyewitness News from Chicago where he served as a meteorologist for WBBM-TV. Honored with two Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast, Don Schwenneker is a meteorologist for ABC11 Eyewitness News in the morning. ![]()
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