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The Other Side
Thu Feb 13, 2003
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Hi, I'm Bryan Yeaton for The Weather Notebook. Former TV meteorologist, Sean Potter, shares
some duties not covered in the job description.
SP: The way I like to think about it and the way I really thought of myself when I worked on
air, is that you're really part scientist, part entertainer, part celebrity and it really
sometimes is sort of a balancing act trying to balance all those different things. I've done
a lot of fun things where I've jumped into a swimming pool with my clothes on, done the
weather live while spinning around in a human gyroscope... that was probably one of the most
memorable experiences I've ever had on air.
BY: Sean said that working on live TV can provide other memorable experiences.
SP: I remember there were a couple of times where a lightbulb would explode and those make
really loud noises. They have these really big, really huge, bright lights up in top of the
studio and they get very, very hot and they're supposed to last a long time, but they have a
tendency to burn out and explode, make this loud noise at the worst possible moment, ie. when
you're on the air.
BY: Was it fun?
SP: Definitely there's something about it. There's a bug that bites you being on air, being
out in the public, interacting with people that really gets inside of you, gets in your blood.
You just come alive and love doing it and I have a passion for the weather; I love the
weather, I love talking about the weather to other people.
Sean Potter presently works for Storm Center Communications in Elkhart City, Maryland and
contributes to The Weather Notebook. Our program is funded by Subaru and the National Science
Foundation.
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