Caleb's Life
Get to know a little about me by reading about my life-long passion for meteorology and how this web site came to be. Feel free to navigate the links below to read about my moments with Mariah Carey and to see pictures of my two favorite Golden Retrievers, Shadow and Evan.
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Growing up along the coast of Maine had many advantages. One of these advantages was the ability to witness extreme weather first hand. My earliest recollection of such weather occurred when I was six years old. The 1991 Perfect Storm slammed the shore with heavy rain, high waves, and strong winds. Watching the conditions that the nor’easter produced helped to plant the seed into my mind as to wondering why and how an event would take place.
It was not until two years later that my love for weather really exploded. During mid-March, another powerful nor’easter, known as the Superstorm, impacted the coast of Maine. My life was never the same once that storm departed and conditions returned back to normal. It would have been an understatement to say that I wanted everything and anything to do with weather. I can recall creating maps on the wal, and recording weather observations to the best of my abilities for the time that followed.
Many years later, my birthday came shortly after the devastating Ice Storm of 1998. Still seeing that my love for weather had not diminished, my parents purchased my very first Davis Instruments weather station, which at that time was called the Weather Wizard. I really felt like I hit the big time with my new weather station. It wasn’t long until I began to report to Pete Bouchard, who at the time was on the local FOX affiliate in Portland, Maine.
My family soon moved to a newly built home on the white sandy shores of Pine Point, Maine, along Old Orchard Beach. The winters featured a series of spectacular coastal storms that produced high winds, storm surge, heavy rain, and snow. I decided that it was time for me to share this information with the world by developing a web site dedicated to the weather along coastal Maine.
The web site was short lived due to a house move to North Conway in the mountains of New Hampshire. After getting adjusted to the new area, I began to work on a new web site, that I titled North Conway Weather. After some delays, I was finally able to launch the new site on January 23, 2001. It was a very basic web site that showcased live data, a sky cam, and a few photographs.
Later in the year, my father placed an ad in the Conway Daily Sun for North Conway Weather. This newspaper ad led to an interview and the opportunity to write weekly weather editorials for the Conway Daily Sun. At first I was quite rusty, but once I began to start to get the hang of it I was able to fully enjoy the writings. I began an internship at the Mount Washington Observatory around the same time that I started to write my weather editorials. This internship began at the weather museum in North Conway, but quickly transitioned to the Bartlett Research Facility in Bartlett, New Hampshire. I took part in several projects, including GroundWinds, where I had the chance to launch weather balloons.
My time with the Conway Daily Sun and the Mount Washington Observatory lasted under three years due to college. To say the least, the Daily Sun and the Observatory were two incredible opportunities that helped to continue to shape my love for the science of meteorology.
I had to take a break from college due to serious health issues. As the years past, and with much prayer, my health improved enough so that I could slowly begin my studies again. As a result, my future continues to look much brighter with each passing day.