Fisher joined WBZ-TV News from The Weather Channel in Atlanta where he spent three years as a Meteorologist. Glued to the red warnings crawling across the screen and watching the radar, his career in weather was born. Eric vividly remembers Memorial Day of 1995 as a day that helped solidify his path as a meteorologist, when an infamous tornado ripped through Great Barrington in the Berkshires. It offers the challenges of blockbuster snowstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, frigid cold snaps and dramatic seasonal shifts. Born and raised in New England, Eric says there are few places on earth that produce weather like this little corner of the U.S. He is also a contributor for CBS News, often found reporting on breaking severe weather across the country. The stories in this book not only describe the loss and the damage caused by the storms, but also how nearly all of them in left such an impression that they immediately led to progress where new warnings systems were implemented, government agencies formed, and technology accelerated in response to the devastation these events left behind.Įric Fisher is Chief Meteorologist for CBS Boston's WBZ-TV News and anchors weather segments weeknights at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m., as well as WBZ-TV News at 10 p.m. Meteorologist Eric Fisher takes an in depth look at some of the most intense weather events in New England's history. Knowing the past is a critical part of understanding and forecasting the weather. Snowstorms, floods, droughts, heat waves, arctic blasts, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other atmospheric oddities come and go with the changing seasons. One can experience just about anything except a dust storm. The region breeds one of the highest concentrations of meteorologists in the country for a reason. The New England landscape has long been battered by some of the most intense weather in the United States.
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