I have to brag on my son. I've been bugging him to get a part-time job for a year. It's tough around here for a highschool kid to get a job because the unemployment rate is so high. Most places are starting the hiring age at 18 and he's only 17. He wants to study atmospheric sciences and knows just about everything weather related. His dream is to be a storm chaser.

Nate decided to put together a presentation on how he could do storm chasing for the local news stations and stream a live feed to their website. he's already got the equipment (using my laptop). Anyway, he approached all the TV stations in the area and was relentness in his sales pitch. He finally got the local NBC station to meet with him and see what he had to say. The head meteoroligist and station manager were in the meeting. He showed his setup with the laptop, camera, gps, and radar program and started negotiating like he already had the job! They said they wanted to do it but had to find funds in the budget. They called him on Monday and said they would take him on as an independant contractor and pay his asking price of $100 per feed. Contracts are being written and he's doing what he wants to do. The amazing thing is this was his idea and his presentation. He didn't even show it to me before he went. He did borrow one of my ties. The funny thing is that he is also negotiating ownership of the feed so can resell it to TornadoVideos.net at the same time!

If the weather thing doesn't work out for him, I'm sure he will do well in Corporate America. Here's a pic he took of our last storm:

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Thats great news Scott, good for him! I would be bragging too. Amazing photo btw!!
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Good stuff. I'm sure your beaming with pride Scott!! :-) :-) Very cool photo. :-)
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Nice work
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Very cool!
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Going after his own dreams while making Dad Proud
Win Win for ALL including the Station!!!!
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Awesome Scott. :-) Great picture also.
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That's awesome! Sounds like he's a very determined guy! I can see why you would be very proud :-)
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Very nice picture, that's awesome he sold a TV station on his own work. Great achievement for a 17 year old :-) :-)
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That kind of outlook and attitude will take him very far. Congrats!
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Scott, sounds like you have done your job well.....you have raised a Man.
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Nate sounds like a great young man, Scott. :-)
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Great job Scott.!
That is a great picture..Tell Nate to be safe, none of the video or pictures are worth getting hurt for, no matter what the pay.
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Congrats! Stunning photo!
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Awesome, Scott!:-) Best Of Luck To Nate In His Future Endeavors!:-)
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Impressive.
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The fact that he went and did that himself without any input from you leads me to believe you wont have anything to worry about with him.
He sounds a lot like my oldest Scott :-)
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Congrats to him.

It's nice that kids do things that we can brag about! :-)
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I'll be going on his first couple runs to set some guidlines.


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Congratulations to you and him! I will be sharing his story with some of my high school students today!!
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