An Interview with a Hurricane Hunter
by Joe LaTona
Last week I spoke with Karla Williams, a hurricane hunter from Miami, Florida.
JL: How did you obtain this job? KW: I was working as a meteorologist. Then I saw a movie called Storm Chasers. It was about hurricane hunters scientists who fly into hurricanes to do research. I thought that it would be a very interesting job. Then two months later I saw an ad for a hurricane researcher. 1 applied and got the job. JL: What do you like most about being a hurricane hunter? KW: I like working with the other scientists it's a classroom in the sky.
enjoy traveling around the world,
JL: What is your educational and professional background? KW: I received my bachelor's degree in meteorology from Penn State University, and then went to work as a meteorologist. JL: What advice would you give someone who wanted to enter this field? KW: Math and science. Math and science. Get a degree in meteorology and be willing to travel.
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• Why did Karla Williams want to change her job?

• What does a hurricane hunter do?

• What is the advantage of this job?

• What is the disadvantage of such job?

• Does Karla Williams work alone?

• What subjects should a hurricane hunter study?

• Would you like to work in this field?

• What is the most interesting to your mind in this work?

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• There are many names of hurricanes: cyclones, tornadoes or ….

• It was the …..party of the year!

• What is the "eye" of the hurricane? – it is a column of ….., where the weather is unexpected calm

• This hurricane may be …. our region! Let’s hope!

• When the giant spinning wheel of a hurricane …. the city, nothing was seen there.

In my opinion, there are two things that are personal motivation and surrounding.

I'll tell you about my experience. I was crazy about getting into acting. I've been dreaming about the scene since I was young, and everyone said the theater was mine. But before I went to acting class, the master told me that I could use 20 pounds in a month. I'd give up and say it's impossible, but every morning I got up at 5:00, I ran, changed my food habits, I gave up all the nasty stuff. In the end, I didn't get in (because I didn't even go to the exam), I dropped 15 kilos in two months and felt really good. Changed because the theater was my main goal at the time. It's about motivation.

If you want to change, change your environment first. It means a lot, actually. You want to be an athlete? Then go to the gym, get yourself new acquaintances who support the idea of sports, go to various master classes, charity races and stuff. And then everything will be fine.

I hope you can make it.

My favorite singer is Billie Eilish. She is a very young but world-famous American girl. It is difficult to define the genre of her songs. It is a mix of pop, electropop, alternative and trap.

Billie’s parents are actors. Her brother Finneas is a musician and songwriter. They often work on songs together. Billie was homeschooled. She took dance lessons and sang in a choir.

Eilish says that her family is very united and supportive. Nevertheless she also mentioned that she has to fight depression.

Horror films inspire Billie to create new compositions. She says she likes to imagine being one of the characters. I wonder what kind of personal experience is behind her songs.

The singer prefers baggy clothes. She is in a good shape, but she does not want to draw attention to her body.

Her career started when users of SoundCloud appreciated her single “Ocean Eyes”. She was only 15 years old by then! The single also became popular on other internet-platforms. Then record labels noticed her. And her first album was a great success.

So, no doubt, Billie Eilish is very talented. I am looking forward to new songs.