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?
3. Fill in the gaps: miss, typhoons, touched , hurricane, air
• 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.
1. If Mr Brown had sold his car last year, he would have got more money for it.
2. If Susan takes her driving lessons regularly, she will pass her driving test.
3. If Mr Jones watched the news every evening, he would know more about politics.
4. If Charlie doesn't stop eating these green apples, he’ll soon feel sick.
5. If you had told me the truth, I would have helped you.
6. If old Mrs White heard a strange noise, she would call the police.
7. If I had had good luck, I would have won the first prize.
8. If I were you, I would throw away all this old junk.
9. If I got the earlier bus, I could come home at 5 o’clock.
10. If mother makes apple pie, I’ll give you a piece.
11. If Peter didn't leave earlier, he would miss the bus.
12. If we missed the train, we would take a taxi.
13. If he wins a lot of money, he will fly to Paris.
14. If she is ill, she won't come to our party.
15. We would play tennis if it stopped raining.