Earth's Personable Meteorologist: Dallas Raines

Today's Episode Dr. Raj talks with meteorologist  Dallas
Raines about his personal meteorological journey, thrilling
storm-chasing adventures, and exciting new work in the realm of
children's books.  Today’s Guest  Dallas Raines is a
chief meteorologist who has been forecasting the Southland’s
weather for ABC7 since July of 1984. Dallas has The Seal of
Approval from the American Meteorological Society. He also has been
awarded the elite Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal (CBM) from
The AMS. The personable Earth scientist has earned numerous awards
for outstanding coverage of weather events including: Best Weather
Presenter/ World Competition in Paris, Golden Mike Award for Best
Weathercast in Southern California, Best Weathercast by Associated
Press, Overall Excellence by LA Press Club, Most Popular On-Air
Newscaster by KIIS Radio, and Outstanding Coverage Award for
Hurricane Frederic by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).  Dallas has an undergraduate degree in
communications and earth science. He continues to take
graduate-level courses in climatology. He loves storm chasing and
has tracked many powerful storms and tornadoes across the Midwest
in Tornado Alley. Dallas is a committed philanthropist. He
concentrates on the welfare, care, and interests of children. He
has authored a series of children's books to introduce weather and
geographic concepts to young readers. "Chester and The Hot Air
Balloon" by Dallas and Dannie Raines. Reading to children is one of
Dallas' greatest joys. Dallas is an avid athlete, enjoying hiking,
tennis, golf, and weightlifting. He also had the privilege of being
a walk-on quarterback for FSU. Dallas also enjoys automobile road
racing; he has his SCCA Regional License which allows him to
compete at The Willow Springs track.  Fun fact: Dallas Raines
is his real name and he was born to do the weather. About Dr. Raj
Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate
professor at the University of Southern California. He was a
co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a
regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a
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