How are your windows? They are one of the most vulnerable parts of your home when it comes to high wind. We get sudden high wind from severe thunderstorms and occasional tornadoes. Of course we get them from tropical storms and hurricanes too. You might be surprised to know how weak average windows are when it comes to things flying in the wind. To demonstrate what you can do to safeguard your windows I set up a little demonstration with some help from some professionals. Watch the streaming video but don’t try this at home... Welcome everyone to backlot baseball at news 5. It’s… » More
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Alan Sealls is Chief Meteorologist at WKRG-TV. He has over two decades of experience in TV. Alan not only holds bachelors and masters degrees in meteorology from Cornell and Florida State, but he also has CBM and NWA Seals- professional certifications from the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.Alan Sealls has written and produced weather programs for WKRG-TV, as well as more than a dozen programs for schools distributed by Discovery Education nationwide.
Before arriving in Mobile in 1999, Alan was a meteorologist at WMAQ-TV in Chicago where he won an Emmy. Prior to WMAQ-TV, Alan was a meteorologist for 5 years at Chicago superstation WGN-TV. While there he was a meteorology professor at Columbia College in Chicago. He currently teaches weather broadcasting at the University of South Alabama.
From 1988-1992, Alan Sealls was a meteorologist at WTMJ-TV & Radio, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His career started in Albany, Georgia, at WALB-TV.
In addition to winning an "Award for Excellence" from the Mobile Press Club two years in a row, Alan has twice won "Best Weather Anchor" from the Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and he was a nominee for an Emmy in 2003, 2007 and in 2008. He also won a national award from the American Meteorological Society in 2008 for a series he did on climate change.
Alan has served as a President of the Chicago Chapter of the AMS; a NWA Seal Chairman; and a Councilor for the NWA. Currently he is a Board member of the AMS. He often is a panelist and presenter for national conventions. Occasionally, Alan writes articles on weather and on weather careers which have been published nationally. One of his articles was used in the curriculum at the University of Washington.
A native of Mt. Vernon, NY (suburb of NYC) Alan lives in Mobile with his wife, a broadcast engineer. Alan's hobbies include golf and photography.
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