We were visiting them at the resort at the time, and they closed down the roads, closed down the parks. I was about 10, and we were with family friends, but my family was staying outside the resort. So then after that, it was my senior year of high school, so then I went to Penn State for geography and climatology, and then eventually went on to Mississippi State for a master's.Ĭarsley: For me, my connection to Charley is I was in Disney World at the time. It's always something I was interested in, but then it just cemented the idea in my mind that it was what I wanted to do. But we were watching the local meteorologists doing their coverage and everything. We were in the eye of the hurricane for an hour and a half at the most, because it was a pretty compact storm. It rapidly intensified before it was coming on shore, and it came right over town. Roberts: In southwest Florida, Hurricane Charley made landfall in my town down in the Port Charlotte area, actually making landfall in Pine Island, Florida, so just outside the county. Actually both of us have a similar story.Ĭarsley: Similar story and similar hurricane. What made you decide to become a meteorologist? I moved here for the job, to be able to track hurricanes and tropical systems. I then moved here in 2018, and I've been here ever since.
And then after college, I moved to West Virginia, dealt with the snow again, and I was like, this really isn't for me. So, a big weather change there, but I fell in love with the summer heat and humidity.
With broadcasting, you move around a lot until you get to a place where you want to settle down for a little while, but I've been bouncing around the Southeast since 2012, from Tupelo to Dothan to Augusta, Georgia to here.Ĭarsley: I grew up outside of Philadelphia, and I went to college in Mobile, Alabama. Roberts: I am originally from Pennsylvania, but I grew up in southwest Florida. Where are you from originally and what prompted a move to Savannah? Connect Savannah sat down with Carsley and Roberts to learn more about their backgrounds, the weather-centric work they do and their interests outside of forecasting. Carsley & Roberts are both Savannah transplants whose passion for weather led them to the Hostess City. Alysa Carsley & Scott Roberts are part of WSAV’s Storm Team 3.
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