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Glenn \u201cHurricane\u201d Schwartz is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, doing the weather on TV for 40 years of his 47-year career. His specialty has been in forecasting and severe weather, especially hurricanes. He co-authored the award-winning \u201cPhiladelphia Area Weather Book\u201d in 2002 and was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010.\n\nHe graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Meteorology in 1972. His first forecasting job was at AccuWeather. From there, he went to the National Weather Service at the National Hurricane Center, working with many internationally-recognized authorities. After transferring to the NWS office in Atlanta, his title became \u201cDisaster Preparedness Meteorologist\u201d for the state of Georgia.\n\nGlenn was recruited into TV in 1979 after doing a live interview on WAGA-TV in Atlanta as Hurricane Frederick approached. He has also worked in several other TV stations around the country. He covered Hurricane Andrew on his first day at WINK-TV in Ft. Myers and returned to his hometown of Philadelphia in 1995 where he has been a widely-recognized on-air presence in commercial television for the past 24 years.\n\n\xa0In 1985-86 he became the first \u201cstorm chaser\u201d at The Weather Channel and was one of their designated \u201cHurricane Specialists.\u201d He got his nickname in New York City after an anchor saw video of him being blown around during one of his hurricane chases. He lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife, Sherry, and is a lifelong Philadelphia sports fanatic.