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Earth's Personable Meteorologist: Dallas Raines
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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 weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.
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