Virginia Enzor, NC4VA, EC: My interest in weather was kindled when I was a little girl. My dad was a meteorologist with the NWS at the RDU airport. I remember spending an eight-hour shift one Christmas Eve at the NWS with my dad. The NWS was full of wonders - balloon runs, teletype machines, maps with swirling lines, and even a pen that would seemingly jump up on its own when receiving messages from the control tower! What better way to further my early interest in weather than to participate in Skywarn, and thereby serve the NWS and contribute to public safety.
	Bob Woodson, WX4MMM, AEC: For me, I have always been interested in weather and meteorology because this region has extremes in weather. Very few regions in the US are subject tornadoes, hurricanes as well as winter storms. My education background (NC State University undergraduate and graduate schools) were in Meteorology. The major reason I decided to obtain my amateur radio license was to be more involved in skywarn. What a great program (skywarn) to provide ground truth reports to the NWS from skywarn spotters. Doppler radar cannot determine what is actually occurring at the surface, this is where the information from a trained spotter is so important.
	John Van Pelt, K4JVP, AEC:
	Dave Roy, W4DNA, AEC: I, too have been fascinated by the power of nature all my life. Having traveled the world at the courtesy of the USAF, I've experienced a sampling of it all: Tornadoes, Typhoons, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Floods, Earthquakes. Now I have an opportunity to share the lessons I've learned and help others prepare for those events.