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Aaron Mentkowski

Aaron Mentkowski

Oct 12, 2026

18:21
How did it get to be the storm that we saw in early October? How, how did, how does, how does everything mix just right to get that reaction, again, you know, on October 12th?
18:31
12th?Yeah.
18:33
Well, the big thing was the, the trees.
18:34
You know? The, you look outside right now and they're, they're still covered mostly in leaves, and that's what it was like 20 years ago today.
18:40
And you just need a couple of inches of heavy, wet snow to really, uh, weigh on those branches and, uh, bring trees down, which then fall into the power lines, which causes all those problems.
18:50
You know, the models, uh, you know, it's inter- It would be fascinating to see how the models would handle the forecast now because of the improvement, especially with AI, uh, improving our weather forecasting.
19:03
But then we, you know, were able to say, "Hey, it, once it starts raining, it's gonna cool off and the rain will mix with some snow." Did not expect, you know, two feet of snow, hence the surprise.

9 MINS LATER

28:41
Who could see it and are we gonna actually see any stick?
3:39
How did it get to be the storm that we saw in early October? How does everything mix just right to get that reaction again on October 12th?
3:50
Yeah, well, the big thing was the trees.
3:52
You look outside right now, and they're still covered mostly in leaves, and that's what it was like 20 years ago today.
3:58
And you just need a couple of inches of heavy, wet snow to really weigh on those branches and bring trees down, which then fall into the power lines, which causes all those problems.
4:08
You know, the models, you know, it's interesting.
4:10
It would be fascinating to see how the models would handle the forecast now because of the improvement, especially with AI improving our weather forecasting.
4:21
But then we, you know, were able to say, hey, once it starts raining, it's going to cool off and the rain will mix with some snow.

7 MINS LATER

11:11
In your time at Channel 7, what are the three most memorable but worst winter storms that you've covered?

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