The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore covers severe weather on Friday, May 8th, 2015 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. The weatherman has come into the Charleston area to work in advance of Tropical Storm Debby which is slated to drench the area later in the week.
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The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore broadcasting live on Folly Beach covering approaching tropical storm Alberto in 2012. Cantore is in town in advance of Tropical Storm Debby.
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL - The Weather Channel on-camera meteorologist Jim Cantore cinches his jacket as he reports on severe weather in Rockport, Mass., on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (Mary Schwalm/AP Images for The Weather Channel)
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The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore covers severe weather on Friday, May 8th, 2015 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. The weatherman has come into the Charleston area to work in advance of Tropical Storm Debby which is slated to drench the area later in the week.
- File/Brian Gomsak/AP for The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore broadcasting live on Folly Beach covering approaching tropical storm Alberto in 2012. Cantore is in town in advance of Tropical Storm Debby.
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL - The Weather Channel on-camera meteorologist Jim Cantore cinches his jacket as he reports on severe weather in Rockport, Mass., on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (Mary Schwalm/AP Images for The Weather Channel)
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Hold onto your hats, Charleston.
Weatherman Jim Cantore is in town covering Tropical Storm Debby for The Weather Channel. The well-known meteorologist has been filmed in the thick of blasting winds and rising waters every hurricane season for the last more than 30 years, narrating shocking footage of some of the strongest storms in the Southeast.
Charleston radio station 96.9 The Wolf posted on Facebookduring the evening Aug. 4 about Cantore’s arrival with a picture of him at the Charleston International Airport with a large backpack on and suitcase in hand.Later on Aug. 5, Cantore was pictured with Mayor William Cogswell and Charleston Police Department Chief of Police Chito Walker ahead of the 6 p.m. storm briefing.
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The response to the initial airport post was more than 300 comments and 600 shares, showing a mix of humor and concern.
"If he's coming in, you need to head out," offered Martha Hodges.
Several people simply commented, "Run!" Others, "Yikes!"
Cantore's image at the airport even made it to the local Coburg Cow Weather Report page, which keeps locals updated on the status of an unusual Charleston storm meter: a cow statue on a 10-foot-tall platform in the St. Andrews Shopping Center in Avondale.
When the cow is up, it's said the storm shall pass without much damage. When the cow comes down, the real Charlestonians start to worry.
"Welcome back to Charleston, Jim Cantore," the page, which is used to voice the "Coburg Cow," posted along with two scared-face emojis.
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The page then posted a photograph of the cow named Bessie still intact on her platform, donning a yellow raincoat.
Swig & Swine barbecue restaurant in Summerville had a friendly message for the icon on its marquee, hoping the storm-chasing star would stop in for a meat and three perhaps. “Eat here, Jim Cantore," read the sign.
Cantore is joined by a team of other meteorologists dispatched by The Weather Channel across the Southeast. Nine in total were sent to Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, including Justin Michaels in Bluffton and Chris Bruin in Myrtle Beach.
We'll see what Charleston landmarks, likely ones that will soon be under water, will make it on TV this time around.
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'Life-threatening flash flooding': How Tropical Storm Debby could impact the Myrtle Beach area
- By Dylan Ortuno and Charles D. Perrydortuno@postandcourier.comcperry@postandcourier.com
Reach Kalyn Oyer at 843-469-9863.
More information
- Inland SC sees river flooding risk from Tropical Storm Debby as Lake Murray spill gate opens
- Why is the Coburg Cow Charleston's storm meter? A little history on Bessie.
- SC has seen 20 inches of rain before. What can that tell us about Debby's potential impacts?
- Aug. 6: Charleston extends curfew as Tropical Storm Debby brings heavy rain, reported tornadoes
Kalyn Oyer
Kalyn Oyer is a Charleston native and the features editor for The Post and Courier. She's a music festival and concert photographer and avid showgoer who used to write about music for the Charleston City Paper as well as national publications.
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