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Jim Cantore Suffers For His Soup In Hurricane Ian

No matter what time of year it is, no matter what kind of storm it is, there is one thing that is a universal:  no one wants to see Jim…

Jim Cantore
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No matter what time of year it is, no matter what kind of storm it is, there is one thing that is a universal:  no one wants to see Jim Cantore show up in your city limits.  It is never good news for you.  Cantore is The Weather Channel's legendary storm chaser of all storm chasers.  If he's there, nature's fury is coming.  And he REALLY leans into this.  No one loves being who they are-more than Jim Cantore.  It's almost as if sometimes he lives to do the things that he warns you NOT to do, you know...just to show he's Jim Cantore, impervious to all bad weather consequences, and you're not.  Case in point?  Check out my man in the guts of Hurricane Ian yesterday.

How 'bout Cantore taking one for the team from that tree that was barreling along at 100mph?!  And apparently, this was just one of several close calls yesterday.  He nearly got struck by lightning before Hurricane Ian’s landfall, and literally got blown away later on in the day.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.