Karen Becker holds her 25-year certificate as a National Weather Service cooperative observer next to her temperature gauge.
Karen Becker receives award from NWS
By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com
The weather affects us all every day. It is unavoidable, from sunny afternoons to dark, rainy evenings.
Most of us are affected by different kinds of weather. Here in the Midwest, we’ll never have to deal with a hurricane, but then again tornadoes are highly less likely on the East Coast.
A multitude of jobs are weather-related. The obvious is storm chasers and meteorologists, but there is another group of people with an unheralded passion for the weather. Those are National Weather Service (NWS) cooperative observers.
Right here in Fayette County, one such cooperative observer, Karen Becker, received an award for 25 years of service.