It’s not until you actually work with the weather at a national level that you really start to understand the wide-ranging impact of a storm.

Naturally, people are concerned about the weather where they live. In California I only followed Sacramento weather. I had never bothered to learn much about a nor’easter because, by definition (Northeast Storm), it was not a system that could ever affect my day.

Watch people remember the massive nor'easter of '92:

However, now that I am at Weather Plus I am following storms from start to finish…no matter where that may be. This weekend there’s a lot going on. I’ve been watching my colleagues track quite the storm. It's already brought tornadoes to Texas -- snow to the Plains -- and could bring massive flooding to the Northeast. It’s required non-stop vigilance as the storm takes on new characteristics and travels from one state to another to another.

To be honest, it’s hard to keep up!

There is really something to be said for national meteorologists, their work can be relentless. At the end of the day, all I still want to know is if I need to wear my galoshes on Monday. But for the rest of the gang…home is where the storm is.