One reporter in the DC-area is putting his job as dad first.
NBC Washington chief meterologist Doug Kammerer called his son to warn him of a tornado warning that included their neighborhood.
When a tornado warning occurred Thursday night, NBC Washington chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer was on air tracking the storm for viewers. In the middle of the broadcast, Kammerer realized the tornado warning was right over his house in Maryland. “As a matter of fact, I’m tracking this so closely now, this is going to go right over my house,” he said, while showing a map of cross streets in the tornado’s path and dialing a cell phone.“Kent, you there buddy? Hey man, I want you to get down to the basement. We got a tornado warning,” Kammerer said on the phone. “I want to make sure you and Cally get down as soon as you can.”“Get down there right now,” Kammerer responded. “Get in the bedroom down there and wait 10-15 minutes okay.
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