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Honoring NBC10 Philadelphia's Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz on the occasion of his upcoming retirement and recognizing his twenty-seven years with the First Alert Weather Team and his forty-two year career on television reporting the weather.
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WHEREAS, Glenn Schwartz was born and raised in Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School before earning a degree in meteorology from Penn State University in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Schwartz began his career as a meteorologist at AccuWeather, before moving onto the National Hurricane Center, and making his debut in front of the camera in Atlanta in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Schwartz was one of The Weather Channel's first on-site hurricane reporters. A colleague at WNYW-TV in New York City saw Mr. Schwartz issuing a report while being buffeted by hurricane force winds and gave him the nickname 'Hurricane'; and
WHEREAS, Glenn 'Hurricane' Schwartz came home to Philadelphia in 1995 as meteorologist for WCAU Philadelphia. Nearly every day for the last twenty-seven years, the people of Philadelphia have been able to put our trust in 'Hurricane' Schwartz - and his bowties - to keep the us informed and alert during hazardous weather events; and
WHEREAS, Glen Schwartz's coverage of historical weather events ranged from the Blizzard of '96 to Hurricane Sandy to the recent historic flooding brought by Hurricane Ida; and
WHEREAS, In recognition of Mr. Schwartz's tenure at NBC10, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010; and
WHEREAS, When he's not reporting on the weather, Glenn enjoys racquetball, softball and swimming. In 2020, Glenn published his first fiction novel, "The Weathermaker." He is also the co-author of award winning "Philadelphia Area Weather Book." Glenn is also the only meteorologist in the area that blogs about the weather; and
WHEREAS, Glen Schwartz is also passionate about heart health and education. In 2012, Glenn received double bypass heart surgery. Th...
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