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• December 12, 2012

  NO SPIN ZONE FIREHOUSE!

  Janice Dean | Meteorologist

  Hi everyone!

  Wanted to show you some pics of my local firemen buddies with their favorite coffee mugs!   (I happen to be married to one of them!)  Aren’t they fancy?  They even make the firehouse coffee taste better! 

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  In case you’re looking for great Christmas gift ideas, you can head here:  http://www.billoreilly.com/store

  AND here: http://shop.foxnews.com/home

  Have a great day everyone!

  JD

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• December 11, 2012

  Fun in the Weather Studio with the kids from Saint Stephen of Hungary!

  Janice Dean | Meteorologist

  Hi everyone!

  Hope you had a great weekend.   Blogging has been sporadic, I realize.  I’ve taken a few days off before the holidays so I can get things done in time for Christmas…and I’ve been working on many other projects on the side here at FOX!  We have our year-end weather package that I’m helping put together, and I’ve also pitched a few ideas as a reporter.    There was a story last week about an NHL goalie that was recently diagnosed with MS, and I was so touched by it, I wanted to report on it.  You can check it out here:

  So inspirational.

  The other piece I did last week was the NHC’s ideas on how to improve hurricane/watches and warnings in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.  There were no hurricane watches issued for the Northeast as Sandy was making landfall, and I think it sent mixed messages to both the public and officials who were trying to figure out how to prepare for the storm.  I reported on this for Happening Now, and you can check it out here:

  The other fun event is I had last week was with a group of kindergarten students.   Melissa Francis from FBN has a young weathercaster in her family.  Her son Thompson LOVES watching/doing  the weather at home,  so he brought his class in with him, and everyone got their chance to do a forecast from our little studio.    Here’s a few pictures from the students of Saint Stephen of Hungary:

  

  

  

  (And P.S. if you are looking for a great book to read this holiday season, Melissa’s book Diary of a Stage Mothers Daughter is riveting!    She is truly an amazing lady — and I have even more respect and love for her after reading her memoir.   You can check it out HERE

  Meanwhile, in weather related news, the Upper Midwest got a pretty decent shot of winter over the last few days with over a foot of snow outside of Minneapolis.  There was also a severe component to the storm across the south with several tornadoes and damage as the cold front pushed through.

  Today, weather is relatively quiet - other than some snow and a wintry mix along the Canadian Border, and a new system moving into the Pacific Northwest later today.    Next week, however, we could get a little more snow in a few “heavily populated” areas across the Northeast.  Stay tuned for more on that story!

  And tomorrow I’m going to have some fun pictures to post.    Here’s a hint:  firefighters and the no-spin zone!   Have I got your attention?  Good!  See you tomorrow!

  JD

  UPDATE:  Here’s some great footage of our future little forecasters on Melissa’s show last night!  ADORABLE!

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• November 12, 2012

  Power back on for us, but hesitant to celebrate

  Janice Dean | Meteorologist

  Hey everyone

  I hope you had a great weekend.  We certainly had a lot to celebrate in our home.  Power was restored by some fine lines-men and their bucket trucks from California on Friday.   I posted this picture on twitter, and told my husband if I was home, I would’ve hugged and kissed them in person!  I don’t think he would’ve minded.

  

  There are still thousands of people in our area that don’t have power.   It has been a very slow process for many of our friends and colleagues that don’t have a home to go to.   It does seem like things are getting a little better day by day, but  I continue to pray for them and their families until they are back on their feet. 

  The neighborhood that we live in was hit hard in some spots.  We took a few pictures of the enormous trees that were uprooted and fell onto homes:

  

  

  My boys went trick or treating as I mentioned in an earlier blog, but it certainly wasn’t the same.  Every other street had yellow tape blocking it off.    Matthew and Theodore didn’t seem to notice too much, but you could tell all of the parents were walking around in kind of a daze.  My husband and I thought it was important for the kids to get out in their costumes to break up some of the monotony of not having power and being cooped up in the house for days.

  

  Here’s the picture of me seeing my little ones for the first time in many days (I wasn’t able to get home, and we were into wall-to-wall coverage of the storm).  It’s hard to see this picture without crying.

  

  I joked this morning that I still carry the flashlight in my purse every day, and am hesitant to get rid of it.  It’s like my new “lipgloss”.   It might just be there for good.  A bit of a reminder that we always need to be prepared.

  Meanwhile, there’s a hint on a couple of computer models that we might have another coastal storm before Thanksgiving next week.  Sigh.  I will continue to watch it, and let everyone know what we’re dealing with as we head into the weekend.

  Once again, thanks for all your tweets/blog comments of support.  It’s a beautiful day here in New York.   I’m sure a lot of New Yorkers don’t have time to enjoy it.  There’s too much work ahead for them. 

  JD

  

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• September 27, 2012

  Ainsley's Bridal Shower!

  Janice Dean | Meteorologist

  Hey everyone!

  We had a fun day yesterday surprising beautiful Ainsley Earhardt with a Bridal Brunch at Sarabeth’s restaurant here in Manhattan.  Miss Earhardt will be marrying her handsome fiance Will Proctor in the next couple of weeks, so her girlfriends here at Fox decided to show her how excited we are for her by throwing her a little party!

  Here’s a few of the pictures we took. You’ll recognize many of the “tv” faces but some of our behind the scenes beauties are here as well including our Senior Vice President of Programming & Development Suzanne Scott, Executive Producer Lauren Petterson, Senior Producers Megan Albano and Jennifer Rauchet,  and Associate Producer Lindsay Oliver.  Our amazing hair and makeup team of Theresa Burney, Lisa Mirante also joined us. 

  Special thanks to Suzanne Scott, Megan Albano, Heather Nauert, Patti Ann Browne and Heather Childers for putting this event together for our lovely Ainsley!  We are so happy for you.  She is as sweet and as gorgeous in person as she is on television. Will is a LUCKY MAN! 

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

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• September 25, 2012

  OPEN BLOG!

  Janice Dean | Meteorologist

  Hi everyone!

  (AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGIE!)

  Hope you’re all having a great day.

  The blog has been a little quiet lately mostly because the weather has been fairly calm.   The other reason is that the weather studio is going to be used during the elections, so there are some rehearsals happening in there over the next few weeks, and we’ve been moved to another location during the daytime hours.  

  So while things are quiet and the weather is pretty good, I’ll post a few open blogs.  I know we’re still getting spammed — and I’m doing my best to clean things up.  Thanks for always being patient and kind!

  In the meantime, we took Matthew and Theodore to Central Park over the weekend and had a blast.  Thought I’d post a couple of pictures we took.  My boys are getting so big, arent’t they?  I do love the fall weather here in New York.  It’s such a magical time.    It’s one of my favorite places to be during this season.

  Have a great day everyone!

  JD

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

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