Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and a few flurries can feel like Antarctica to people with permanent sandal tans.

“I was out and about roaming around on the deck and I saw a waterspout, actually we saw two waterspouts. It was during a time when he said there wasn’t much representation of African Americans in meteorology. You know, there is a chance that I could be, you know, what she is one day,’” Hurt said. Today, he is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service and is based out of Ruskin. But it’s also important to keep in mind, although there has been progress, there’s always progress to be made.