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Meteorology in general, it started when I was very 

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young. For me, I was very fascinated with the weather, and

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how things worked. Tornadoes, tornadoes is always a big one. I come from

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Colorado, so I did like a lot of the snow or the mountain meteorology. 

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But it just grew into a passion. 

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My name is Jorel Torres. I study at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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in Rapid City, South Dakota, and I study atmospheric sciences, 

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specializing in snow. This summer I've been looking at studying the

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Wallops Island Flight Facility snow observations. People ask me, 

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"Why study snow? What's the purpose?" Snow is very unique. It's a little bit different 

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and more complex than rain. We look at how much water

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is coming out of the snowpack that falls. And that can affect things

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such as flooding. I always believe that anything is possible 

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just as long as you keep working hard. Two to three years ago I just got out of undergrad, 

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and I applied to various job positions. 

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And I got turned down by many of them. And it

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was hard at first. But from that experience, I really 

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looked at myself and tried to figure, is this what I really want to do or

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not? And I knew deep down, I was really

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passionate about what I wanted to do. And now I'm here. 

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