"Stormcloud" Sabol's Weather Blog

Just this morning, Kenny Crumpton was live at the square in Hudson talking about the town and all that it has.  Just as the segment was about to wrap up, my parents both made a surprise appearance with Kenny.  To see my parents on TV in my hometown on the station that I work at while I am doing the weather is one of the highlights of my career.  From a kid who always wanted to be a meteorologist (yes, pretty dorky I know), today marked a time when history came full circle.

It was back in 1988 when I made my first call into Dick Goddard to report the temperature.  Since then, with the support of my parents, family and teachers throughout the Hudson School System, that dream of doing the weather at channel 8 became a reality. 

When my family moved to Hudson back in 1977, the population was under 8000 people.  There were only 4 stoplights and farmland was more prevalent than housing developments.  I remember hitting my first homerun at Cascade Park behind the Acme Plaza when I was 6.  I remember walking in the Memorial Day parade with my dad for years and years.  I remember my mom bringing in our TV to Mrs. Johnson's first grade class to watch the first flight of the Space Shuttle.  I remember Safety Town.  I remember the REACH program.  I remember my mom driving us to band practice, ball practice and other after school activities.  I remember my dad as Cub Scout Leader and the pinewood derby race.  I remember going to Saywells after ballgames for ice cream.  I remember the Time Travelers program with the Hudson LIbrary which took us to places that most people never see or might ever see again like the inside of the Clock Tower.  My class was the last to graduate from the "old" high school. (Which is now the middle school)

The town has tripled in size since 1977.  The roads are wider, the traffic is denser, the stores are more numerous.  The school system is among the best in the state.  

I am proud to call Hudson my hometown