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The property where the observatory has been built has a special place in Beau’s heart. Having been raised there with his sisters brought many weather adventures in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A windy spring day on the farm – Beau with his sisters on Easter Day 1975.
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Aerial view of the homestead circa 1974. Beau’s great grandfathers house is near the middle and the house Beau grew up in is in the lower right. The Weather Observatory is located behind his old house where a pony barn used to stand.
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An ice and sleet storm struck the farm in 1976.
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Beau visited WPSD Channel 6 in 1979 with one of the their meteorologists. Beau’s interest in weather continues to this day. He recently graduated the Broadcast Meteorology program through Mississippi State University.
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In the 1980s WPSD TV 6 did a story on Beau’s interest in weather. Reported Sam Burrage of People Beat interview Beau on a snow day in January of 1984.