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work well with when going through such stressful events, and when you're giving out life-saving information. We know what the other is thinking, so I can have the radar ready before he has to say anything." The next day, the horrific scenes that only hours prior had been in his imagination, soon became reality as he loaded up the car with son Cody, a senior at Trinity High School at the time, and made the drive to Henryville. "I just knew we had to do something," remembers Webb. "I felt emotionally beat down after Henryville. We spent so much time tracking this storm and in our guts, the whole time, knew it was going to be bad – then in an instant, gone. Everything we knew would happen but tried to prevent, happened – and then some." rattle off the Emmy wins (a total of three, by the way) or how he holds many prestigious awards from both his Air Force and broadcasting careers. For Monty Webb there are a total of nine (non-mantle dwelling) defining moments – his children: Lindsay, Brooke and Cody. The other moments you ask? That's easy – the six grandchildren him and wife, Kim, are crazy about. The veteran meteorologist is all too familiar with the perceived understanding of what people think his job entails. "People actually think we're up here throwing darts and coming up with weather reports. Most just expect us to be wrong about the forecast," laughs Webb. "But when we're right – boy, we become almost like these weather gods." And while there are no actual parting of the clouds, Webb humbly downplays the role his career choice has on the community at large. Across the country, without knowing it, he is a steady part of our daily routine. A necessary piece of the puzzle counseled before any other decision is made. Webb's prediction determines if we wear that new overpriced raincoat or if perhaps, the kids can sleep in on account of a snow day. Make coffee, return voicemails, peruse the morning headlines, check the weather – it is the balancing act to our otherwise chaotic every day forecast. Most just expect us to be wrong about the forecast, but when we're right – boy, we become almost like these weather gods. The emotional toll Webb shared with the rest of the country led him to silently continue making trips to the desolate land. Under the fanfare radar, Webb and Cody continued to make trips to Henryville and the surrounding counties hoping in some way they could offer hope and validation that while the world still turns, they had not forgotten. When asked to list life's defining moments don't expect him to 38 T h e V o i c e o f L o u i s v i L L e | w w w. v o i c e - t r i b u n e . c o m fA L L 2 0 1 3