How a Texas meteorologist is getting Alaska to take heat seriously

The Washington Post · last updated June 16, 2025 – 3:33 AM

The National Weather Service meteorologist spent 14 years crafting weather-related warnings in El Paso, where summer temperatures regularly rocket above 100 degrees. But Laney took a leap of faith less than a year ago, moving with his wife and two dogs from America’s southern border to Alaska, where he helped change the way officials communicate about weather — and made history doing so.

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