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Much Ado about Clouds.

Tim — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:50:04 +0000

“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.” ~Henry David Thoreau.

I know. It’s been four months since I’ve updated this pitiful blog of mine, and what do I come back with? A post on clouds! But stick around. You may actually like it.

Here’s the deal…

My wife and I were in our car last weekend when we came across the most awesome display of clouds. She’s a cloud-lover. A regular student of clouds. She loves naming the different types of clouds. And me? It takes something special for me to get all gaga over clouds. I like ‘em as much as the next guy, but that’s it. These were different. These were clouds that made you realize just how small we are.

So out came my camera-equipped Blackberry. (Click-click.)

Cirrocumulus or altocumulus? You decide.

Of course, it was just a matter of time before we began discussing what type of clouds these were. My wife insisted they were stratus clouds, but me being the reporter that I am, I wanted to be sure. The following Monday, I took my photos to News 4 Chief Meteorologist John Cessarich. Surely he would know. He’s geekier than my wife (love ya, John) when it comes to clouds and other weather-related things.

How many cloud types? One or two?

John said there are two types of clouds in this shot: Cirrocumulus and altocumulus. To prove his point, he showed me a website that lists more cloud-types than I remember from fourth grade. If you can’t find your favorite cloud on Weather Whiz Kids dot-com, you live in a different solar system, I’ll tell ya!

So where is this going?

Nowhere, really. That’s pretty much it. But this post has afforded me the opportunity to show off my cloud shots. Like this one:

Major, major clouds.

I was so excited by these shots, I even created a “u local” account on WYFF4.com, where I uploaded ten of them. Remember, as Judy Garland once said, “Behind every cloud is another cloud.”

Whatever that means.

Run, Forrest, Run!

Tim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:47:32 +0000

I can’t believe I placed in the top ten in the 32nd Annual Reedy River Run. I can’t believe it because it isn’t true. We Wallers stayed near the back of the pack.

The. Whole. Time.

Nostrils flared, Waller moves into 4000th place.

This was my first sojourn into the organized world of fitness. It was my wife’s second time out. This year we entered as a family of four. That’s me, my wife and two teenage daughters.

Iva Waller leads the pack.

Chelsea, age 17 going on 30, kicks it up a notch.

Claudia, age 14, in no mood to be photographed.

It was a great time out for the entire family, and gave us all a much-needed workout. Who knew I’d run into one of my co-workers here? Below is Janice Limon, executive producer at WYFF-TV, and her husband Tony.

L to R: Janice Limon, Tony Limon, yours truly.

For those who spent the day under a rock, Saturday’s weather was perfect! High temps were in the low to mid-70s. Not bad for a March morning, and not bad considering it snowed here just a week ago.

The finish line.

4000th place? Hey, at least we finished.

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Here are some great shots of the race from Greenville Daily Photo, and more great shots from Greenville Online.

Thank You For Smoking.

Tim — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, I do not spend all my time at work researching investigative stories. I still get out from behind the desk and cover breaking stories, like this huge fire at a garbage transfer station.

Photo by Benji Newman.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. Here’s Mark Lyon and I covering a big park announcement in Greenville County.

Roadside interview.

You never know what each new day will bring.

Was That Tim I Saw?

Tim — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:55:27 +0000

Over the summer, I received a flurry of emails at work from viewers who wondered if “that was Tim Waller they saw” on Dr. Charles Stanley’s Sunday morning TV broadcast. “If that wasn’t Tim, it sure looked like him,” said one. “I’m pretty sure I saw Tim and his wife on In Touch,” said another.

Yes, folks. That was us you saw.

My wife and I were in Atlanta the weekend of June 20-21. I was up for an Emmy award for a story I did last year on failures within the 9.1.1. system. (Yes, I won!) But equal to the excitement of winning my first Emmy was getting up the next morning and driving to First Baptist Church of Atlanta and getting to see Dr. Stanley in person.

What we didn’t count on in a church that large was showing up in one of the cutaway shots! In fact, we had no idea we were on until a week or two after the broadcast when emails from News 4 viewers starting pouring in. My first thought was (and this is funny coming from a TV guy), did I look okay? Was I scratching my nose when they took the shot?

The sermon in which my wife and I appear is Countdown to Judgment, Part 4, Our Eternal Rewards. You can watch the entire sermon here. We pop up for a brief moment about three-fourths of the way into the sermon. Plus, watching will explain why my wife and I appear to be laughing. Dr. Stanley had just said something funny, though I can’t remember what.

And for the record, you may see us again on In Touch. We’re heading to Atlanta to see friends this weekend, and guess what we’re doing Sunday morning?

Iva Waller talking to Dr. Stanley