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Today, I was scared on the job

10/27/2016

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I am used to being on crime scenes. I've been there minutes after someone was shot, body still hot on the ground. I've had people yell at us, tell us to leave, maybe even threaten harm a few times, but still felt relatively safe. Most of the time police are in close proximity, or I can calmly talk to a person.

Things were a bit different in Cocoa, Fl today. My photographer Marcus (he's pictured in my hurricane story) and I were following up on a story from yesterday morning.

A father of five had just taken his son to the bus stop when a guy rode up on a bike and shot him. He died. This morning, we were talking about the fact that kids would have to go to that same bus stop, with the killer still on the run. So we parked on the street where he was killed, it was very dark, a typical neighborhood. I didn't feel unsafe. This is what we do everyday. 

About 4:40 am, a man comes out of the dark, it startles me. He knocked on my window, Marcus was in the back of the live truck and we were preparing for a liveshot. He yells that someone wanted to talk to us, and points toward the back of the truck and then WALKS back across the street into the dark.

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That one time Hurricane Matthew made me go viral...

10/9/2016

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More intense wind moments ago in Daytona Beach from @news6wkmg reporter @SachelleOnAir’s shot #Matthew https://t.co/eeOIHtcLpU

— Joshua Chavers (@JoshuaChavers) October 7, 2016
I've covered my fair share of weather in news, more of the blizzard variety.
Extreme Cold.
Extreme Snow.
Frostbite.
More Cold.
More Snow.
Snot running down my frozen nose.

When I found out that I'd be covering a warmer, albeit more violent storm, I was up for the challenge.
Wednesday night, the day before Hurricane Matthew was supposed to begin its trek into Florida, my job, News 6-Orlando put us in teams of two, threw us in locations across the coast, and told us to buckle up for wet, windy, 12+ hour shifts.

My location: Daytona Beach
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Beautiful view before the storm hit at my beach-side Hilton hotel.
Fast forward to overnight Thursday, into Friday...

I've been working since 11pm, doing live hits for the show all night. By this point I am wet, tired, and being blown by 60+ mph winds, posted up in front of the Pirate's Cove Hotel, right next to the entrance of the beach. The only thing between me and Hurricane Matthew was one building, and the relative safety of a live truck.

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