David Maddux
    As a native of Asheville, North Carolina and in his travels as a six-year U.S. Air Force veteran, David has been exposed to almost ALL kinds of weather.
   
    From a youngster in the mountains of western North Carolina wishing for a snow day to 115 degree heat on a tarmac in Texas to the 20 below zero temperatures he experienced in Montana, and typhoons in the Pacific, David confidently states "I have first hand understanding of weather IMPACT!"

    During his stint in Okinawa Japan, he experienced first hand the power of tropical storms when the island suffered a "direct hit" by two typhoons.
   
    "We were safe on the base but a lot of the locals were devastated. We spent several weeks following each storm tending to the needs of our off-base neighbors".

    David also has first hand knowledge of powerful winter storms having "weathered" some rough conditions while stationed in Montana and in Colorado at Buckley Field. It is this first hand experience he finds invaluable when preparing his listeners in New Orleans on WWL 870 AM and Washington, D.C.'s WTOP AM 1500 during tropical storm season.

    During winter weather, the beneficiaries of this first hand experience are his Denver affiliate KCKK, WLRK in Wausau, Wisconsin and WUCL in Utica, New York. David says "It's also a 'special' challenge when his brothers and sisters tune in on Asheville's WKSF 99.9 FM. They're pretty tough critics!"

    David began his broadcasting career in 1992 doing "play-by-play" billiard commentary for AccuStats video productions in Bloomingdale, New Jersey. In 1997, shortly after attending the Connecticut School of Broadcasting to further hone his radio skills, he joined the team at WSB radio in Atlanta.

    David joined the radio department of The Weather Channel in March of 2000. He has become an integral part of the "TWCRN Hurricane Team". For the past three years has been the guest of his Louisville affiliate, WVEZ 106.9, during the Kentucky Derby. According to David, "Broadcasting live from Churchill Downs is unbelievable! Definitely a career highlight."

    He enjoys working in the yard and his hobbies include billiards and motorcycle riding.

Sally Russell
    Sally came to The Weather Channel in January of 2000, a wonderful way to start a brand new millennium. Her interest in meteorology started from her young upbringing in the United Kingdom, where she was fascinated with the local television weatherman.

    She was able to watch him and repeat verbatim everything he reported. This interest in weather only grew when Sally moved to southwest Florida, where you can set your watch by the afternoon thunderstorms.

    She was bitten by the radio bug in 1990, and since then, has programmed two stations, hosted an on-air afternoon drive shift, delivered traffic reports, and reported for ABC/Disney's WYAY/WKHX in Atlanta.

    A graduate from the University of Alabama, with a degree in Communications, Sally is finishing up with the Broadcast Meteorology Program with Mississippi State.

    When she is not at work, her interests include watching baseball and college football, playing tennis, hiking, and demonstrating her kickboxing talents. She also keeps busy playing her clarinet and taking care of her two Siamese cats.

Terri Smith
    Terri Smith became interested in weather at the tender age of four, when she moved to Atlanta, Georgia during the spring thunderstorm season. Fear and fascination of thunderstorms and tornadoes pushed her to study meteorology at Florida State University where she also earned a minor in communications.

    Her broadcast career includes working at WALB in Albany, Georgia and WXIA in Atlanta, before joining the On-Camera Meteorology department at The Weather Channel in June 1991. In the fall of 1995, Terri joined the On-Camera Management Team, working with the Evening On-Camera Meteorologists.

    Now, she makes the transition to the Radio Department for The Weather Channel, where she combines her talents.

    Terri belongs to the American Meteorological Society and served on the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology from 1998-2001. Outside of the radio booth, Terri enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, traveling and listening to classical music.