Talk To Tom

Retirement is a milestone many people look forward to, but it also begs the question, what next? Do you take longer naps? Travel? Spend more time with family and friends? The decision really comes down to the individual, but it’s always nice to have a little help from those who have been there and done that. Former CBS meteorologist Mark McEwen has had a storied career full of impact. He finished...

Central Florida won’t get a full solar eclipse on Monday, but one is coming and that means much of Central Florida, including Disney World will be plunged into darkness in the middle of the day. News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells talked to Derek Demeter, the Director of the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Planetarium at Seminole State College of Florida. “There’s going to be an eclipse that’s go...

A lot of people choose to drink filtered or bottled water to avoid the taste of the tap. James Adamski is a geology professor at Valencia College East in Orlando. He said the flavor, “all comes down to the chemistry of the water and the plumbing.” Though he said he understands people’s preference for bottled water, he also said pumping the water out of our natural springs and shipping it across th...

News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells took off, flew through the clouds, and conducted an emergency landing on the water, all without leaving the ground. He took his podcast, Talk to Tom, on the road to Lockheed Martin in Orlando and test-drove their Prepar3d flight simulation technology from a modified cockpit. Chris Metel is the Program Manager for Prepar3d. He said the technology has been an...

Several sharks have been spotted off the coast of Florida recently. That includes Breton, a 1,400-pounder, who pinged just north of Cocoa Beach last week. Dr. Harley Newton is the Chief Scientist and Veterinarian for the shark research group OCEARCH. She said Breton is just one of the 92 sharks her organization has caught, outfitted with a tracker, and released. Newton told News 6 Chief Meteorolog...

A record-breaking number of launches have happened on the Space Coast this year. That number is only expected to keep growing, as is the pollution the launches leave behind. Dr. Daniel Murphy with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said, “When the rockets burn up you get vaporized aluminum, you get vaporized copper, other metals, and that burn-up is happening at 40 to 80 kilometer...

When the weather drops below 70 degrees, Floridians are known for pulling out the boots and scarves. But alligators, snakes, manatees and spiders don’t have a winter wardrobe, so how do they stay warm? News 6 meteorologist Samara Cokinos went down the rabbit hole to find out and joined News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells on Talk to Tom to share the interesting and unusual ways they stay toasty...

Right after watching the Talk To Tom episode about great white sharks heading to Florida, fishing boat captain Allyn “Big Al” Graham reached out to the show to say he has reeled in a lot of blacktip and bull sharks in the Mosquito Lagoon. “We caught 18 bull sharks in the backwaters of Edgewater this summer, some of them were 8 feet long,” Graham said. So, News 6 reached out to him to learn more an...

Pythons have been hunted in the Florida Everglades for years, but, new research shows the invasive species may be trying to establish itself closer to Orlando. “A colleague of mine has tested certain aquatic areas for the presence of eDNA,” Research Ecologist Kristen Hart with the United States Geological Survey said. “Imagine being in a bathtub and someone says, ‘Was a human in here?’ You can tes...

People across the country love Florida and it turns out sharks do too. OCEARCH recently spotted a 10-foot, 460-pound great white shark swimming along Daytona Beach. OCEARCH Senior Advisor for Science & Academics Dr. Bob Hueter told News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells more are coming. “It’s kind of like winter snowbirds, the sharks start heading south in the fall as the temperatures drop up nor...

If you have lived in Florida for any amount of time you are probably familiar with red tide. It leaves fish dead along our shorelines and people coughing as the wind blows toxins in the air. Now a team of scientists believes they have the answer to solving the problem. They are using giant test tubes to test their new solution in the Sarasota Bay. Dr. Kristy Lewis, a former University of Central F...

Rebecca Soto said she just wanted to beat the rain when she took her dog for a walk outside of her Lake Nona home back in August. Little did she know that choice would nearly end her life. After she stepped outside, her husband said he heard a loud noise. “It set the alarms off in our apartment,” Lauro Soto said. When he went outside, he said he found her on the ground. “I knew she was unresponsiv...

Whether you are enjoying a “staycation” or going out of town, a rainy day can ruin your outdoor plans. That’s where Sensible Weather comes into play. The service allows you to insure your trip for about 10% of the total cost. Then, if it rains up to a certain threshold, you get up to 100% of your money back. The founder, Dr. Nick Cavanaugh, said Sensible Weather works with theme parks and particul...

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 tornado with wind speeds up to 115 mph touched down on Thursday in Palm Coast. The tornado touched down near Belle Terre Parkway and Pine Lakes Parkway just before 5 a.m. Palm Coast fire officials said 50 homes were damaged. Neighbors walking around Bayside Drive and Baltimore Lane woke up to roofs torn off of homes, pool enclosures inside of pools an...

If you have lived in Florida for a few years, you have likely encountered lovebugs. They are known for flying through the sky while “stuck together,” splattering into windshields and front bumpers. But, if you are new to the state, you may not have noticed them because there are fewer flying around lately. Dr. Norman Leppla is a professor at the University of Florida who specializes in the study o...

News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells discusses Hurricane Nicole and his personal journey to becoming a meteorologist. Submit your questions and feedback by visiting https://www.clickorlando.com/weather/2022/10/19/new-show-talk-to-tom-allows-you-to-discuss-weather-with-news-6-chief-meteorologist/.