Mike Bettes Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, The Weather Channel, Wife, Family, Net worth, and Salary

Mike Bettes Biography

Mike Bettes is an American Award-Winning meteorologist working for The Weather Channel in Atlanta Georgia. He has been working for the station since 2003.

Mike Bettes Career

Bettes is a meteorologist who is also the host of the “Weather Underground” weeknights from 5-8 p.m. ET on The Weather Channel. He is no stranger at all when it comes to all that has to do with the weather. He has managed to enclose deadly weather events including the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado in 2013, and the Joplin. Bettes also enclosed the Missouri tornado that took place in 2011. He was among the largest tornado field experiment in history, Vortex 2, to help better understand this elusive phenomenon in 2009 and 2010.

Bettes has enclosed wildfires, regularly covers hurricanes, and floods live on location. For instance, he reported Hurricane Ivan struck in 2004 live from Florida. In 2005, he also spent a whole week along the Mississippi Coast during Hurricane Katrina. He personally recorded a 101mph wind as Hurricane Ike hit Texas in 2008. He was right on the scene when hurricane Harvey’s rain struck and flooded almost the whole of South East Texas. Two weeks later, he broadcast for 90 straight minutes inside the eyewall of Hurricane Irma in Naples, Florida. The hurricane had winds that were recorded at 130mph. When Category 5 Hurricane Michael struck Florida, Mike was living in the Panhandle.

Bettes had also worked for other stations prior to joining The Weather Channel. For instance, he previously worked for WLOS-TV in Asheville, NC where he served as a chief meteorologist. Prior to WLOS-TV, he had worked for WSYX/WTTE in Columbus, Ohio where he served as a weekend meteorologist for 4 years. He also spent a year working for WKEF in Dayton, Ohio where he served as a weekend meteorologist before joining WSYX/WTTE. Additionally, he holds the National Weather Association seals of approval as well as the American Meteorological Society and graduated with a B.S. in atmospheric sciences from Ohio State University (OSU).

Mike Bettes Age

Bettes was born on 9 January 1972 in Tallmadge, Ohio, United States. He is therefore 50 years old as of 2021.

Mike Bettes Height

Bettes stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Mike Bettes photo
Mike Bettes photo

Mike Bettes Family

Bettes has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Bettes has any siblings.

Mike Bettes Wife

Bettes has been happily married to Allison Chinchar since October 2012. Allison is a freelance CNN meteorologist. Bettes and Chinchar are blessed with a son together by the name of Landen Benjamin Bettes who was born in 2015. He was previously married to Stephanie Abrams in mid-2000. Abrams was the co-host of Mike on the show Abrams & Bettes: Beyond the Forecast. Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes ended their marriage in 2009 in a divorce.

Bettes enjoys watching working out, and watching college football whenever he is not working. He also enjoys spending some time with her wife and son and visiting local restaurants. He has also been known to spoil his Golden Retriever named Joplin. Bettes also finds pleasure in hiking, paddleboarding, mountain biking, and triathlons. Mike adopted Joplin after she was left homeless after the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri. He is also very very active on his social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Mike Bettes Salary

Bettes earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Mike Bettes Net Worth

Bettes has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a meteorologist.

Mike Bettes El Reno | Mike Bettes Tornado Incident

Mike Bettes was one of several storm chasers struck by the EF3 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, which rolled and tossed his SUV approximately 200 yards (180 m) into a field, collapsing the roof, inflicting major injuries to his crew which included breaking several bones of the driver Austin Anderson.

In another incident, the same tornado killed TWISTEX storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and colleague Carl Young of South Lake Tahoe, California. Storm chaser Dan Robinson of St. Louis, Missouri escaped the tornado with a few injuries. He was a few hundred meters ahead of the TWISTEX crew.

Local resident Richard Charles Henderson decided to chase the storm, but he was killed in the same area as the TWISTEX crew. He took a picture of the twister from his cellular phone and sent it to a friend before the storm struck him. University of Oklahoma student, Billy Prater, along with his father and a friend, sought refuge under an overpass (an action strongly discouraged in these situations) when the storm changed direction.

Mike Bettes The Weather Channel

Bettes is working at The Weather Channel where he works alongside other famous The Weather Channel anchors and reporters including;

  1. Stephanie Abrams
  2. Jim Cantore
  3. Jen Carfagno
  4. Kelly Cass
  5. Jacqui Jeras
  6. Dr. Rick Knabb
  7. Dave Malkoff
  8. Stu Ostro
  9. Alex Wilson
  10. Reynolds Wolf
  11. Tevin Wooten

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