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                    <p>I've had the privilege of gaining extensive experience covering tropical storms, over my 23 year career in local news. I have covered the landfall of 23 named tropical systems, including 14 hurricanes.</p>
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            <p><em>Written by 9NEWS Storm Chaser Cory Reppenhagen. Hear more about his experience in the video above.</em></p><p>I've had the privilege of gaining extensive experience covering tropical storms, over my 23 year career in local news. I have covered the landfall of 23 named tropical systems, including 14 hurricanes: Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne in 2004, Dennis, Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, and Wilma in 2005, Ernesto in 2006, Gustav and Ike in 2008, Ida in 2009, and Irene in 2011. </p>      <div class="ad ad_border_true ad_position_article_mid1" id="article_mid1_0" data-model-refresh="none" data-model-settings="{&quot;ad&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;article_mid1&quot;,&quot;div&quot;:&quot;article_mid1_0&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[300,250]]},&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;pgid&quot;:[&quot;467437658&quot;],&quot;pgtype&quot;:[&quot;article&quot;],&quot;strnativekey&quot;:[&quot;2YNEkKMk1QC5WsCndTXLDYVB&quot;],&quot;video_included&quot;:[&quot;true&quot;],&quot;ttid&quot;:[&quot;2701530&quot;]}}"></div>
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<p>The days after a hurricane, can be quite miserable.</p><p><strong>WATCH: Some raw footage Cory has shot while covering hurricanes</strong></p>
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