Oliver K

Helps run @WashingtonianWx | Amateur storm chaser and photographer | Aspiring meteorologist | UW Madison AOS ‘29 | 19 years old

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

Shelf cloud moving into Talladega #alwx #wxtwitter @NWSBirmingham

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

Tornado otg north of Rockford IL. Heavily edited to enhance contrast. #ilwx

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

Supercell just west of Waterloo IA currently #iawx #wxtwitter

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@cilantro_daddy @Hoamer @BamaExpat Mt. Washington is well above the treeline

[Ryan Trahan @RyanTrahan]

haley and I have now raised over $6 million for St. Jude in 39 days! 😭❤️

11 days to go until we've visited all 50 states!

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

And some videos of the wind. There were a couple strong gusts but generally they looked sub-severe. @NWS_BaltWash

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

Shelf cloud as it approached Ady, MD just a bit ago #mdwx #wxtwitter

[NWS Baltimore-Washington @NWS_BaltWash]

328PM: Widespread strong to severe thunderstorms have developing into a line as they cross the US-15 corridor. The more intense parts of this line may produce wind gusts to near hurricane force. Seek shelter as these storms approach!

[NWS Storm Prediction Center @NWSSPC]

10:38am CDT #SPC_MD 1344 , #njwx #pawx #dewx #mdwx #dcwx #vawx #wvwx, https://t.co/gx2BC8L8Px

[NWS Tornado @NWStornado]

Tornado Emergency including Greensburg KS until 10:30 PM CDT

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

Squall line coming into eastern Baltimore County, MD about 15 minutes ago #mdwx #wxtwitter @NWS_BaltWash

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@VORTEXJeff @TorTarget Glad to see I’m not the only one thinking the same thing lol

[NWS Storm Prediction Center @NWSSPC]

2:30am CDT #SPC Day3 Outlook Slight Risk: in the Atlantic Coastal states from northern Florida to southeast Pennsylvania https://t.co/K89lXjsmlK

[Mitch West @SCweather_wx]

Got the silver plaque for hitting a 100k subs on YouTube! Thought I would take a picture with it in the location where the dream started…

The shed!

God is good! Forever grateful.

[Mike Thomas @MikeTFox5]

New 0z Euro continues to be very consistent with a major winter storm in the Mid-Atlantic & Northeast next Wednesday-Thursday.

That’s about as textbook a Miller-A run as you could possibly have.

If this remains consistent throughout the weekend, we’ll be talking some big totals next week.

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@adrianz902 @AdamFurey4 @LopWx @ryankanerWX historic levels of white rain!

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@AdamFurey4 @LopWx @ryankanerWX nice rain event adam!

[Mitch West @SCweather_wx]

I officially hit 100,000 subscribers overnight.

I started this journey 5 year ago on January 1 of 2020 with a pipe dream mentality.

But somehow as I made videos that only got 10-20 views, I kept grinding. Soon those videos were getting 50-100 views. Then the standard was at least 100 views. I remember the video that hit 1000 views for the first time and how it felt. And I remember the first video that hit 10k views that got me eligible to get monetized. I almost gave up 2-3 times but something kept pushing me to continue. Somewhere in the process of that first year of trying to get 1000 subs, something clicked that this is possible & I took that then adopted a new mentality that I will make this happen... and it did.

This is an awesome accomplishment that truly is God given.

I want to encourage anyone out there to keep pushing towards your dreams. You will try to give yourself an excuse on why you can't do something, but it's a lie. We live in a time where the world will try to tell you to give up & sadly give you a reason on why it's ok to do so.

With the social media driven world we live in, you have all the access in the world to show the world what you got.

I have a YouTube Channel with 100k subscribers with a..

510 dollar computer
90 dollar mic
A hand me down keyboard
worn down mouse
I screen record off software that cost me 30 dollars a year
I only just recently got photoshop to do my thumbnails, before I was using microsoft paint..

I don't have 2-10 computer monitors.
I don't have flashy lights.
And I don't have super fast internet.

(not a knock on anyone that does)

I'm literally just a dude that talks about the weather in his bedroom.

Don't get so caught up in things you think you need, just start & get after it.

What has separated me from others is my relentless approach & my consistency. I just don't stop. And if you think about it, that's how most really successful people reach their goals & are able to MAINTAIN it. The shortcut will not bring longevity to what you are working towards. The common phrase is work smarter not harder, but I would argue I have done the complete opposite in not just this Youtube journey but my entire life.

You got a gift that is God given. You got to seek that gift & he will use you. But it takes work & I am still learning as I go. God can put the quarter in the gumball machine, but you gotta turn it to get it out.

Thank you all for trusting me over the years & giving me this platform to talk about what I love!

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@AdamFurey4 @LopWx @ryankanerWX 🦜

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@AdamFurey4 @LopWx @ryankanerWX here goes the parrot again🦜 “but… but… I… DIGITAL SNOW” come up with something else to say dumbass

[Oliver K @KnaptonOliver]

@AdamFurey4 @LopWx @ryankanerWX sure hope your digital monster -PNA doesn’t bust like every single forecast you’ve made this winter🤭