<P> After NBC Universal's acquisition of The Weather Channel in 2008, Cantore has occasionally filled in for Al Roker on The Today Show . He was also in London hosting weather segments for NBC during the 2012 Summer Olympics . </P> <P> Algis Laukaitis of the Lincoln Journal Star has referred to Cantore as the "rock star of meteorologists". </P> <P> On January 28, 2014, while doing a live on - location report at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, Cantore was charged by a student named Colin Marcelli . Cantore noticed the charge, and kneed Marcelli in the groin . Marcelli immediately ran off . Cantore never broke his train of thought nor appeared frazzled during the incident . A recording of the shot has gained upwards of two million views on YouTube . </P> <P> On October 10, 2018, while covering landfall of Hurricane Michael in Panama City Beach, Florida, Cantore was forced to quickly dodge a flying piece of lumber while reporting live . Video of the incident was viewed on Twitter more than 500,000 times in the hour after its occurrence . </P>

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