The Internet Rallies Behind Autistic Weather Fanatic To Help Make His Dream Come True

January 29, 2015

The CBC gave an autistic man, who is a locally renowned weather fanatic, a spot on their weather segment. Now, he's making international news.

At a young age, 30 year-old Frankie MacDonald fell in love with the weather. His dream has always been to become a weather man.

Frankie's enthusiasm for the weather has made him popular in his home town of Sydney, Nova Scotia, but now his amateur weather broadcasts are starting to become a viral sensation after a BuzzFeed post asked the internet to "Please give this man a TV weatherman job."

This is an example of one of his weather reports, which has over 400,000 views:

People around the world are rallying behind Frankie, trying to get him more publicity so that he can achieve his dream.

I want to know why Frankie MacDonald isn't on @TheEllenShow yet #TeamgetFrankieonEllen
— Kate Reed (@Kate_Reed11) January 26, 2015

@TheEllenShow Pls check out Frankie MacDonald. He does YouTube weather reports from NS. I know you love a good laugh, so pls check him out.
— Kathy S (@Jacknant) January 28, 2015