becoming a source for the weather channel this information was used a number of local and international media outlets such as the weather channel (us) weathernation (us) looptt (t&t) trinidad and tobagos the guardian the newsday (t&t) and trinidad and tobagos express hosein said governmental organizations and agencies also used the information from ttwc the pages reach went from a few hundreds to hundreds of thousands of people in just a few hours he said then over the summer as trinidad and tobagos soils were incredibly saturated combined with its high susceptibility for flash floods any rainfall produced flash flooding across the islands" after ttwc covered two category 5 hurricanes one hitting barbuda and the other hitting dominica both of which caused mass destruction ttwcs twitter and facebook page reached a combined 35 million people the man the myth the face behind the facebook page at this point everything that i was doing was completely anonymous only my two brothers a cousin of mine and two friends knew i was behind the page hosein recalled in october of 2017 a rainfall event producing historic flooding in trinidad the flooding began to cripple major roads on the island so hosein began reporting on it when flooding just began to affect the highway i started relaying as much information that i was aware of whether that be first hand images videos or radar images of the continuing rainfall this flooding continued for at least 3 days across the island" after that trinidad and tobago newsday released an article about hosein and the rest is history hosein said he then received recognition from the local media and many governmental organizations his was also featured in the battalion student newspaper at texas a&m he said he continues to operate the page today and use it to share timely and accurate weather information including from the official trinidad and tobago meteorological service advice for future aggie geoscientists as he graduates from texas a&m this august hosein recommends that future geosciences students pursue undergraduate research as well as take electives in other fields if you have the slightest inclination of what topics youre interested in research the professors in the college and see whos interest align with yours and pitch them something youre interested in researching he said if you think thats too daunting then check out the aggie research scholars program undergraduate research is something i wish i started earlier in my degree and take an elective in another one of the geosciences the great thing about this field is how versatile a geoscience degree can be he also encouraged future geosciences students to persevere through the math courses that plague some undergraduates and to listen to their academic advisors math is your friend hosein said it can be gross or it can be beautiful depending on you outlook on the subject but regardless it is one of the most useful things in a geoscience degree listen to suzanne or your respective advisors! the advisors in the college of geosciences are phenomenal and they know what theyre telling you after he graduates this august hosein hopes to land an internship or a full time job in the oil and gas industry he also plans to return to school in the near future to obtain his masters degree by taylor fuechec '18