Iowa meteorologist who quit job after death threats reveals he and wife had to hide out in hotel
An meterologist who quit his job after receiving a death threat and harrassing emails due to his coverage on revealed that he and his wife had to hide out in a hotel for their safety and put up security cameras in their home. News in Des Moines, who had been covering climate change and the weather resigned from the news station on June 21, a position he had held since 2021. He penned an essay this month in the sharing his story on the ordeal and how he and his wife, Cathy moved back to his hometown of Boston after he was diagnosed with PTSD. He said the managers at the station took 'the threat seriously,' and were the ones who put him and his wife up in a hotel. 'We were minutes from where we lived, but hiding for our safety,' he wrote. 'We bought security cameras for our home, but the stress continued to grow.' He also pointed out that the police were professional and kind during the harrowing event, but Gloninger would later reveal that with each new email he recieved it became 'more difficult to recover.' Gloninger had received several threatening emails last summer, some of which asked for his home address. Others said he was a 'worthless Biden puppet' and should 'go east and drown from the ice cap melting'. After reporting the messages to authorities, police identified a man in Lenox, Iowa, who admitted to sending them. Danny Hancock, 63, was then charged with third-degree harassment. He pleaded guilty and was fined $105. He was also ordered to pay $76 in court costs. Glonginer used his position at KCCI to raise awareness of the impact of climate change and often shared clips to social media in which he discussed the negative ramifications. 'I take immense pride in having educated the public about the impacts of climate change during my career,' he wrote in a note announcing his departure on Twitter. Glonginer shared screenshots of some of the abusive emails last July and the Iowa Capital Dispatch reviewed court and police records to expose some of the others. The first message on June 21 at around 5.35pm read: 'Getting sick and tired of your liberal conspiracy theory on the weather, climate changes every day, always has, always will, your pushing nothing but a Biden hoax, go back to where you came from.' A few days later, Hancock wrote: 'You are worthless Biden puppet, a liar, a conspiracy theorist, and an idiot!!! You give Iowa a bad name, GO HOME B****.' Hours later came perhaps the most threatening message, in which Hancock referred to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. 'What's your address, we conservative Iowans would like to give you an Iowan welcome you will never forget, kinda like the lib**** gave JUDGE KAVANAUGH!!!!!!!' he wrote. He told last month that trauma caused by the threats caused him to fear for not only his safety but also that of his wife, who would often remain at home alone while he was working late shifts. 'I was not sleeping,' Gloninger said. 'I had bags under my eyes.' 'I'm trying to put it behind me,' he told the newspaper. 'But at the same point, I think it brings awareness to what journalists face day-to-day bringing the news.' He said he was sad to give up his role but also looked forward to the next chapter. 'Having a dream since you were in second grade of being a TV meteorologist?' Gloninger told The Post. 'Yeah. Im going to miss it. I just hope that this is even more fulfilling than the last 18 years, my next chapter.' In his essay, he shared: 'Something had to change, but one thing was certain: I would not be deterred from addressing an issue I saw as an existential global crisis.' After his announcement many of his fans went to social media to commend him for his authenticity. One person wrote: 'The Earth needs people like you ...that are able to communicate the science behind our changing climate.' Three days after his resignaton he went to Instagram to give his followers an update. 'Life Update: after struggles following a threat stemming from my #climatechange coverage and family health issues its time to step away from TV after 18 years. I am thrilled for our next move,' he wrote. Many wished him well while others were happy to see him back in Massachussetts.