At 74 years old Harold has lived a life of adventure, research and pushing himself to the limits. At only 10 years old he began studying weather and lead the charge to create the first weather monitoring programs in schools that are now across the country. He continued this passion after school joining the Navy and serving during Vietnam as an Aerographer (weatherman).

On his return he spent years in the restaurant industry as a co-owner of a restaurant before adventuring out west to build his home and family.

After meeting his wife he raised two sons off-grid, growing their own food, shoveling snow and maintaining a healthy lifestyle on the edge of the wilderness. During this time he continued his education, learned how to program and eventually opened his own computer service center. However the stresses of running a small business took it's toll and caused his first attack at only 57.

Afterwards he sold his home and decided to travel for a while and get back into weather forecasting taking a job in Texas for a lower level of stress. It was at this time that he was diagnosed with throat cancer, an issue his mother had dealt with. Although he never smoked the radiation treatment left it's toll, damaging his saliva glands, teeth and started a slow but steady buildup of scare tissue in his windpipe.

A rather simple device that in Harold's case keeps his airwave open and him breathing. This inner tube is much like a straw and due to heavy phlegm build up, which is exacerbated by the fact that he does not have any saliva glands and the new hospital "Pittsburg" is refusing him tea, warm liquids or even a swab in a water cup to moisten the mouth. Thus he must cough, painfully to expel the phlegm and needs either assistance getting to the sink or clean it out or having someone simply rinse this inner tube/straw in the sink. It's a very simple process but one that can be time sensitive and has highlighted drastic failures in the medical alerting, response and education system at these facilities.