Those videos found a wide fan base online, at a time when people were hungry for a dose of familial closeness. The trio of Grody-Patinkins is now in the early stages of creating an advice podcast.

The long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” had taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by DOGE. He was not replaced.

“Tell me something you teach your kids to help keep them safe,” Johnson wrote as text in her TikTok video. “I’m not talking about, ‘Don’t talk to strangers.’ Give me the good stuff. Give me something ...