Jeremiah Evan Buck (52) passed away in his Carmel Valley home on January 20, 2026.  Jeremy was born on August 31, 1973 in Walnut Creek, California.  He lived in Walnut Creek, Bakersfield, and then finally settled in Carmel with his family when he was 5 years old.  He attended Santa Catalina School and graduated from Carmel High School in 1992.  He graduated from Colorado State University with a BA in Economics and then received a BS in Atmospheric Science from University of North Colorado.  Jeremy loved extreme weather, collecting comics and baseball memorabilia, and walking and doting on his two French bulldogs.  He also loved his family, friends, being in nature and hot sauce that brought him to tears.

At a young age, Jeremy exuded compassion, high intellect, and a driving curiosity in every personal interest he had.  Whether it was writing poetry or stories, learning magic and performing magic shows, obsessively listening to his National Weather Service radio while venturing into the wilderness on his family’s backpacking trips, or collecting baseball cards and comics, Jeremy would dive headfirst into a topic and obsessively learn everything there was to know.  He used his incredibly strong intellect to become a serial entrepreneur:  at 9 years old, his summers were spent collecting golf balls from Pebble Beach golf courses with his brother and then selling the golf balls to golfers.  As an adolescent, he would attend baseball card and comic book conventions where he would buy and sell collectibles—often being the youngest vendor by 15+ years.  Attendees at these shows were always amazed at his ability to negotiate buying and selling as though he were an adult in his 40’s.  All of these experiences allowed him to take his entrepreneurship to new levels when he gained great success building Ewaxpax.com in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

After the dotcom crash, Jeremy moved to Texas and worked as a meteorologist before moving with his wife, Jennifer Gann, to Amesbury, Massachusetts and starting a coffee shop:  J Buck’s.  After a couple of years building the business, he hung up his coffee cups and moved on from the food service business.  Once again, he followed his passion for weather and meteorology and worked in Massachusetts as a meteorologist while living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.  Jeremy always said that Cape Elizabeth was one of his favorite places he ever lived. 

After gaining enough experience at these weather companies, Jeremy started a new business: Weather4cast.com.  For over 15 years, Jeremy wrote terminal area forecasts for Qatar Airlines in the Middle East as well as for airlines in and around the United States.  The people who worked with him always commented on his incredible work ethic, amazing intelligence, attention to detail, and his extreme passion for understanding weather.  Jeremy managed teams of programmers and forecasters throughout his career.

Outside of his knack for business, Jeremy had an enormously compassionate heart.  He loved with everything he had and was never afraid to introduce himself to any stranger on the street willing to talk to him about weather or his French Bulldogs, Jacques (deceased), Gaston (deceased), Nibbler (4), and Jack (2).  He walked everywhere with his dogs and cared for them like they were his children--ensuring they were always put first.  Known as “Frenchie” at Garland Park, Jeremy would talk with strangers about weather, their dogs, or anything else that happened to be on his mind.  Alex, Jeremy’s brother, always told Jeremy that he envied Jeremy’s ability to randomly chat with anyone and everyone without hesitation.  He spoke quickly, but with great fervor. 

Jeremy also loved his family:  his brother Alex, his sister-in-law Heidi, his twin nieces Claire and Hazel, his sister Lindsay Maffia (Buck) and his niece, Olivia Chatwin, his mom, Leslie Buck, his stepmother, Lacy Buck,  his dad, Robert Buck, and his brother’s in-laws, Linda and Warren Weakley and John Giordano.  Claire and Hazel liked to say that Jeremy was the only adult that ever truly understood them.  He could talk to them for hours about weather, animals, or just about anything while playing with them in the river or in a mountain meadow.  Jeremy would often visit Idaho to spend time hiking with his brother and his family or enjoying a family dinner by the river.  Jeremy also loved walking with his sister, Lindsay, and his niece, Olivia, on the golf course with their dogs.

Jeremy desired to live a simple life:  he wanted some land and a small house where he could enjoy weather, nature, and let his dogs roam free.  Prior to his passing, he and his brother, Alex, were working on a plan to achieve this dream.  Although he may not have achieved this dream on this planet, his family hopes he found something similar in the afterlife where he can play with his dogs, Jacques and Gaston, watch and influence thunderstorms and Pacific storms, and always be near to the people he loved.

Jeremy (or Uncle Jorm) will be missed more than words can describe.  He has truly left a hole in the hearts of his family.  He is survived by his mother, Leslie Patterson Buck, Robert B. Buck, his brother Alexander Buck, sister-in-law, Heidi Giordano, and his twin nieces Claire Buck and Hazel Buck, his sister, Lindsay Maffia (Buck) (Justin Maffia) and his niece, Olivia Chatwin, and Linda and Warren Weakley and John Giordano of Carmel (his brother’s in-laws who loved Jeremy very much).

A celebration of life will be held on a date to be determined.  For more information about Jeremy’s celebration of life, please email [email protected].