![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Dave’s competence as a meteorologist - he rose the ranks first in the Air Force, where color blindness prevented him from being a pilot to eventually becoming the head of the NWS for southeastern Louisiana - never overcame his lack of charisma. At the time, it was the biggest position in NOLA meteorology, having followed the legendary Nash Roberts. David served our city as the former anchor of WWL weather from 1983 through 1997. Barnes feels too staid and starched for David. Dave Barnes, WWL I feel somewhat uncomfortable calling him Dave, as he was known for two decades on air, but Mr. He was a kind and gentle man and a fine meteorologist. He left New Orleans to take an anchor job in South Carolina, where I believe he still is. I believe it was he who coined the phrase, “Your weather authority,” and the majority of weather breaking news at night or on the weekends, came through Ken. Even as his hairline retreated, his resolve stood true in the heat of the storms. He served as the grounded counterbalance to Bob Breck. His calm and friendly demeanor saturated each of his every word. ![]() But bad timing doomed his professional career. Had he been born twenty years later, he might be New Orleans’ favorite meteorologist today. His upbeat yet no-nonsense style gained some fans during his days at WGNO, but he was going against the Breck juggernaut, and really had no chance. Bruce Katz, WGNO/WVUE His spot of distinction derives entirely from Bruce's Coats For Kids, an annual Christmas-Hanukkah charity he started to get cold kids coats. WDSU has always had the city’s worst weather team, at least during my lifetime, and that does not look to change any time soon. Any time he was not on air, WDSU weather was a mockery. However, if he had any role in hiring any of the WDSU weather people, such as Margaret Orr, he loses a lot of my respect. ![]() Milham seems competent enough as a meteorologist. Local meteorologists simply did not make the type of money at that time to live in Chateau south of Vintage in the 80s and 90s. Milham, who was a cheerful sod and friends with our cousins, who at that time, lived in Chateau, but on the south side of Vintage, whereas Mr. Dan Milham, WDSU As an early teen, I had the pleasure of playing a round of golf at Chateau with Mr. TulaneLSU’s Top 10 meteorologists in New Orleans history: 10. I would love reading your own Top 10, if you would share it. In honor of this special day, when nearly 2000 New Orleanians lost their lives, I thought it appropriate to honor the men and women meteorologists who have helped guide the city through the storms. Canal I-wall gave way to the wall of waters, which would flood most of the city. It was only a couple of hours ago, 15 years ago, that the 17th St. It is hard to believe that 15 years ago today, the levees were overtopped and breached. New Orleanians must adopt Steve Buschemi strabismic eyes, with one eye to the sky and the other to the ground watching for pavement cracks. Mississippi River floods, major hurricanes at least every generation, yellow fever epidemics, and rain flooding, all play a powerful part in politics, economics, the perception of the city to outsiders, and in the memories of residents. In no other American city has weather played a more prominent role in shaping a city’s history than in New Orleans. Our lives depend on it, living in a mostly subterranean city where hurricanes frequent and a giant river looms over us. Dear Friends, I think people in New Orleans are the most weather savvy people in the nation.
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