Over 500 people voted regarding our new blog and the results were overwhelmingly in favor of the new blog. Perhaps you've noticed the "negative guy" is no longer with us as we control who gets on. No longer will this degenerate to name calling and useless Monday Morning Quarterbacking. It will stay focused on the original intent...to provide you with my thoughts & opinions that I can't or don't have time to give on FOX 8. If you don't like to listen to me, go somewhere else. If you didn't see the difference in weather reporting with TD # 10, then I have no hope of getting you to watch me. At 2 PM I notice TD #10 was moving on a different track than predicted by NHC and said it appeared it was heading towards Destin. "Negative Guy" would say I was wrong as it went 5 miles east of Destin (FT. Walton). I showed the NHC forecast but used my 36+ years of forecasting hurricanes to say what I felt. Unfortunately the City of New Orleans held a news conference at 6 PM to say they were opening shelters. They obviously didn't watch FOX 8. At 7 PM NHC cancelled all tropical storm warnings. Watch who you want, but my viewers trust my opinion and I take that responsibility very seriously.
Kinda unbelieveable but NHC has named another sub-tropical storm (Jerry) so far out in the Atlantic that only the fish & ships will notice it's there. Make's one wonder about how many storms would have been named back in 1933 (21) if they had satellites back then?
We received some much needed rainfall today and more is on the way as a surge of tropical moisture is heading our way. It appears we don't need to worry about anything forming as upper level winds are too strong. There is a weak circulation off the Yucatan and it will head towards the Texas coast by Wednesday. One week to go until October. Let's get those fronts coming!
5 comments:
Hi Bob, I am a new member to your blog. I would like to thank you for being our guardian angel throuout the hurricane seasons. We have been faithful listeners for many years. Yes, we do check out the other weatherpersons. In respect to them, I reserve the thought that everyone has the right to be wrong. My hubby would go into "high stress level" from June 'til October. This prompted us to move from Metairie to a lovely small town called Ponchatoula. Please keep up your own method of forecasting, it really keeps us centered. We are fans from way back in your younger days and will never stray.
Retired but still kickin'
Hi Bob,
Thanks for your expertise. I do peek at the other forecasters, don't know why, curiosity I guess. But bottom line, I only listen to Bob..I listened for Katrina as well. I wasn't leaving, I had my backpack with tuna, water and an axe. Then you came on that ominous Sunday morning talking about those who were staying to prepare a safe room in the event the house collasped. I looked at that picture of the entire gulf covered by Katrina..I decided I didn't want to be in a position to use my backpack.I evacuated for the first time in my life..and glad I did, I would have been on my roof like all those poor souls who stayed. Your very serious tone reached me and I thank you for being serious when you have to be and not when you don't.
A forever viewer.
Thanks, Bob. Yours is the only forecast I've trusted for years. Keep up the great work.
Amazing how so many people voted yet less than 1% of them leave comments?
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