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Famous Weather Names

#1 Postby flyefysch » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:17 am

Can anyone out there suggest a location on the internet where I might find information about famous names in weather? I'm talking more along the lines of historical figures rather than someone like Al Roker. Thanks for your help!
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#2 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:45 pm

For starters...

Isaac Monroe Cline (one of the forecasters during the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900)
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#3 Postby Huckster » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:22 am

Here are a few names to search... John Hope, Ted Fujita, and Jose Fernandez-Partagas.
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#4 Postby LSU2001 » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:58 pm

not to mention Saffir and Simpson.

also you can try this site about inventors of weather related instruments.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inve ... eather.htm
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#5 Postby WaitingForSiren » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:17 pm

When I think about Al Roker, i think about those TV newscasters who are given a script and told to forecast the weather, even though they couldnt read a basic weather map. I may be wrong, though, but thats the feeling i get from him.
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#6 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:15 pm

WaitingForSiren wrote:When I think about Al Roker, i think about those TV newscasters who are given a script and told to forecast the weather, even though they couldnt read a basic weather map. I may be wrong, though, but thats the feeling i get from him.


I strongly doubt Al and other forecasters would be able to graduate from a college met program without passing a basic weather map reading course.
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#7 Postby WaitingForSiren » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:33 pm

Yes but he doesn't seem very professional, pretty lamen.
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#8 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:54 pm

WaitingForSiren wrote:Yes but he doesn't seem very professional, pretty lamen.


For myself personally I've never had a problem with Al.
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