Bob Breck & Emily

[coco]

What is Bob saying about Emily this evening? Anyone?

[skysummit]

Not coming here, no way, no how, definately not coming here....the all clear has been given!

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

He must know something, or be very good at what he doe's. Or very brave.

[cajungal]

No, it does not appear Emily will be a threat to us. Emily is not the one for us here in southeast Louisiana. But, remember we have Aug-Oct when the season really gets cranking. September-Oct. have brought Louisiana some big hurricanes. Betsy on Sept 9th. Lili on Oct 3. Don't forget the big one of 1909, 1926 or Famous Last Island Hurricane of 1856. Just be ready all season long.

[jlauderdal]

What is Bob saying about Emily this evening? Anyone?

sounds like this cat is setting himself up for a huge serving of crow sometime this season.

[WeatherEmperor]

What is Bob saying about Emily this evening? Anyone?

sounds like this cat is setting himself up for a huge serving of crow sometime this season.

lol I dont wanna be around when that happens.

<RICKY>

[mvtrucking]

Well since he knows for sure, no reason to worry one ioda. .. "Definitely not coming here" How can he make that statement with the storm so far away?(Although, I hope he's right)

[Stormcenter]

No, it does not appear Emily will be a threat to us. Emily is not the one for us here in southeast Louisiana. But, remember we have Aug-Oct when the season really gets cranking. September-Oct. have brought Louisiana some big hurricanes. Betsy on Sept 9th. Lili on Oct 3. Don't forget the big one of 1909, 1926 or Famous Last Island Hurricane of 1856. Just be ready all season long.

I would not turn my back on her until she is inland even
in SE La.

[Stormcenter]

Not coming here, no way, no how, definately not coming here....the all clear has been given!

That was probably before he saw the new model outputs.
He may change his tune tomorrow if this rightward trend continues.

[HollynLA]

From the way things look as of now, the gulf coast will be under the gun, although so far it does not point at LA, rather TX. Breck needs to stop making such final conclusions about storms when they are so far out.

[Rainband]

One of Our locals ,Paul delegato just said the high will keep her west. Maybe south texas has to keep an eye on her. He had old model runs too??

[jasons2k]

One of Our locals ,Paul delegato just said the high will keep her west. Maybe south texas has to keep an eye on her. He had old model runs too??

Would be nice to see what old Roy Leep would have said.

[Rainband]

One of Our locals ,Paul delegato just said the high will keep her west. Maybe south texas has to keep an eye on her. He had old model runs too??

Would be nice to see what old Roy Leep would have said.

I miss Roy

[BigO]

I imagine you miss him like we miss Nash Roberts in NOLA.

I like ole goofy Breck, but he ain't no Nash.

[jasons2k]

One of Our locals ,Paul delegato just said the high will keep her west. Maybe south texas has to keep an eye on her. He had old model runs too??

Would be nice to see what old Roy Leep would have said.

I miss Roy

I do too. His weather program had so many "Firsts" (computer graphics, etc.) it was unbelievable.

[FritzPaul]

I imagine you miss him like we miss Nash Roberts in NOLA.

I like ole goofy Breck, but he ain't no Nash.

I'll take Nash and his "magic" markers anyday!
BTW: I think he's somewhere in TX

[BayouVenteux]

BTW: I think he's somewhere in TX

I thought I had seen an article on him in the T-P a few years back saying that he had property up in Washington Parish he retired to.

[BigO]

That was my understanding. Last storm he forecasted was Georges. Spot-on, IIRC.

[bayouwxman]

Spot on if you count drawing 5 lines ranging from Apalachicola to Houston!!! Why do so many New Orleanians forget this? I have the tape to prove it...wish I could post it online. Nash may have had his day in previous years, but he did NOT do well in the '90s. He also said that Danny would NOT become a hurricane the day before it moved over Grand Isle as a hurricane. Additionally, in 1995, he drew Hurricane Erin on his map just south of Mobile Bay as it was moving into Pensacola (again, there is tape to prove it). I'm not trying to rip a guy that's retired and worked hard to earn respect, but he was very overrated in his latter years simply because of his simplistic technicques. His accuracy was not good and he often made up his own coordinates different from the Hurricane Center! Most of you would hang a met if effigy today if they made up their own coordinates.

And I hate to say it...but if you could have an honest conversation with the mets that worked with him in the '90s, they would tell you the same thing.

[AlabamaDave]

It's odd for me to think of Bob Breck still doing the weather in N.O. He was doing weather down there when we moved there when I was 14 years old, and I am turning 39 in September! Nash Roberts was still on the air back then as well.

OTOH, the popular TV mets tend to hang on for ages in many markets. Dave Brown, who was the bog weather guru when I was growing up in Memphis during the 1970's, is still on the air.