She’s a fourth generation Texan, so we were married in Anderson, Texas. We were both hired on at WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, where I was the morning meteorologist and she was my boss. It wasn’t a problem since we’d already been together a few years, and I was used to her running the show. It wasn’t long before our son Quentin was born and we had a family. The urge to gain experience in large market TV drew me to Kansas City, where I learned more about weather and television than I ever thought possible. However, I realized I wanted to return to an environment where I could have more elbow room and be free to express myself. In 1999, I got a call to be the chief meteorologist for KGBT CBS 4. After a quick check of the map, I knew we were heading to Texas.Ī few years ago I decided to challenge my brain and go for the new American Meteorological Society’s Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval. Six months of study for a test that encompassed almost all of the science of meteorology, and I passed it with room to spare. She pushed me very hard to get the new seal. I have had the opportunity to add several extreme weather events to my resume including the Christmas Eve snow of ’04, Hurricane Dolly in ’08, Hurricane Hanna, and the February freeze. In 2002 our daughter Camryn came into this world as a fifth generation Texan. Hale says she is me in female form.īoth my children make me smile, but Camryn makes me laugh out loud when she drives her tiny sports car at the speed of light. My daughter is now a freshman honors business student at Texas A&M (Mays Business School). Wow, not bad considering I needed a local college tutor, in Fort Smith, to pass my math classes. Born no bigger than an avocado he is now 90lbs. Kipper is our collie, a rough collie to be exact (just like Lassie) but I refer to him as a Great North American Rough Collie since he is 20 lbs. bigger than the normal male of the breed. Most recently KGBT CBS 4 evolved into CBS 4 in a cooperative with NBC 23.
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