[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Name of WCVB meteorologist I was Trying to Remember

Wed Mar 29 12:56:59 PDT 2023

We all loved Harvey. He changed stations but was on Channel 5 (I think) I
don't watch TV that often. Since then he again retired.

George

From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> On Behalf Of
OLGA P GUTTAG
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:21 PM
To: Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com>
Cc: Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>; JJ Krawczyk
<John.J.Krawczyk at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Name of WCVB meteorologist I
was Trying to Remember

We have a meteorological treasure right in our own town - JJ Krawczyk (email
in a CC)!

Olga

On Mar 29, 2023, at 3:16 PM, Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com
<mailto:bobprimak at yahoo.com> > wrote:

Yes, Harvey Leonard is one of the good ones. 

-- Bob Primak 

On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 03:07:35 PM EDT, Joel Shwimer
<shwimer at tiac.net <mailto:shwimer at tiac.net> > wrote: 

Harvey Leonard (Channel 5?)

On 3/29/2023 2:58 PM, Stan Rose wrote:

For those of you who grew up in the Boston area in the 60s, my favorite
forecasters were Don Kent and Bruce Schwoegler, both on WBZ.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:49 PM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com
<mailto:bobprimak at yahoo.com> > wrote:

During the post-presentation chatter, Ted Kochansky and I were trying to
remember the names of local Boston meteorologists with good forecasting
reputations. I had forgotten WCVB's Mike Wankum. He's not the only reliable
weather forecaster, but he's been around awhile and is very good. 

That's the name I was fishing for.

No matter -- the best meteorologist is the one who gives the storm warning
and saves your hide while you are watching.

I'm not kidding -- I grew up in the suburbs of the Chicago area, away from
the protective effects of Lake Michigan. So I know what a tornado warning
looks and feels like, and what happens when people don't get or don't heed
the warnings -- as in Belvidere, IL in 1967 -- one of ten tornadoes that
afternoon, with tragic death tolls. Forecasting has come a long way since
then. 

Plainfield, IL (Coal City) tornado of 1990:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-coal-city-plainfield-tornado
-20150624-story.html (No paywall.) 

I did not find information about this tornado being anticyclonic, though I
recall that at the time there was speculation that it was rotating the
"wrong" direction. There were a few factors which raised the death toll,
including no advance warning. There were several reasons for that lack of
warning, not the least being that the local Doppler radar had been hit by
lightning. Usually, anticyclonic tornadoes are much weaker and shorter-lived
than cyclonic tornadoes. (This applies in both hemispheres, even though
anticyclonic in the Southern Hemisphere would be counterclockwise.) 

Rare Clockwise Tornado

https://www.insidescience.org/video/rare-clockwise-tornado

-- Bob Primak 

===============================================
::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us <mailto:LCTG at lists.toku.us>
Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/
To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us <mailto:lctg-subscribe at toku.us>
To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
<mailto:lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us> 
Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
<http://lctg.toku.us/> 
List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us
This message was sent to rosesta at gmail.com <mailto:rosesta at gmail.com> .
Set your list options:
http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/rosesta@gmail.com

===============================================
::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us <mailto:LCTG at lists.toku.us>
Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/
To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us <mailto:lctg-subscribe at toku.us>
To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
<mailto:lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us> 
Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
<http://lctg.toku.us/> 
List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us
This message was sent to shwimer at tiac.net <mailto:shwimer at tiac.net> .
Set your list options:
http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/shwimer@tiac.net
-- 
Joel Shwimer
shwimer at tiac.net <mailto:shwimer at tiac.net> 
(781) 275-1886

===============================================
::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us <mailto:LCTG at lists.toku.us>
Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/
To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us <mailto:lctg-subscribe at toku.us>
To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
<mailto:lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us> 
Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
<http://lctg.toku.us/> 
List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us
This message was sent to bobprimak at yahoo.com. <mailto:bobprimak at yahoo.com.> 

Set your list options: 

http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com

===============================================
::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us <mailto:LCTG at lists.toku.us>
Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/
To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us <mailto:lctg-subscribe at toku.us>
To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
<mailto:lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us> 
Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us
This message was sent to opg1000 at rcn.com <mailto:opg1000 at rcn.com> .
Set your list options:
http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/opg1000@rcn.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/attachments/20230329/296c1d59/attachment.htm>