Please forgive the shameless plug in the midst of all of this real activity, but I just wanted to let everyone out there in south Louisiana and SW Mississippi know that our annual hurricane special -- The 5th Season -- will be airing tonight (Wednesday) at 6:30. Here's a brief look at the stories we'll be running:
1. Jay Grymes takes a look back at the 2004 season and trends since 1995.
2. Diane Deaton has more on our new contraflow plan and also phased evacuations.
3. Scott Oswalt talks about Louisiana's lack of a statewide building code.
4. I'll have 2 pieces: the first will be a look back at Betsy 40 years later and some great survivor interviews; the second will be about a chlorine barge that sunk in the Mississippi River during Betsy that forced a large evacuation of Baton Rouge.
Ironically, the air time and date have nothing to do with the ongoing tropical activity. In fact, this has been on the books for probably 2 months now.
Tune in tonight at 6:30 and let me know what you think. And one more thing...if you happen to be up early this morning, you can catch a preview of my interview with one of the Betsy survivors from St. Bernard Parish on our morning show.
Steve Caparotta
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. BTW...if you're outside of our viewing area, I HOPE to have the Special up and streaming on our website by this evening (http://www.wafb.com). I'll try to let everyone know once it's up.
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wafbwx wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. BTW...if you're outside of our viewing area, I HOPE to have the Special up and streaming on our website by this evening (http://www.wafb.com). I'll try to let everyone know once it's up.
Thanks so much for making it possible for everyone to view the special.
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welcome steve,
It will be nice to have a home boy on the boards
TIM
It will be nice to have a home boy on the boards
TIM
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Great to have you aboard. I live in Orlando now, but born and raised in BR, some family is still there. I assume Mike Graham retired. Did you take his place? Have to admit that I've not visited Dad in a while but your name is not familiar. I've seen the other mets, though. I lived there from '66-'89. We could count on Mike Graham. He was always serious and never unnecessarily hyped anything.
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otowntiger wrote:Great to have you aboard. I live in Orlando now, but born and raised in BR, some family is still there. I assume Mike Graham retired. Did you take his place? Have to admit that I've not visited Dad in a while but your name is not familiar. I've seen the other mets, though. I lived there from '66-'89. We could count on Mike Graham. He was always serious and never unnecessarily hyped anything.
otown --
Mike Graham actually retired a little more than 2 years ago...beginning a chain reaction of events that allowed me to come to BTR. Jay Grymes -- who was doing weekends at the time -- is now our Chief and I've filled the spot left by Jay. It's been great to be back home in LA after spending 2 1/2 years in South Carolina.
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Lindaloo wrote:wafbwx wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. BTW...if you're outside of our viewing area, I HOPE to have the Special up and streaming on our website by this evening (http://www.wafb.com). I'll try to let everyone know once it's up.
Thanks so much for making it possible for everyone to view the special.
Ditto.
And welcome to storm2k!
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Just a quick note to let you know that The 5th Season is now available for viewing online at the following link:
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3564031
I'm having a little trouble adding other info to the page, but will try to have it in better shape by the morning.[/url]
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3564031
I'm having a little trouble adding other info to the page, but will try to have it in better shape by the morning.[/url]
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Welcome to storm2k!
I am a weather fanatic.. great to see a local (ahhh Baton Rouge close enough) on the boards. I like Jay Grimes. I tend to watch Rob Perillo on KATC over anyone else, but I do catch Jay Grymes as well. I'm not a big fan of KLFY (CBS Lafayette). I have more Hurricane expierence than the whole team combined. They're all from out of state.
I am a weather fanatic.. great to see a local (ahhh Baton Rouge close enough) on the boards. I like Jay Grimes. I tend to watch Rob Perillo on KATC over anyone else, but I do catch Jay Grymes as well. I'm not a big fan of KLFY (CBS Lafayette). I have more Hurricane expierence than the whole team combined. They're all from out of state.
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