Subject: News Flash: - a little hurricane humor
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:16 am
Subject: News Flash:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - As Tropical Storm Arlene churned through the Gulf of Mexico late Thursday and took aim at the coast of Louisiana, south of New Orleans, a throng of some 50,000 angry protestors stormed the studios of WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in this city.
The mob, repeatedly chanting, "We want Nash!" overturned tables, threw cameras and sets onto Rampart Street on the rim of the city's famous French Quarter. The reference was to longtime New Orleans weatherman, Nash Roberts who grew to legendary status predicting with amazing precision the landfall of countless hurricanes since his original station, WDSU-TV signed on the air in 1946.
Many in the crowd waved black Marks-a-lot pens, a reference to Robert's only tool as he made his prediction on crudely drawn maps while on the air.
"We ain't goin' nowheres til they bring back Nash," screamed Angie Catalanotto from the Westbank of New Orleans. "And dis ain't the end. When we tru here, we all goin' ova to Channel Six, den Channel 8 and let dem know how we feel. Me 'n my mamanem growed up watchin' Nash and dodgin hurricanes just like he called 'em. Me 'n Nash goes all da way back to Audrey (Hurricane Audrey which swamped Cameron Parish in Louisiana in 1957)."
Another group of "Nash-alistas" as they refer to themselves have holed up in a broom closet at the WWL-TV building taking camera man Jimmy Brown and "4 On Your Side" reporter, Bill Capo as hostages.
New Orleans Mayor, C. Ray Nagin, could not be reached for comment because he and his family had already departed the city for "higher ground."
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - As Tropical Storm Arlene churned through the Gulf of Mexico late Thursday and took aim at the coast of Louisiana, south of New Orleans, a throng of some 50,000 angry protestors stormed the studios of WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in this city.
The mob, repeatedly chanting, "We want Nash!" overturned tables, threw cameras and sets onto Rampart Street on the rim of the city's famous French Quarter. The reference was to longtime New Orleans weatherman, Nash Roberts who grew to legendary status predicting with amazing precision the landfall of countless hurricanes since his original station, WDSU-TV signed on the air in 1946.
Many in the crowd waved black Marks-a-lot pens, a reference to Robert's only tool as he made his prediction on crudely drawn maps while on the air.
"We ain't goin' nowheres til they bring back Nash," screamed Angie Catalanotto from the Westbank of New Orleans. "And dis ain't the end. When we tru here, we all goin' ova to Channel Six, den Channel 8 and let dem know how we feel. Me 'n my mamanem growed up watchin' Nash and dodgin hurricanes just like he called 'em. Me 'n Nash goes all da way back to Audrey (Hurricane Audrey which swamped Cameron Parish in Louisiana in 1957)."
Another group of "Nash-alistas" as they refer to themselves have holed up in a broom closet at the WWL-TV building taking camera man Jimmy Brown and "4 On Your Side" reporter, Bill Capo as hostages.
New Orleans Mayor, C. Ray Nagin, could not be reached for comment because he and his family had already departed the city for "higher ground."
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