ineedsnow Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i was thinking that also Wow, this is a real shock. I mean, i just watched his videos today. I'll likely cancel for sure. I can always get bloggers like Brett Anderson and Eliot Abrams for free. I wonder where he will be headed next? I wonder if he will actually sign up for this site now and post his thoughts now that he's free from accuweather's umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shine Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Kathy Orr isn't anything special if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Really, KYW 1060 dropped AccuWx? Nope. They still use Accu...just ran Bob Larson's forecast. Kathy Orr isn't anything special if you ask me. She's a nice person...considering the lack of meteorologists in town I won't complain much about Kathy...for a major market we don't have a lot of true meteorologists in the biz...most are Mississippi State bred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 She's a nice person...considering the lack of meteorologists in town I won't complain much about Kathy...for a major market we don't have a lot of true meteorologists in the biz...most are Mississippi State bred. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelocita Weather Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Nope. They still use Accu...just ran Bob Larson's forecast. She's a nice person...considering the lack of meteorologists in town I won't complain much about Kathy...for a major market we don't have a lot of true meteorologists in the biz...most are Mississippi State bred. Will miss him and his blog on accuweather, was one of the most talented METs in the country. Been a reader since 2003 or so. Hope he finds a new home soon! Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 first tunisia, then egypt, then libya, then state college... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGorse Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 She's a nice person...considering the lack of meteorologists in town I won't complain much about Kathy...for a major market we don't have a lot of true meteorologists in the biz...most are Mississippi State bred. I agree as Kathy is nice. I chat with her from time to time while on shift at the NWS office. I actually enjoy chatting with the media weather folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgir Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 This is not completly correct as they still use AccuWeather. CBS3 owns 1060 AM so they started having Kathy Orr on there doing the weather from time to time. Oh, OK. When I tune into 1060, the weather report was from Orr. My mistake then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormitecture Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Someone should start a pool as to where he'll end up next. Odds on things like TWC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, local affiliates, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 first tunisia, then egypt, then libya, then state college... LMAO, perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgir Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Kate Bilo, the weather girl, works for CBS 3. An x-acuuweather person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxLover Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Say it aint so Joe. Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxLover Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Been watching and listening to Joe since he first appeared on Weather World circa 1977. Good luck JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yes, hopefully this is the beginning of the end for them! You frigging JB weenies need to calm down. Just wish the man well, because you have NO idea what transpired. You don't see him trashing AccuWX do you? Nope, so I suggest you stop. And yes, lets wish the whole company goes down the drain, so a lot of people lose their jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Perhaps he could set up his own private weather website? I mean, he could attract quite a crowd and give his former employers some real competition. I just think it would be great if he could join our forum. I mean, I know people here (including myself on occasion) have bashed him and his statements, but I'm sure he'd be welcomed here if he joined. Plus, he'd be able to elaborate and clarify his opinions, which he couldn't when an employee of accuweather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 You frigging JB weenies need to calm down. Just wish the man well, because you have NO idea what transpired. You don't see him trashing AccuWX do you? Nope, so I suggest you stop. And yes, lets wish the whole company goes down the drain, so a lot of people lose their jobs. maybe he's actually moving to Florida? I know he's been saying he's going on vacation there. I think he'd miss the snow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 I heard he's going to join the CWG and teach Junker a thing or two about forecasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feb Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Been watching and listening to Joe since he first appeared on Weather World circa 1977. Good luck JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 This thread has lawsuit written all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 maybe he's actually moving to Florida? I know he's been saying he's going on vacation there. I think he'd miss the snow though. JB loves snow way too much to ever move to Florida. Maybe he'll move to Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I like JB, but for a couple of years now it has been more global warming talk (and I tend to agree with him) than the longer range teleconnections and signals he used to use. I've been a subscriber since 2000 or 2001, got a good deal, and full Euro data at 6 hour intervals (and a lot of data I don't see at 24 intervals on free sites, like CAPE, 10 meter winds, 250 mb winds, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Did Joe have a non-compete clause in his contract or is he free to do anything he wants? Non-competes are very rarely enforcible for employees. No judge will deny a person a chance to earn a living and in the end that's what a non-compete does. The exceptions are employees who sold their business to someone or have very high confidential knowledge and usually a judge will require that they had a very large payday. But the ordinary salaried employee will very rarely have an enforcible non-compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 118 users reading this topic. JB is bigger than most storm threats these days. Weather and Forecasting storm threads can't muster more than a few users anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 This thread has lawsuit written all over it LOL-not really dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 118 users reading this topic. JB is bigger than most storm threats these days. I bet the DC thundersnow had more lurkers. I loved that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hard to believe it's been since 1977 that I've associated JB to AccuWeather. I recall the radio days on our local KTRH AM 740 when Joe Sobel would be out and JB would fill in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdskidoo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Been watching and listening to Joe since he first appeared on Weather World circa 1977. Good luck JB. same here. watched him on weather world. listened to him on my local radio station from the late '80s to the early 2000's. nothing like having a big snow storm coming and having Joe give your forecast. one of the best IMO. good luck Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Someone should start a pool as to where he'll end up next. Odds on things like TWC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, local affiliates, etc. It won't be TWC, they don't do weather anymore. And it won't be MSNBC, they're too liberal for JB. I can see him joining FOX ... maybe doing anti-global warming stories on the O'Reilly Factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hard to believe it's been since 1977 that I've associated JB to AccuWeather. I recall the radio days on our local KTRH AM 740 when Joe Sobel would be out and JB would fill in. TWC just doesn't do it as well. JB has a sister in the Woodlands, I think, judging from comments in his thread. Maybe KPRC or KTRK will finally hire a degreed met. Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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