Hurricane Gloria - Weather Channel - PART #2 of 5 -

PART 2

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[DRVAZQCARL]

R.I.P. John Hope

I watched TWC A LOT, as a teenager, and John Hope, was one of my heroes. I wrote a letter to him and he was kind enough to write back!, I miss him dearly.

[sliv812]

R.I.P. John Hope  :-(

[Inediblehulk]

The only thing that makes '80s emo muzak even cheesier is listening to it waver on 20 year old tape!

[popeye1250]

I think this was in about Sept-Oct of 1985.

I was stationed in the USCG in Portland, Maine and we were on alert.

[Copper20]

@gvk9r

He mentioned that a brownout fucked up his VCR, so he had to get his camera out.

[catlistening]

Sir, where'd you get this footage? Did you video tape this? Hurricane Gloria... what a blast from the past. I was in tenth grade in Pennsylvania and Iremember the day it made landfall.

[WeatherSTARIII]

Interesting stuff displayed from the WeatherSTAR 3000 at 5:40. I never knew the 3000 displayed hurricane and tropical storm status.

[Superbook4Eva]

Amen. I'm a geek who watched TWC A LOT as a kid, and John Hope was one of my heroes. I wrote to him and he was kind enough to write back! Wish I had saved his letter...

Loving this slice of old-school TWC, especially the quintessentially '80s synthesizer Muzak. Anyone know who performed that piece at a little after 4:30? Sounds like Mannheim Steamroller to me.

[dgwaters]

I remember those days! When they used to spend a few minutes each day to reading letters from viewers. At one point I drew a weather map and sent it to them. Although I did not see it I was told they did show it on the air!

[sliv812]

Me too! I miss the old Weather Channel! I grew up in the early to mid '80s with the Weather Channel...it got me interested in meteorology. One summer, I wrote them a letter about my interests in meteorology, and the mentioned it on one of their promo commercials. They played that commercial over and over again for a period of time. I was so excited! :-)