I've been off the air for a few days, out at the National Weather Association's
Annual conference in Reno. It was a great meeting but I never saw
Lieutenant Dangle protecting the mean streets of Reno.
Reno a neat little town that is growing rapidly. My wife and I were there about
9 years ago and it was suprising to see how much it had developed. There are
more casinos now and much more housing. One morning I walked from the
hotel, Circus Circus, to the west to the River Walk. The west side of the river
has some beautiful cliff side mansions. The trees were already changing colors
and I had wished I had brought my camera.
There wasn't time for it this trip, but last time around we went over to Lake
Tahoe. I would strongly suggest this day long trip. We took a narrated bus tour
with a stop at Carson City, a little mining town preserved for tourists, then we drove
by where they shot the television show Bonanza. The Ponderosa was kept up
for tourists and there were even horses running around. The driver then pointed
out where one of billionaire Bill Gates; houses were.
The weather conference was great, but I wanted to get home a day earlier to
be ready for the storms coming. After a long day of sitting in airports I
made it back to Tulsa at 6pm. Had a wrinkled suit in my suitcase and got on the
air in time for the storms. I spent almost 4 hours in the Denver airport and read
a couple of magazines and made numerous calls to the station for updates on
our crews and to get the latest on the storms.
It felt good to know our team had a good handle on things. George, Julie, and
G.W. did a fantastic job getting viewers ready. I watched the tapes of the
newscasts that day, and find it very hard to believe anyone was suprised there
were storms coming. I'm very proud of our meteorologist and feel we have the
best team in place since I've been at 2. They love the weather, get along with
each other, and are just good people. I'm biased of course, but enjoy watching
them.
An interesting week, still it would have been nice to see Lt. Dangle.
Dan