Those of you Oregonians might recognize this guy. The weather man of all weather men. This guy is something else. When there is a big weather event in the Portland area, we tune in to Rod Hill. We became fans back in the January 2004 Deep Freeze. That was when we discovered his enthusiasm and LOVE of weather. This guy LIVES for weather - and you can tell he loves his job. Now I am partly making fun and partly very inspired by this guy - I think it is awesome that he has found his calling in life. He was born a weather man - I bet his first words were "storm front". He really does his homework and presents the weather in an entertaining way. (My favorite - his report cards on himself to show us how well he predicted the current weather. He's really very honest. Love those.) When he gets those weather maps up and there's something exciting coming, he gets so pumped up. He looks like he is doing a choreographed dance as he shows us the direction the warm and cold fronts are headed. Sometimes Bob* and I have to rewind our TVo (how do you spell that?) 3-4 times to watch his snazzy moves over and over. It is inspiring. (o: So for those of you who don't know Rod Hill, I am very sorry. You are missing out. He is a favorite in our household, like an old friend. Especially when the weather turns bad - like this week - he becomes practically family. That's partly because the news channels out here go bonkers when exciting weather comes around. They can't stop talking about it, showing pictures of it, speculating, commenting, oohing and ahhing ALL DAY LONG. Seriously - it is pretty funny, but guess what? We sit and watch it and eat it all up - so whose being a hypocrite?
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We love Rod Hill! He's the best. We totally rewind on our DVR just to watch over and over again. Some sadness! Our company, Dish network, is not carrying channel 2 anymore. Boo Hoo! I'm going to miss watching my old friend.
He's our favorite weather guy too. Sad that we've become so "close" to him the last couple weeks.
Jenny,
We miss Oregon a lot, but maybe not the snow storms....or the 24 hour "storm watch." But it sounds like you found an entertaining weather man at least! We hope you guys have a merry one!
love,
Kelli
We are this way, but with the KGW duo of Matt Zaffino and Dave Salesky. This morning I turned the TV on, expecting the same wall-to-wall coverage, and was disappointed as Kathie Lee and Hoda (Today show) are on instead. Darnit, I needed my weather fix.
I'll need to tune in. I've always been a Matt Zaffino kind of guy. But, that might have been since we only really got Channel 8 reception back at the farmhouse. I'll have to tune in to ole' Rod. He sounds interesting. Ironically enough, I think we only get Channel 2 reception at our new apartment. Ahh, student life.
-Michael
He was our favorite too. The guy we have here is a southerner trying to be a California beach bum. bit annoying. hope the weather gets better.
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