![]() They have an online program for homeland security." so I started grad school this past year at A&M. ![]() I knew that my days over at NBC-5 were probably numbered. "I've thought a little bit about it," she says. "Their philosophy is, even if there's nothing happening, people want to know that, too," Miller says.Īside from chief meterologist David Finfrock, whom I believe will be with the station for a long time, Miller was the last remaining element of the legacy of Harold Taft, the legendary weatherman who was with the station from its 1948 sign-on till his death in 1991, the same year that Miller was hired. "On snow forecasts, they like to make you really push it, and make people realize just how terrible it is, and sometimes it's not so terrible." Miller backed up a theory I (and no doubt many others) have about local-weather forecasting anywhere: Some forecasters give you a worst-case scenario, so that if things are bad, you're prepared, and if they're not, you're grateful. "I am so thankful to not be there when it's snowing," she says. Isn't that something a meteorologist would love to sink her teeth into? Actually, it turns out that Miller is glad she missed it. Today, naturally, it's nasty, with rain and ice around us, and as I look up at another TV station, I see snow as well. The day Miller left NBC-5, the weather was pleasant. That's been going on for a while, so I knew something was up." (Tully declined to comment, citing a station policy against commenting on personnel matters.) 'I just don't understand what the forecast is going to be when I watch you'. For a long time has criticized my work, and she says things like. "But I wasn't completely surprised, to be honest with you. "I think a lot of people at Channel 5 were surprised, too," Miller says. Comments on this blog and on Ed Bark's Uncle Barky blog indicate that viewers were surprised by Miller's dismissal. ![]() Just got off the phone will Rebeca Miller, who as you may know by now was let go from KXAS/Channel 5 on Wednesday after nearly 17 years with the station as a meteorologist.
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