Margaret Orr

Margaret Orr
Alma mater Louisiana State University
Years active 1979–present
Known for Broadcast Meteorologist

Margaret Orr is the chief meteorologist for WDSU in New Orleans.

Career

A graduate of Louisiana State University and a certificate holder from the meterorology program at Mississippi State University, she had fascination with weather ever since Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. She started her forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in 1979, when Margaret Orr joined WDSU and she has remained there ever since. She co-hosted Breakfast Edition and also co-hosted World's Fair Show during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.[1] In 2009, she was promoted to chief meteorologist after the semi-retirement of Dan Milham.[2] She is heavily involved in tracking hurricanes.[3]

She holds a Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society[4] and the National Weather Association.[5]

Personal life

Orr grew up in New Orleans where she attended Louise S. McGehee High School, and later attended and graduated from Louisiana State University in nearby Baton Rouge. She is married with three children and a dog named Bleu.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Margaret Orr". Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  2. ↑ "WDSU Promotes Margaret Orr to Chief Meteorologist". 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  3. ↑ Legendary Locals of New Orleans. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  4. ↑ "List of AMS Television Seal Holders". 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  5. ↑ "National Weather Association Weathercaster Seals of Approval". 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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