Fifteen years ago -- I was walking in Sally Showman's footsteps. I moved from a Spokane news station to a Portland news station. Sally just did that.  I was a weekend weather anchor and weekday reporter. Sally is doing that. And I was close to becoming a certified meteorologist. … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud Spotted Over Milwaukie
It's a rare site, but April 6, 2011 was the kind of day where things like this could happen. Hail, downpours, thunder and lightning. And above the 1600 Block of McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukie, Oregon, Rob Tinner says he took these eerie shots of a funnel cloud. This was related to the … [Read more...]
An Interview With KOIN Local 6 News Photographer Matt Rashleigh
It was late February, 2011. It was dark. It was cold. And it was snowing. I was warm in the PinPoint Weather Center  and you were probably warm and cozy at home watching KOIN Local 6 at 11, right? Right! But news photographer Matt Rashleigh was spending hours in snow up above I-5 in … [Read more...]
An Interview With Meteorologist Matt Brode
This is the first in a series of Friday posts. I'm going to do interviews and have guest blogs most Fridays, just for fun.  And why not start with someone I respect and enjoy working with at KOIN Local 6?  Here's my interview with Meteorologist Matt Brode. Meet Matt...  Since … [Read more...]