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Margaret Orr
Orr (upper right) as "Honorary Muse" in the 2024
Krewe of Muses parade
Born
Margaret Orr
Alma mater Louisiana State University Years active 1979–present Known for Broadcast Meteorologist Spouse Bill Settoon
Margaret Orr is the former chief meteorologist for WDSU in New Orleans .
Career
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A graduate of Louisiana State University and a certificate holder from the meteorology program at Mississippi State University , Orr had a fascination with weather ever since Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965 . She started her weather forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in July 1979, when she 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] [2] hurricanes .[3]
She holds a seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society [4] National Weather Association .[5]
Personal life
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Orr grew up in New Orleans, where she attended Louise S. McGehee High School , graduating in 1971.[6] Louisiana State University , where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta . She is married, and has three children and a dog named Bleu.[1]
Notes
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^ Legendary Locals of New Orleans . Retrieved 2013-05-20 .
^ "List of AMS Television Seal Holders" . 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07 .
^ "National Weather Association Weathercaster Seals of Approval" . 2013-05-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-20 .
^ "Louise S. McGehee School Founder's Day" (PDF) . March 24, 2017.
External links
[ edit ] R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Orr&oldid=1224725569 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● L i v i n g p e o p l e ● A m e r i c a n t e l e v i s i o n w e a t h e r p r e s e n t e r s ● T e l e v i s i o n a n c h o r s f r o m N e w O r l e a n s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h h C a r d s ● Y e a r o f b i r t h m i s s i n g ( l i v i n g p e o p l e )
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 0 M a y 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 2 : 4 7 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
