In Oklahoma, weather is a big deal. In fact, it is such a big deal that we are probably naming our NBA team after a loud sound that scares my dog. Neat, huh?
Anyway, since weather is such a colossally big deal, we also have some colossally bad weatherman. Vote for the worst after the jump.
Ross Dixon
When Ross Dixon first got into the meteorology field, weather was predicted by sacrificing young virgins to a weather god at a temple on E. Britton Rd. Then Gary England came along and changed everything. How do I know this is true? I read about it on Wikipedia.
Jeff George
No, this isn’t the former quarterback. This Jeff George is the weather dude over at Channel 25. If he was a good guy, he would give his salary to Jaime and let her do the weather each night in hopes that she will stay in Oklahoma City.
Grant Johnston
As we pointed out a long time ago, Grant Johnston is a fanatical Christian. Here at The Lost Ogle, we actually like fanatical Christians (and no, it’s not because it’s so fun to spike their punch and watch them accidentally get drunk), but we don’t like for our weathermen to be them. If a huge tornado is barreling down our path, we don’t want them to start reading the bible, we want them on Doplar 9000 HD ver. 2.0 and on the Genter with Val.
Rick Mitchell
Yeah, Rick Mitchell is a cornhusker fan. According to Clark Matthews, he also looks like either an amateur internet porn star or an Amway salesman. We are not sure which one.
*Disclaimer: You may have noticed the lack of someone named Lord Gary England. The words “worst” and “Gary England” don’t even belong in the same sentence together. I just screwed that up, huh.
Worst Weatherman:
- Brady Brus (35%, 141 Votes)
- Jeff George (21%, 85 Votes)
- Rick Mitchell (16%, 65 Votes)
- Ross Dixon (14%, 55 Votes)
- Grant Johnston (14%, 52 Votes)
Total Voters: 398
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Grendel: I heard he left the Meteorology program at OU due to academic “issues”, and ended up with a degree in Geography.
True?
Hello everyone on The Lost Ogle! Thought I might help you out a bit. I passed every METR class required for a BS at OU and even took some graduate work. Most of the instructors at OU were/are the absolute leaders in SVR WX theory. My coarsework at OU is heavily overweighted with METR, GEOG, and GEOL….So, I would say my BS degree education is more than sufficient for Oklahoma Weather and is probably more applicable now, in 2008 than it was in the 1980’s. Took and passed the American Meteorology Society requirements and was obligated to **send my OU transcript** in for review and approval by the board. No one is perfect, but I have no problem with my track record over the past 28 years in TV here in my home State of Oklahoma. Hope this helps everyone out.
Mike, learn how to spell coursework…or maybe yours was coarse….but, my vote is for the geezer, goober, Gary ‘I wish he was in’ England…
My husband says, when he was driving a truck in the mid-to-late ’80s, he saw Mike Morgan after he left KOCO in Los Angeles. All his gold chains and things made him look like a weather-pimp.
I voted for Rick Mitchell. I just want to throw things at him and yell, “STOP IT!! STOP IT!! JUST STOP IT!!!”
Given the choices, really tough call between Brady Brus and Jeff George. In reality, it’s a tough call between Mike “panic” Morgan, David “scream about drizzle” Payne, and Gary “bumbling” England.
So Mike actually took time off from protecting Oklahoma families (30% chance of storms this afternoon) to defend his academic record against anonymous comments on an obscure local blog?
Doesn’t that make him the winner by TKO?
Gary England is by far the worst met on TV in the OKC market. Everyone here loves him to death. WHY? The man steps on camera and looks at the maps (his intern put together for him) for the first time of the day while he is on the air. That’s why he pauses and strokes out each time the map changes.
It’s time for the highest paid meteorologist in TV to retire. Riding the coat-tails of May 3, 1999 can only take a guy so far. He is at his limit and needs to move on.
Mike Morgan is second on the list for me. That man is an absolute moron. He has what we call morgasms in my household during severe weather.
Rick Mitchell was listed on the list above and I can’t disagree more. If you want a met who actually reviews real weather models, monitors NWS products and can actually break radar info down for public consumption, he’s your guy. He doesn’t cry wolf and he doesn’t get overexcited.
David Payne at KFOR gets an honorable mention in my book too. He’s a good TV met but needs to stay in the studio. He calls RFD a tornado regularly.
Hey, Mike Morgan defending himself on this site moves him up in my rankings from a zillion way tie for second, to second on his own.
Are Oklahomans as big of condescending assholes in real life as they appear to be on the internet? Wow! You guys are quality, no doubt.
You have to vote for Mike “Swollen Organ” Morgan. I swear everytime there’s a dark cloud in the sky he pitches a tent in his pants. This guy is more tabloid sensationalist than real weatherman.
The Ross Dixion stuff was top shelf. Almost woke my girl up laughing. What about the Italian Stallion. Who does the weather on Saturday mornings. Just kidding he is cool. Just gets tongue tied sometimes. Gary England used to be lacking in the energy department. I really thought he was about to retire. But something happened 2 or 3 yrs ago. He all of a sudden he popped back to life.
Clark, can you verify the ip on that Mike Morgan comment? Was that really him? Kudos to tlo if that’s the case. Your reach is getting farther into the social netting that is OKC…
Has anyone mentioned Mike Morgan yet? He gets my vote. Comes off as a thoroughly unlikeable fellow.
“Are Oklahomans as big of condescending assholes in real life as they appear to be on the internet? Wow! You guys are quality, no doubt.”
Yet you keep coming back for more. This might be more your speed
http://www.ivillage.com/
Jackbuttswig,
I just prayed and asked Weather God to send a Tornado to your house.
You know “outoftowner” you could come up with a more creative name to troll with then “Hellbound”. Don’t your parents have filters for sites like this?
I worked for Brus once, he is a complete a**h*le who runs a useless station at 52. It was a tossup with him and David Payne who always cries to Mike “Mike, Mike, tornado on the ground… Mike, Mike, there is debris… Mike, Mike, I need my diaper changed….”
But Brus is a guy who is a jerk and thinks he runs the best station in the world, but no one watches him and no one wants to stay at 52. And his ND Sarah Tappel runs a last place newscast and is so happy to run it.
How about a new category: “Worst Severe Weather Duo”: (a) Mike Morgan / David Payne (need to be arrested for their asinine behavior); (b) Gary England / Val Caster; (c) Mike Morgan / Jeff Piotrowski (remember: “Tornado on the ground in Ryan! Houses are exploding!” and it turned out there was no tornado at all…) (d) Rick Mitchell / whoever his chasers are.
Dont forget that one time this year or last when Morgan thought there was a tornado on the ground and it turned out to be smoke from a BBQ grill.
Yet another write-in vote for easily the worst, Mr. Mike Morgan.
Of all the weather Nazis,Mike”Mr. Hands ” is the worst!
Remeber DUSTNADO
Rumor has it KFOR management recently reigned in Mr. Morgan’s wall to wall panic fest after the last severe storm that turned out to be nothing cost them $150,000+ in preempted advertising.
The new morning weather dude, Andy Wallace at KOCO seems like a real douche. Beedy eyes and that creeeepy smile. Loser.