http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein NBC17's chief meteorologist talks all things weather & not so weather Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:41:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've seen some great performances at this year's Olympics in Beijing.  The following video is not an example of one of those great performances. This video actually has a personal history for me.  Growing up, the local sports segment on the evening news had a weekly bloopers segment.  It truly was ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/20/this-olympic-vault-did-not-win-a-gold-medal/ More hurricanes than we first thought...that's the general idea from two leading hurricane forecasters.  Last week the NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in association with the National Hurricane Center and Dr. William Gray and his team at Colorado State University changed their original 2008 hurricane outlook to include more tropical activity ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/15/two-major-forecasters-call-for-more-hurricanes/ President Bush and his administration have asked Congress for $17 million to help improve hurricane forecasts.  Originally slated for a mere $4 million, the Bush Administration has raised that number to $17 million in hopes of accelerating improvements to hurricane forecasting. Some of their goals include improving hurricane track AND intensity ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/14/president-wants-17-million-for-hurricane-forecasts/ Fresh off their silver and bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, members of the women's and men's gymnastics team will perform in Raleigh, North Carolina this October.   The country’s most celebrated gymnasts including reigning World Champion Shawn Johnson, 9-time World Championship medalist Nastia Liukin, 2005 All-Around World Champion ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/13/us-gymnastics-team-tumbles-to-north-carolina-after-olympics/ The World took a trip to Fort Fisher State Recreation Area on the coast of North Carolina this past weekend with the family, dog and six month old baby.  While this isn't our first time at the state park, it is for the baby. One of the reasons we love Fort ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/13/dont-eat-north-carolina-beach-sand/ I'm sure this is one thing that was not in the forecast for this Iowa weatherman. Kurtis Gertz is a meteorologist for KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa.  The station was doing their show live from the Iowa State Fair, which, from this point on will be know for it's frisky snakes! Yet ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/12/weatherman-gets-snake-stuck-in-pants/ It's bad enough that airline ticket prices are going up and a bottle of water at the airport costs $17...but now they are just throwing it back in our faces. While traveling back in June I ran across this in the security line...   They are now selling advertisement on the bottom of ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/12/now-look-where-you-can-advertise/  Have you been looking for the best place to do...anything in the Triangle?  Well, I ran across this the other day, AOL has compiled a list of "the best of" Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. The list highlights mainly dining and nightlife and includes best barbecue, burger, desserts, pizza, romantic restaurants, ... http://blogs.wncn.info/whohenstein/2008/08/11/raleigh-durham-best-of-dinner-nightlife-list/