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Margaret Orr

New Orleans

Chief Meteorologist Emeritus at WDSU-TV (New Orleans, LA)

Chief Meteorologist Emeritus at WDSU News in New Orleans. Follow me for weather and send me your pics! RTs are not endorsements. Opinions are my own.

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  • 1 month ago | nola.com | Margaret Orr

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  • 1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Margaret Orr

    Extreme weather is increasing. For the naysayers, just look at recent experience. Depending on where you were, between eight and 12 inches of snow fell in New Orleans Jan. 22, 2025. The last time we had eight inches of snow in New Orleans was 130 years ago on February 14, 1895. Wildfires are burning in South Carolina and North Carolina right now, but nothing like what happened in Los Angeles. Just a couple of weeks before New Orleans had snow, 40,000 acres burned in parts of LA.

  • Aug 29, 2024 | wdsu.com | Margaret Orr

    Thursday marks the third anniversary since Hurricane Ida made landfall, destroying parts of Southeast Louisiana. Thursday also marks the 19th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. WDSU Chief Meteorologist Emeritus Margaret Orr reflects on what we learned from Hurricane Ida, the first major hurricane to test the New Orleans levee system. Forecasting Ida: I knew Hurricane Ida was going to be bad. It was. Ida was a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph.

  • Aug 29, 2024 | wdsu.com | Margaret Orr

    It has been 19 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, causing extensive damage along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. According to WDSU Chief Meteorologist Emeritus Margaret Orr, the way the ingredients came together during the summer of 2005 to create Hurricane Katrina was just plain bad luck. Below, Orr recalls how she remembers covering the hurricane that changed New Orleans forever. WDSU began non-stop coverage.

  • Jul 3, 2024 | msnbc.com | Margaret Orr

    Given the extreme weather we’re seeing across the country — flooding rains in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, excessive heat warnings on the West Coast and in the south-central U.S. — the approach of a destructive Hurricane Beryl this early in the hurricane season doesn’t exactly come as a surprise.

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Margaret Orr
Margaret Orr @MargaretOrr
10 Apr 25

Good morning. A beauty & great weekend ahead. Most temps 50s now, but low 60s Lakefront. Highs near 80. 😎. Weak cold front early Fri reinforces dry air. Lows 50s. Highs mid-upper 70s. 😎. Breezy. Wind NW 10-20+mph. Lows Sat 40s/50s. Highs mid 70s. 😎. #nola https://t.co/naIPKQIzVD

Margaret Orr
Margaret Orr @MargaretOrr
9 Apr 25

What a perfect Spring day to go for a walk. #Skye is very happy. Temps low to mid 70s. Birds talking. @wdsu #nola #lawx https://t.co/Ykpi7AIYUt

Margaret Orr
Margaret Orr @MargaretOrr
9 Apr 25

Loving it.

Mac MacKenzie
Mac MacKenzie @MacMacKenzie32

@MargaretOrr Retirement's been rough, I see! 😂 Seriously, though, good to see you enjoying yourself!