Box 49

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of the vast accumulation of hurricane files compiled by Nash Roberts during his years as a meteorologist in New Orleans. Specifically, the collection includes: reconnaissance data and weather reports, maps, books and film, and oversize maps of hurricanes Betsy and Camille.

Abstract Mention Nash Roberts, and generations of New Orleanians, who have never met him in person, will remember a treasured friend. For more than 40 years, anxious residents of the "city in a bowl" listened and watched attentively as this meteorologist-turned-reluctant TV celebrity calmly and thoughtfully explained and predicted the paths of hurricanes. He gathered all the technical information available and distilled it for presentation to the TV audience with the simplest of tools - a magic...