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Missing Mellish

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No complaints about her forecasting and weather knowledge, but is there any doubt that
"When the weather is at its worst, Christina Edwards is at her best."
has nowhere near the amount of impact as
"When the weather gets hellish, depend on Mellish!"

I think she should have adopted Christina Mellish as her on-air name just so they could keep the slogan!
 
This is only one Kirk Mellish. He has a combination of attributes that made him perfect for that job.

That said, I think WSB did as well as they could have by hiring Christina Edwards. She's smart, personable, a weather expert, and she sounds good on the air. But the credibility that Kirk had cannot be accrued in 5 months . . . or a year. That's going to take a while. One advantage Kirk had that cannot be duplicated is he sounded like a scientist.
 
Melhuish (his use of "Mellish" as a radio spelling was a great idea) had (technically still has) a great blog. He provided a lot of information about his forecast, how he arrived at it, and shared his professional experience, while translating it into plain English for laypeople.

For those who remember Guy Sharpe (who was not a meteorologist, just a weatherman), he also inspired a lot of confidence in his audience, and that took time to build. He also leveraged his professional experience as well.
 
I knew Guy Sharpe through other business ventures and I can say that I never met a nicer man in the industry. Just kind and sweet and wonderful.
 
I remember, years ago, bumping into Guy Sharpe, (literarily), in an aisle at the Kroger / Ansley Mall, Monroe dr. I immediately recognized him, apologized. He was very gracious, in that warm grandfather voice, which is how I always perceived him to be.
 
ron said:
Wasn't Guy Sharpe's nickname "The Gray Ghost" or something like that?
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I ran into his son a few minutes ago and asked him if this was true. He said yes that was his nickname and he got the nickname because he turned prematurely gray at the age of 17.
 
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