Lyn Whitlake
Biography:
Known as "Rob Robin," Lyn Whitlake is with KAOK in Lake Charles, LA. He has over thirty years experience and is recognized as the "Weather Authority" in Southwest Louisiana. His dedication to the study of weather began as a hobby while still a young boy in Omaha, Nebraska. He continued to study meteorology through his teenage years in Los Angeles, California and while serving on active duty with the U.S. Air Force in Amarillo, Texas.
Past Shows:
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| Sunday August 28, 2005 |
Art Bell presented live coverage of Hurricane Katrina, in a special 5-hour program. In the first hour, Mark Sudduth of HurricaneTrack.com offered updates and analysis from his monitoring station in Gulfport, MS. If the hurricane continues on its path into New Orleans, there'll be several hours of 100mph winds in the city, and with the power going out, people will experience "power flashes" which will look like the deadly lasers from War of the Worlds, he envisioned.In Hour 2, meteorologist Lyn Whitlake aka "Rob Robin" of KAOK in Lake Charles, LA joined the program. He and Art were old Air Force buddies, who chased storms together in the 1960's.Whitlake explained that hurricanes run on water vapor, allowing heat from lower levels to escape to higher levels. The water temperature in the Gulf was 90-91 degrees, which is higher than he can recall it ever being, and this may be contributing to the severity of the situation, he commented.Author Whitley Strieber offere
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Host: Art Bell
