A bud and I where talking On the phone about the weather changes this week and he brought an old familiar name, One I enjoyed watching! Mr Harold Taft. I grew up watching him and learning so much about Texas weather.

The real deal. RIP.

Dr Harold Taft. He had a PhD in Meteorology. The very first TV weather man to do that. .

I heard Harold Taft once say,."Well" it now depends on the weather.

He was the man when it came to weather in the dfw area, and without all the computer models and such they have now.

mr bow tie

THE weather man to watch . . . . the Real Deal





God Bless . . . .

Wasn’t he also a President?

I watched him as I was growing up. He had his hand drawn weather maps. Watched as he trained David Finfrock. Watched a very nervous Finfrock do his first solo show.

Probably right with his weather forecasts way more than anyone else in the business before or after him.

Went to a Rangers game back then with a few friends. On his afternoon forecast he said there was a storm coming that would hit the old Arlington Stadium about the 2nd inning. I think about two pitches into the top of the first there was a downpour. But Harold had said that it wouldn't last long, and about 15 minutes later it stopped and the game resumed. Mr. Accuracy!

I don't know where he lived but I was working at Minyards grocery stores in Lancaster back then and he would pop in from time to time and was one of the most pleasant “celebrity” type guys-
Alway friendly to folks as he walked around or in the checkstand-

I remember him and his pleasant demeanor.

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frankie and I both have shrines to harold.