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A Local Author
12/02/2002
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Hi, I'm Bryan Yeaton. On The Weather Notebook we try to talk about new weather books when they
come out. But this one, "The Rough Guide to Weather," hits close to home. It was written by
our own correspondent, Bob Henson.
BRYAN: What are some of the advantages in the rough guide over the other books?
BOB: What I think "The Rough Guide..." will do is if somebody, for example, is an active
traveler and goes many places around the world, it's a really handy way to take a peek at the
climate in a particular city. We had 200 cities profiled and in each one you can see not only
what the average high and low are for any given month, but the extreme high and low you might
get in, say, a 20 year period. So, I decided that way it would be sort of a quick reference
you would pull off the shelf and see what the weather is like in Malaysia or Russia or
actually just about any country in the world.
BRYAN: Is this your first book or have you done others before?
BOB: It's actually my second book. About ten years ago I wrote a book on the history of TV
weather for a publisher called McFarland here in the US. That was a lot of fun. It didn't
sell a lot of copies because it was aimed primarily at libraries; it was a research-based
book. But, I tried to keep it interesting and actually talked to about 50 weathercasters
around the country, some of whom have since died. So, it was a chance to talk to some of the
old guard that founded the field.
BRYAN: Now you've done an international book tour?
BOB: Well, something of an international tour. I went to London about a month ago and
appeared on a British show called "Open House," which is kind of like a British equivalent of,
say, Rosie or an afternoon talk show like that. I was actually on the show with Basil Brush
who is a British puppet and a member of parliament, and as well a 10-year-old singer who just
got a million pound record contract. So, it was a pretty eclectic group.
The book is "The Rough Guide to Weather." Bob Henson still contributes to The Weather
Notebook, from Boulder, Colorado. Our program is funded by Subaru and The National Science
Foundation.
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