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The Caste System in the Meteorology Department
There was kind of a caste system in the meteorology departments of the time. Those who were going on to research were considered favored, but those destined for a media career were considered "the lowest of the low" It was the early 1970s, and at the time TV weather segments were known more for their stunts than science.