A weather segment from the last Good Morning Houston before Christmas, 1989. This was the morning a number of freeways froze over and it snowed much of the day in Houston.
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Good Morning Houston Weather Segment, 12/22/89
November 26, 2011 By 19 Comments
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One of the greatest weathermen that Houston has ever had.
Word on the street, he also “Smokes A Mean Bone”.
Frank was relatively new to Houston at that particular point in time, but he’s really settled in after moving from Arkansas to SE Texas. After this clip, he went on to be a real steady weekend weathercaster at ABC13, and then, of course, his current gig as Chief Met over at 2. Today, he is one of the most important broadcasters on Houston television.
Yep, I remember this. I also remember Frank working at KTRK, before KPRC.
I was 18, and my sis, who was 7, and I played out in the snow, and took pics.
is That Frank from KPRC (the weatherman)
the last thing we need in houston is more winter weather bad enough when we do get it once a year to many accidents
I could not believe frank billingsley was at abc 13 in houston.
i wish it could snow like this again
I was just 2 years old, I lived in Brazoria and of course there was a lot of snow there. Great memories!
antifreeze in the washer lol
Never realized Frank worked for 13 at one time.
i remember that storm. i live in savannah, georgia and that was the same system that affected our area. it started snowing late on december 22 and lasted all the way to the afternoon of december 24. it was so cold that the snow stayed on the ground for close to a week. we had about a foot of snow too!!!!!!
I was 2 1/2 when this happened lol. My parents still have pics of me playing in the snow.
I really hope someone post news cast from 1983during hurricane Alicia.
wish i could have saw that but i was only 1 years old lol im now 19 lol
Frank says, ” a LITTLE chilly out there!?”
chuggin a little too much egg nogg there buddy
I’ll never forget this day. First time I saw major winter weather in Houston. Hard to believe so much time has gone by. It goes fast.
Wow, this was the snowfall in ’89! And for some reason I keep thinking it will be a cold (and snowy) winter in Houston every year.
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