Fish did go on to warn of high winds for the UK, although the storm that actually occurred was far stronger than he had predicted, albeit technically not a hurricane. But he did not mention Florida in his forecast, which was made amid widespread worries about a coming storm: that morning, the Surrey Mirror had warned of "furious gales", so both his caller and his viewers likely believed he was referring to Britain. In later years, Fish claimed that he had been referring to that year's Atlantic Hurricane Floyd affecting the Florida Keys at the time, in a link to a news story in the BBC One O'Clock News that preceded the weather bulletin. The storm was the worst to hit South East England for three centuries, causing record damage and killing 19 people. Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!". He has since retired from presenting his weekly forecast on as announced on the 24 December 2021.Ī few hours before the Great Storm of 1987 broke, on 15 October 1987, he said during a forecast: "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. He is a patron of numerous organisations and charities. He resumed forecasting on BBC South East Today, providing holiday cover for the regular forecaster and has also taken to acting. More than eight years after retiring from the BBC national forecasts team, he made a return to regular forecasting, presenting a weekly weather forecast for. He was awarded honorary degrees by City University London in 1996 and Exeter University in the summer of 2005. Michael Fish also co-authored a book with Paul Hudson and Ian McCaskill called Storm Force: Britain's Wildest Weather, published in October 2007. That year he was also awarded the TRIC Award for TV Weather Presenter of the Year and The Sunday Times gave him the honour of "National Treasure". Michael can actually interpret the skies – he can do the weather forecast the hard way: the old way that people don't do any more, because nowadays most of the decisions are made by the computer." In a specially extended report fellow forecaster Ian McCaskill paid tribute to Fish in stating that "Michael is the last of the true weatherman you will ever see. He was retired and made his final forecast on 6 October 2004 on the BBC Ten O'Clock News bulletin. He joined the Met Office in 1962 and started on BBC Radio in 1971, moving to the role on television in 1974.įish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. From 1974 to 2004, he was a television presenter for BBC Weather.Įducated at Eastbourne College and City University London, Fish was the longest-serving broadcast meteorologist on British television. My hope is that you will be blessed by the images, the gifts, that I have received.Michael Fish, MBE FRMetS (born 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a British weather forecaster. My perspective on His relationship with my photography came into greater focus a few years ago as I thought over a quote attributed to the photographer Minor White, as explained by National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones, who related that Minor White would never say ‘what will I take today’, but rather would ask ‘what will I be given today’ - 180-degrees out of phase of our natural tendency. Since that day, we have been together in the fields and forests, at the mountains and along the rivers, in the morning mist, the evening’s twilight, and all times in between, through the heat and cold of the day and the seasons, in golden and silver light and surrounded by shadows. Only two voices: one clearly saying to the young man frozen in his seat, able only to raise his hand - “if it is war you choose, then war it shall be”, and the Other saying more quietly “Welcome son I am with you”. There was no resounding Alleluia Chorus to be heard, the sky did not open up. When I gave my life to Christ it was the fulfillment of the faithful prayers of many others on my behalf. I am a lover of history and of our country privileged to have seen a few other lands and their people grateful for the sight that I have been given on loan blessed by the scenes before me and the vision to see what they may look like at another hour and in another season. I am a seat-of-the-pants photographer: with not the best of equipment but not the worst either possessing good timing but no stranger to poor with camera gear in tow and at other times without witness to incredible light and often not so there at the right moment and frequently just a few minutes too late.
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