Tracking Noel

Once again a reminder just how long Hurricane season is. After a pretty quiet season, Tropical Storm Noel is putting everyone on edge. Even though all the forecast tracks show the storm staying over the Bahamas… that huge mass of color on the satellite is disconcerting! As you can imagine it is the big story of the day. Here’s some of the coverage you can expect on South Florida Nightly News at 7PM on NBC6:

Chief Meteorologist Paul Deanno will have the latest forecast tracks and advisories… including what we can expect for Halloween tomorrow night.

Hank Tester is braving the strong winds that are battering South Florida Beaches… and are making a lot of surfers Happy.

Amara Sohn is travelling to the Bahamas, where the islands are bracing for Noel.

Gloomy Day… but it’s Friday!

I don’t know about you but the rain seems to make the day go by that much slower, and a little more difficult to get through. It was cloudy outside but clear in our morning meeting everyone was feeling that way… and was happy it was Friday. A lot of people had trouble getting into work on rain slicked roads… and once everyone was there we all spent a good amount of time chatting about some of the stories over the past 24 hours: How cute the little boy struck by a stray bullet in Miami was, and how disconcerting it was that he was talking about what happened to him like a 25 year old, instead of a 5 year old; All the questions surrounding a police involved in shooting in North Miami (Hetal Gandhi is following up on this today); How long was the rain going to last? I know we need it… but come on!; And how funny Jennifer Gray’s oversized cowboy hat looked as she covered fanstasy fest in Key West. Our white story board looked pretty empty this morning but it’s full now. Here’s some of what we’re working on for South Florida Nightly News at 7PM:

Rain rain go away:

But it doesn’t look like it will any time soon. Chief Meteorologist Paul Deanno will have the details.

Big weekend:
From the world’s biggest boat show to Fantasy Fest: the funnest Halloween party in the country, we’ll show you where pretty much everyone will be this weekend. Sharon Lawson and Jennifer Gray have us covered.

Busy as Usual

It’s already shaping up to be a busy day of news here in the NBC6 newsroom. Normally this is a welcome situation to be in. As the Assistant News Director at NBC 6, and a news junky, my feeling is always the more news the better… but with several reporters, photographers and a writer out sick.. it poses an interesting challenge of how to cover it all. Somehow our assignment desk figures it out and manages to do it! Here’s just some of what we’re working on for South Florida Nightly News at 7PM:

Silent Killer?

Two young men have been found dead inside a home in Southwest Miami Dade… and police say carbon monoxide poisoning may be to blame.

Superbug Worries

Today we’re finding out another person, this time in Broward County, may have the MRSA bacteria. Health Connection reporter Diana Gonzalez will also take us inside the command center that’s answering your questions about MRSA.

Fashion Fabulous

We’re going one on one with Badgley Mischka, desingers to the stars… but now you can buy their clothes too. Find out how in our Ocean Drive Magazine on Scene segment.