WAVY Archive: 1985 Hurricane Gloria 11pm Newscast

[@jerryware5749]

I remember this and was stationed on a cruiser at the Navy base. We got underway and went to sea to avoid the storm. While out at sea Laura Branigan's hit song "Gloria" was played on the 1MC.

[@Death_Jaw]

Thanks for sharing. sounded like a great time.

[@Melanie220]

Don Slater looks so, so young. He's still doing WAVY's weather, but now is 'chief meteorologist emeritus.'

[@TheJuliet316]

Thankfully it didn't end up being the storm of the century.

[@KimJungGooner]

My mom would have been five years old at the time.

[@TrafficCamWatch]

Sylvia Kaiser died in 2017

[@boogienation626]

september 1985 hurricane rain

[@williambernstein4313]

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