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  • Neil Frank, Houston TV weathercaster, 94

    From David Carson@davidc@wa-wd.com to alt.obituaries on Sun Dec 28 15:52:42 2025
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    My impression of him was that he was such an enthusiastic weather nerd
    that he probably routinely explained the weather to his wife over dinner, waving his hands around and pointing as if he was in front of a green
    screen, with her nodding occasionally and going, "Mmm-hmm."

    https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/dr-neil-frank-dies/285-26cc29fe-18ee-4e47-bdf3-5039367c021a
    Dr. Neil Frank, former KHOU 11 chief meteorologist and director of the
    National Hurricane Center, dies at age 94

    Author: David Paul
    Published: 6:38 AM CST December 24, 2025
    Updated: 4:52 PM CST December 24, 2025

    HOUSTON rCo We have sad news to pass along. Longtime KHOU 11 Chief Meteorologist and Director of the National Hurricane Center Dr. Neil Frank
    has died.

    His family shared the news with KHOU 11 Wednesday morning, just a day
    after we learned he was being transferred to hospice care. Dr. Frank was
    94 years old.

    His smile, for anyone who ever met Dr. Frank, told everything about him.
    He was a true family man with children, grandchildren and
    great-grandchildren.

    Dr. Frank was chief meteorologist here at KHOU 11 from 1987 to 2008 rCo 21 years -- but not many know that his first love was basketball.

    Born in 1931 and raised in Kansas, Neil had planned on studying physical education and becoming a high school basketball coach. It was one of his professors, however, who suggested that he study chemistry instead. That
    way he could be both coach and chemistry teacher, just in case coaching
    didn't pan out.

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  • From Louis Epstein@le@lekno.ws to alt.obituaries on Sun Dec 28 22:42:54 2025
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    David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

    HOUSTON rCo We have sad news to pass along. Longtime KHOU 11 Chief Meteorologist and Director of the National Hurricane Center Dr. Neil Frank has died.

    Neil Frank and Bob Sheets both moved on from being director of
    the National Hurricane Center (with nationwide visibility when a
    major hurricane hit the USA and news organizations flocked to
    offer coverage) to being a (probably much higher paid) weather
    forecaster for the television industry.

    I believe it was Frank who told Texans that it was best for
    Hurricane Rita to be a Category 5 while over the Gulf and
    foresaw it would lose strength before landfall.

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