Forecasting Truth: John Toohey Morales at TEDxCoconutGrove

John Morales has been a familiar face and reassuring presence in South Florida for 22 years. He guided viewers through Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and throughout the numerous hurricane landfalls in the mid 2000's. Since 2009 he's been the Chief Meteorologist for NBC-6. Born in Schenectady, New York of an Irish-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, John was raised in Puerto Rico and later returned to his roots in upstate New York to attend the meteorology program at prestigious Cornell University. Prior to his TV career, John Toohey Morales was a forecaster for NOAA and the National Weather Service.

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