Paul Douglas (meteorologist)
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Paul Douglas (born June 12, 1958) (given name, Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer)[1] is a meteorologist in Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota. He worked at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota from December 1997 until being laid off in April 2008 as part of nationwide cutbacks by CBS.[2][3] He was previously employed by WBBM-TV in Chicago from 1994-1997 and KARE in Golden Valley, Minnesota from 1983 to 1994.
Paul has also written a daily weather column for the Star Tribune since 1997, provides forecasts for three local radio stations, and is a reporter for the Twin Cities Public Television show Almanac.
He founded EarthWatch Communications in 1990, which created weather visualizations for the films Jurassic Park and Twister. He also co-founded Digital Cyclone in 1998. The company creates weather applications and supplies content for wireless devices under the My-Cast brand name. Douglas sold Digital Cyclone in 2007 for $45 million dollars.[4]
Douglas has authored two books, Prairie Skies (1991) and Restless Skies (2004)[5] and made a cameo appearance in the movie Twister as himself.
[edit] References
- ^ The World Wide Web's Local Weatherman
- ^ WCCO layoffs
- ^ MinnPost - Roxane Battle: With Douglas out at 'CCO, TV anchors are no longer 'safe'
- ^ Miineapolis St. Paul Business Journal, April 4, 2008 http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/03/31/daily47.html?surround=lfn
- ^ publisher notes
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