I consider myself lucky to have seen his forecasts as a small child, home from school sick, as Mom watched the WBZ news at noon. His last broadcast was one of those sick-days, and I remember it. In high school I met him at an AMS special event at which he was the speaker. If you didn't know who he was, you'd never know he was a legend in this part of the country. He looked, acted, and spoke just like any smart New England grandfather. The speech he gave was his memories of becoming "Boston's first weatherman." The computer models were barely in their baby stages of development then. A weather forecaster had to truly know the weather. For that, there is no substitute. Don Kent knew that. Even while computer screens popped up all around him, he still refused to substitute all that stuff for a close relationship with New England weather.
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