AFTER STRING OF "HO-HUM" NEWS, WPXI GM RAY CARTER TELLS METEOROLOGIST MIKE LAPOINT TO INVOKE NATIVE AMERICAN WEATHER "TECHNIQUES" TO CREATE MORE BUZZ

"THERE'S A REASON HIS TITLE IS 'CHIEF' METEOROLOGIST," EXPLAINS CARTER, "DANCING AND SINGING A FEW, SIMPLE VOCABLES IS AN ANCIENT, IF LITTLE KNOWN, REQUIREMENT FOR ALL AMS-CERTIFIED METEOROLOGISTS. IT'S CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION. FURTHERMORE, IT MIGHT DO HIM SOME GOOD TO HELP CLEAR UP THIS 'NORM MCDONALD' IMAGE EVERYONE'S TRYING TO PEG ON HIM."