There are some people who show up to work and do a good job, and then there are others who show up and make the place better.<\/p>\n
Our meteorologist, Dan Robertson, did both. That\u2019s one of so many reasons his death has left us and so many Texans heartbroken.<\/p>\n
You know him as a trusted meteorologist, but we wanted to tell you a little more about the friend, father and musician behind the weather reports.<\/p>\n
Robertson spent decades delivering weather, news and even his own music to people across Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From his first TV job in Lufkin to several stations in Austin and eventually statewide here on Spectrum News 1, he gave an experienced, friendly take on your weather forecasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robertson said his interest in meteorology sparked at the age of 14 when he was nearly hit by lightning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the early 1990s, he created \u201cProject Tornado,\u201d a storm spotter training program to protect local schools.<\/p>\n
His work to advance weather safety was recognized with Special Service Awards from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
Robertson was a pioneer. A University of Texas graduate who became one of the\u00a0first weather anchors to deliver updates via the internet.<\/p>\n
He wore many hats to entertain and inform people. He was the mascot for Alief Hastings High School, and he was a self-taught musician.<\/p>\n
Robertson released two albums, starting in 1994 with a cassette tape called \u201cWeather Songs,\u201d a collection of weather-related tunes. He played almost all the instruments and sang all the vocals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robertson\u2019s life spanned many parts of Texas. He was born in Dallas and raised in Houston, and he worked for the past 30 years in Central Texas.<\/p>\n
He sang about the places between and said, \u201cAll Roads Lead to Austin.\u201d That\u2019s where he lived with his wife of more than 30 years and where they raised three sons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dan Robertson will be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are some people who show up to work and do a good job, and then there are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[14209,65180,132,134,133,1570,102,14210,223,82,13214,27,1569,835],"class_list":{"0":"post-235237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-app-human-interest","9":"tag-app-latest-human-interest-stories","10":"tag-austin","11":"tag-austin-headlines","12":"tag-austin-news","13":"tag-ctv","14":"tag-dallas","15":"tag-human-interest","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-texas-what-you-need-to-know","21":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}