- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Raymond Hope
- John Hope was born on May 14, 1919 in Stowell, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Weather Channel Evening Edition (2001), The Year the Sky Fell (1994) and Superstorm '93 (1993). He was married to Bernice La Pira. He died on June 13, 2002 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- SpouseBernice La Pira(1947 - June 13, 2002) (his death, 4 children)
- Children: daughter Camille; sons James C., James R., and Thomas.
- Father of one daughter, Camille, and three sons, James, Thomas, and Joseph.
- For his daughter's high school graduation gift, John named a hurricane after her, Hurricane Camille, the 1969 storm that ultimately struck throughout the South, killing 256 people.
- Joined The Weather Channel in 1982 as the Tropical Coordinator and an On-Camera Meteorologist.
- Army Air Corps, 1941-1945.
- If my legacy can be that I have made a contribution to this nation being better prepared to cope with the devastation wrought by hurricanes, and to have helped in the success of my company, I am content.
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