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Meteorologist Margaret Orr joined WDSU NewsChannel 6 in 1979. She forecasts the weather for the morning news and hosts the station's gardening segment, Margaret's Garden. She was first hired at WDSU-TV as a general assignment reporter, and later took on duties as co-host of the Breakfast Edition and co-host of the World's Fair Show. [CR-LF][CR-LF]She is a member of the American Meteorological Society, and has the National Weather Association Seal of Approval. Her first broadcasting job was at WCIV-TV in Charleston, S.C., where she worked as a photographer, editor, producer, reporter, anchor and weathercaster. Before returning to New Orleans, she worked as a weathercaster at WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, La. [CR-LF][CR-LF]When she's not predicting the weather, she enjoys gardening and painting. She shares her Lakefront home with her husband, their three children, a dog and a rabbit.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Orr is a native of New Orleans, she graduated from Louise S. McGehee High School. She earned a degree in English from Louisiana State University. She also went on to earn a 4.0 grade point average in the broadcast meteorology program at Mississippi State.

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