Winds in the East: An Ode to Bob Reeves

Bob Reeves has officially announced his retirement from being a professional meteorologist. He will still predict weather, but he will do so pro-bono, at carnivals and family reunions.

Reeves’ journey into weather forecasting was anything but prophetic—actually, it was precisely the opposite, as he had formerly been employed, just out of high school, as a fortune teller. Tarot cards, palm readings, séances, craps (this last had nothing to do with his fortune telling career . . . he just had a...