{{Short description|American meteorologist}} {{Infobox person | name = Margaret Orr | image = File:Krewe of Muses parade, New Orleans Carnival, 2024-02-08 - Margaret Orr in Shoe Float.jpg | alt = parade float shaped like a shoe, woman with long red hair riding | caption = Orr (upper right) as "Honorary Muse" in the 2024 Krewe of Muses parade | birth_name = Margaret Orr | birth_date = <!--Hidden on request of Margaret Orr via Twitter--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | known_for = Broadcast Meteorologist | alma_mater = Louisiana State University | spouse = Bill Settoon (Died in 2025) | years_active = 1979–present }}

'''Margaret Orr''' is the former chief meteorologist for WDSU in New Orleans.

==Career== A graduate of Louisiana State University and a certificate holder from the meteorology program at Mississippi State University, Orr had a fascination with weather ever since Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. She started her weather forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in July 1979, when she joined WDSU, and she has remained there ever since. She co-hosted ''Breakfast Edition'' and also co-hosted ''World's Fair Show'' during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.<ref name="OrrBio">{{cite web|title=Margaret Orr|url=http://www.wdsu.com/news-team/bfaf0dbf-e479-4a5d-86c3-eaf8a00d17df|accessdate=2016-12-18}}</ref> In 2009, she was promoted to chief meteorologist after the semi-retirement of Dan Milham.<ref name="TVnewscheck">{{cite web|title=WDSU Promotes Margaret Orr to Chief Meteorologist|date=2008-12-23|accessdate=2013-05-20|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/28207/wdsu-promotes-margaret-orr-to-chief-meteorologist}}</ref> She is heavily involved in tracking hurricanes.<ref name="Branley">{{cite book|title=Legendary Locals of New Orleans|year=2013|accessdate=2013-05-20|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1467100390}}</ref>

She holds a seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society<ref name="AMSseal">{{cite web|title=List of AMS Television Seal Holders|date=2013-05-19|accessdate=2013-05-07|url=http://www.ametsoc.org/memdir/seallist/get_listoftv.cfm}}</ref> and the National Weather Association.<ref name="NWAseal">{{cite web|title=National Weather Association Weathercaster Seals of Approval|date=2013-05-19|accessdate=2013-05-20|url=http://www.nwas.org/seal/seal-holders.php|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617081020/http://www.nwas.org/seal/seal-holders.php|archivedate=2013-06-17}}</ref>

==Personal life== Orr grew up in New Orleans, where she attended Louise S. McGehee High School, graduating in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 24, 2017|title=Louise S. McGehee School Founder's Day|url=https://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/868/misc/misc_149328.pdf}}</ref> She later attended and graduated from Louisiana State University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She is widowed, and has three children and a dog named Bleu.<ref name="OrrBio"/>

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==External links== *[https://www.wdsu.com/news-team/bfaf0dbf-e479-4a5d-86c3-eaf8a00d17df Biography on the WDSU site] *[https://twitter.com/MargaretOrr Margaret Orr on Twitter]

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