New Orleans food critic Tom Fitzmorris dead at 74 after battle with Alzheimer’s
Updated: 7:42 PM CST Feb 12, 2025
STUDENTS FINISH THEIR COURSEWORK. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AS WE TRACK THIS SEVERE STORM. LET’S START THINGS OFF WITH METEOROLOGIST DEVON LUCIE, WHO IS LIVE IN OUR WEATHER CENTER. DEVIN. TRAVERS. THANK YOU. METEOROLOGIST DEREK SIBLEY HERE, TOO, WILL BE RUNNING RADAR AND GIVE YOU A FORECAST THAT COMES AFTER WE GET THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR EVENT OF ANOTHER POTENTIAL ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS LATER ON. WE’VE SEEN MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY BE NORTH OF US. AND THIS WAS KIND OF ALWAYS THE CASE. AND WHERE WE’VE GOT THE SEVERE STORMS RIGHT NOW AND THE TORNADO WARNINGS WELL INTO MISSISSIPPI, ONE HERE BETWEEN MCCOMB AND TYLERTOWN. I AM KEEPING AN EYE ON NEAR KENTWOOD OSAKA AREA. AMITE ROSELAND AREAS THERE. THIS PARTICULAR CELL RIGHT HERE IS BEEN AT TIMES PRETTY INTENSE, BUT A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS OUT OF IT. DOWNPOURS THAT HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN AWAY. SO WE GET IN REAL CLOSE THAT THIS STORM HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF STRETCHED OUT IN NATURE AND NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF POSSIBLE ROTATION, OR EVEN A LOT OF STRENGTH. USUALLY YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES, SUCH AS THE STORM HERE THAT NOTES YOU’VE GOT A REALLY INTENSE STORM, OR THE ONE HERE THAT’S NEAR COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI. I MEAN, THAT’S GOT A TON OF LIGHTNING SHOWS. YOU REALLY TAPPED INTO A LOT OF ENERGY. LET’S GET BACK TO THE METRO IN NEW ORLEANS. WE HAVE SEEN SOME DOWNPOURS MOVE THROUGH. NONSEVERE HAVEN’T BEEN CONCERNED WITH THESE. WE DON’T SEE ANY LIGHTNING OUT OF THESE SHOWERS THAT MOVE THROUGH LAKEFRONT NEW ORLEANS EAST. WE’VE GOT LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT UPTOWN, GETTING SOME SHOWERS, MOVING THROUGH ENGLISH TURNED WEST BANK YOU’VE SEEN THIS MOVING DOWN TO CHALMETTE A LITTLE WIDER VIEW YET? WE HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI TOO IN PICAYUNE AREAS. HANCOCK COUNTY, PEARL RIVER COUNTY, AND THE MISSISSIPPI AND BAY SAINT LOUIS HAS SEEN SOME SHOWERS NONSEVERE WITH THESE DOWNPOURS AND MOVING INTO SLIDELL HERE TO WATCHING THESE VERY CLOSELY. A COUPLE CURLS MAYBE TO THE TWIN SPANS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO WATCH DOWN. WATERSPOUTS SOMETIMES IN WEAK VARIETY OF THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS. BUT WE’LL WATCH THAT REALLY CLOSELY. TORNADO WATCH LET’S SHOW YOU THIS. AND WHO’S UNDER THAT. THE ENTIRE REGION THAT GOES UNTIL 8:00. AREAS NORTHEAST OF HERE. THIS GOES UNTIL 10:00 HERE TONIGHT. SETTING RECORDS. ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TODAY. STILL AROUND UPPER 70S. AND WE GOT A LOT OF WIND. STILL A LOT OF ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. WIND ADVISORIES IN PLAY HERE TOO FOR THE SOUTH SHORE UP UNTIL 6:00. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM FORECAST LINES UP PRETTY WELL, BUT WE’RE NOT COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE SEVERE THREAT UNTIL A LINE OF STORMS STARTING TO MAKE ITS WAY TOGETHER. THAT’S NORTHWEST OF US RIGHT NOW. MOVES THROUGH. BUT THE TIMING OF THAT LINE OF STORMS IS WELL AFTER 6 P.M., EVEN FOR THE NORTH SHORE. EVEN HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, I EXPECT THE WORST OF THE STORMS HERE IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE MOST OF OUR POPULATION UP UNTIL AROUND THAT 10:00 HOUR, GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR FROM THERE. SO LET’S TAKE YOU THROUGH PARISH BY PARISH BREAKDOWN. GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE NORTH SHORE. NOW UP INTO 11 IS THE TIME PERIOD. WE LOOK TO THE METRO NOW UNTIL 11. IT’S A HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EVENT EVOLVING TO THAT. THAT COULD BE OUR GREATEST RISK. RIVER PARISHES NOW THROUGH 10:00. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING, BUT STILL HAVE AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. EVEN WHEN THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH. WE HEAD INTO THE BAYOU PARISHES. YOUR TIMING FOR STORMS IS NOW UP UNTIL TEN. DOWNPOURS? REALLY? NOW? NOT REALLY THAT SEVERE. AND THE LOWEST THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS TO THE COAST TO GRAND ISLE, LOWER PLAQUEMINES HERE TO WHERE THE THINGS START TO EVOLVE. WHEN THAT LINE OF STORMS COMES THROUGH. COULD BE THAT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD RISK THAT STILL TOPS MY THREAT LIST FOR THE STORM IMPACTS THAT WILL LAST YEAR THROUGH TONIGHT. SO REALLY, WE STILL NEED TO BE ON WATCH AND KEEP OUR GUARD UP FOR WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH TONIGHT TO ABOUT 10 TO 11. BUT AFTER THAT, METEOROLOGIST DEREK SIBLEY SHOWS YOU THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THE NEXT POSSIBILITY OF SOME STRONGER STORMS TO MOVE THROUGH, TOO. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT DEVIN. AND LET’S NOT FORGET HERE TOO, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS COLD FRONT THAT’S MOVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW AND OVERALL DRIER CONDITIONS AS WELL, WITH THAT HIGH OF ABOUT 63 DEGREES. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. BUT ALSO WE’RE TRACKING YET ANOTHER SEVERE THREAT. THIS ARRIVES HERE ON SATURDAY OUT AHEAD OF A YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT, BRINGING US MORE POTENTIAL STRONG SHOWERS AND MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HERE TO BEHIND IT ONCE AGAIN, COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT SEVERE THREAT. KIND OF LIKE TODAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER IS MAINLY STAYING TO OUR NORTH, AND THAT’S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE THE SETUP HERE GOING FORWARD. AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY. BUT FOR US, WE’RE UNDER THAT LEVEL. THAT 15% RISK FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. SO THAT’S SOMETHING TO WATCH GOING FORWARD. AND WE DO HAVE AN ALERT DAY HERE IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT ONC
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New Orleans food critic Tom Fitzmorris dead at 74 after battle with Alzheimer’s
Updated: 7:42 PM CST Feb 12, 2025
A longtime New Orleans food critic has died after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s. Tom Fitzmorris, who was a beloved food critic and radio personality, died Wednesday at the age of 74. According to a news release issued on his website, the New Orleans Menu, Fitzmorris, who attended Jesuit and Rummel High School, wrote his first restaurant review after studying at the University of New Orleans. The review was posted in the school’s paper called The Driftwood, and his column ran continuously from 1974 to 2020. After graduating in 1974, he was hired as a columnist for New Orleans Magazine, where he later became the editor-in-chief.Fitzmorris launched his website, The New Orleans Menu, in 1977, later making it an online publication in 1996, according to a news release issued on his website. He began broadcasting his reviews on the radio in 1975. After Hurricane Katrina, Fitzmorris was credited with helping local restaurants recover from the storm. Fitzmorris was also an accomplished author. Funeral arrangements have not been announced at this time. You can learn more about Fitzmorris’ prolific career here.
A longtime New Orleans food critic has died after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Tom Fitzmorris, who was a beloved food critic and radio personality, died Wednesday at the age of 74.
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According to a news release issued on his website, the New Orleans Menu, Fitzmorris, who attended Jesuit and Rummel High School, wrote his first restaurant review after studying at the University of New Orleans.
The review was posted in the school’s paper called The Driftwood, and his column ran continuously from 1974 to 2020.
After graduating in 1974, he was hired as a columnist for New Orleans Magazine, where he later became the editor-in-chief.
Fitzmorris launched his website, The New Orleans Menu, in 1977, later making it an online publication in 1996, according to a news release issued on his website.
He began broadcasting his reviews on the radio in 1975. After Hurricane Katrina, Fitzmorris was credited with helping local restaurants recover from the storm.
Fitzmorris was also an accomplished author.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced at this time.
You can learn more about Fitzmorris’ prolific career here.
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