

RELATED: Tampa Weatherman Jokes His Dog Is 'Shopping for an Agent' After Adorably Interrupting Broadcast “Because she’s been such an essential fixture here at work, we’re going to bestow upon her the highest honor we can give in the weather department: Betty, your own lower third graphic," he said, joking that while the new graphic would likely be a distraction, "this is sort of a bow to my fans who have said ' We want more Betty,' which consequently means less of me." "She’s gone viral, my nieces and nephews tell me." state and even other countries, including England, Spain, Australia. Betty’s soaring appeal even inspired the station to create an official Betty the Weather Cat tracker, which found that episodes featuring Betty had been viewed in almost every U.S. Within days, Betty the cat had gone viral.

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"I don’t know how to start this weathercast other than to say the outpouring for this silly cat has been crazy," he said during a broadcast just days later. People all over the world are watching this crazy cat betty, Lyons announced during a recent broadcast. As you can see, she's a high-strung, nervous wreck !” On March 8, Russias airstrike on Yurivka village hit Volodymyr Obodzinskyis house, killing his 40-year-old wife, 19-year-old daughter, 14-year-old son, and two grandchildren, both one year old. "As much as I’d like to be back there with everybody, Betty, this is the Lyons household cat, seems to be enamored of all the lights out here."Īlongside a screenshot from Betty's first on-camera appearance, which Lyons later shared on Facebook, the owner quipped, " I can't tell if Betty is enjoying the whole Work-From-Home setup or not. " There are some benefits to working from home," said Lyons during the broadcast. While going over the extended forecast, Lyons held his adorable grey-and-white cat in his arms, who posed for the camera with a detached look on her face.

" You should put her on the air," Lyons, 55, told the Washington Post, as he recalled the suggestion he received on that fateful night.
