He came to talk at our school in the mid-90s and a journalist from the local rag was allowed to sit in the audience for some reason. The journalist asked about 1987 and Michael Fish visibly deflated and looked around the room with a look of "who let the journalist in" before finally inhaling and giving his speech about how technically he said the hurricane wouldn't hit us, he didn't say we wouldn't have a storm.

But you're right, I think it was a sensationalist tabloid talking point to say "Michael Fish missed the hurricane" but he was a well loved weatherman.