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Secretary Donald Evans had the
ride of his life aboard the NOAA WP-3D Orion "hurricane
hunter" Kermit during Hurricane Ivan. The turbulent September
13 flight lasted six bone-shaking hours, but he's still smiling.
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Evans in the cockpit of the P3, flying into the Ivan’s
eyewall.
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Evans and and Sean McMillan, lead system analyst on
Kermit.
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Secretary
Evans with NOAA’s Dr. Jim McFadden, who on the
next day was to fly his 500th hurricane flight.
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Gov.
Bush at Goes to the Source
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| Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush held a press conference
at the NOAA National Hurricane Center after Hurricane Frances,
along with FEMA director Michael Brown
(right). NHC director, Max Mayfield,
also participated.
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Sen.
Nelson takes a look at Charley
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Earlier,
two days before Hurricane Charley crashed ashore, Florida
Sen. Bill Nelson accompanied the
NOAA G-IV hurricane surveillance jet on a mission to take
a look at the massive storm’s destructive environment.
Sen. Nelson, who has previously flown aboard the space shuttle,
was enthusiastic about the technology and amount of storm-related
data streaming back real-time to NOAA's National Centers
for Environmental Prediction. During the busy eight and
a half hour flight, Sen. Nelson found time to learn how
to quality assure data from dropwindsonde instruments profiling
the atmosphere below the high-flying jet, and to phone in
a number of first-person accounts of what was being seen
and reported by the crew.
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Sen. Bill Nelson aboard the NOAA Gulfstream IV.
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| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
| Employee of Month
Allison
Hammer
NOAA Ocean Service
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Team Member of Month
Alan
Robinson
Program Planning & Integration
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Read
all about the accomplishments of this month’s
Employee of the Month, Allison Hammer, and the Team
Member of the Month, Alan Robinson, in the next issue
of NOAA Report. |
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Nation’s
Mayors Learn About NOAA Programs
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This
summer’s 72nd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference
of Mayors held in Boston showcased many NOAA programs, including
NOAA All Hazards Radio, which will expand its services to
create an All Hazards network. Stan Johnson
from NOAA All Hazards Radio and Caren Madsen
from the NOAA Office of Public, Constituent and Intergovernmental
Affairs staffed the exhibit with help from Alan
Dunham, a meteorologist from the Boston Weather
Forecast Office.
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| At
the 72nd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of
Mayors were (left to right) Caren Madsen, NOAA Public
Affairs; Bill Mischler, Mayor of Pinellas Park, Fla.;
David G. Wallace, Mayor of Sugar Land, Tex.; and Stan
Johnson, NOAA Weather Radio —
All
Hazards.
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