Life A Juggling Act?
NOAA's Introducing A New Approach
Forward-thinking companies are offering
life and work services to help employees be healthier, more content
and more productive. NOAA is no exception.
On June 21, the NOAA Diversity Council will open the NOAA Employee
Worklife Center for a year-long pilot period. While the new center
will be physically based in Silver Spring, Maryland, the doors will
be open to every NOAA employee eager to more effectively juggle perhaps
longer work hours, longer commute time, child care, adult care, and
a seemingly endless list of other such never-ending responsibilities.
NOAA's aim is to personalize an approach that can help all interested
NOAA employees achieve healthier home/work balance. By phone, online,
or in person, the new Worklife Center will offer top-notch, comprehensive
one-stop service in response to the needs of NOAA staff, whether at
headquarters, across the country, or across the globe.
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Hey
Rock 'n Rollers, Boomers,
Xers, & Nexters…
Explore
how values collide as generational tensions grow, and why
this is such a key management issue. Discover where you might
fit.
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NOAA's Own
Environmental Heroes
Find out who captured NOAA's Administrator, Hammer, Diversity Spectrum
and other rewards during Public Service Recognition Week. As Zane
Schauer, Acting Director for Human Resources Management, said at
the awards ceremony, "…there are few federal agencies that can claim
credit for the very significant and positive impact that NOAA has
on the lives of the American public each and every day."
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Commerce
Secretary Donald Evans (left) talking with Dr. Eddie N. Bernard, director
of NOAA Research's Pacific Marine
Environmental Laboratory in Seattle.
On May 11, Secretary Evans addressed about 200 NOAA staff, noting
seriousness of NW salmon issues and expressing great confidence and
support in NOAA employees.
Running With The Currents
Joining the fight against breast cancer,
NOAA's June 2 "Race for the Cure" team is already 300 strong,
including 15 survivors. The over $3,000 donated/pledged tops
the $2,000 goal. It's not too late to register or support a
D.C. area team member.
See Coming Up in Washington, DC area or click on http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/RaceCure/2001
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NOAA
Weather Radio Champions
Honored on Capitol Hill
Mark Trail
Awards were presented to 16 individuals, associations and local governments
this week for efforts to significantly expand NOAA Weather Radio's 24-hour
coverage across the nation. At a Capitol Hill ceremony, Scott B. Gudes,
NOAA's acting administrator said, "NOAA Weather Radio has been the link
between life and death, and the efforts of the award recipients demonstrates
the urgency of having up-to-the-second information before a potentially
dangerous storm hits."
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NOAA
Hurricane Specialist
Recognized
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NOAA's National
Weather Service presented its top honor, the Isaac M. Cline Award,
to James Franklin (center), a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane
Center in Miami. By pioneering the analysis of data from hurricane hunting
aircraft, he has improved the accuracy of hurricane forecasting. "James
Franklin’s research provides a detailed and accurate profile of the
inner core of a hurricane–the most intense and turbulent part of a hurricane
– from flight level down to the earth’s surface,” said retired Air Force
Brig. Gen. Jack Kelly, NWS director (right) as he presented the award
with Scott Gudes, Acting NOAA Administrator (left).
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Disaster Alley
Educates Tulsa
The National
Weather Service's Tulsa Forecast Office joined other partners in dedicating
Disaster Alley on May 3, the second anniversary of the May
3-4, 1999 tornado outbreak in Tulsa. Over 60 tornadoes hit Oklahoma
on those two days. One traveled nearly 38 miles and remained on the
ground for a highly unusual 1˝ hours. Costs from this tornado alone
totaled almost $1 billion.
As a permanent exhibit in a large mall, Disaster Alley is an
innovative route to promoting disaster resistance and mitigation.
The weather service's address in Disaster Alley is on Tornado
Alley, near the corner of Safe Street. Steve Piltz, meteorologist-in-charge
of Tulsa's forecast office, said he hopes the weather service's prominent
participation "will help Tornado Alley visitors learn how to help
themselves when severe weather strikes."
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First-Ever Presidential Proclamation
On May 22, President Bush signed the first-ever
presidential proclamation in support of NOAA's efforts
to help safeguard life and property during the hurricane
season, June 1 - November 30.
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"Normal" Hurricane Season
No Reason for Complacency
NOAA's top
hurricane experts said the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season is likely
to have normal levels of activity, bringing fewer storms than during
the past three years. However, a normal season is no cause for complacency.
Fifty people died in 1960 when Hurricane Donna swiped Florida, lashed
every state from South Carolina to New York, crossed Long Island, and
then raced into New England, all during a below-normal season. When
Hurricane Andrew, the costliest hurricane on record, struck Florida
in 1992, another below-normal season, damages totaled over $25 billion.
A normal season typically means that five to seven tropical storms will
reach hurricane strength and that two or three will be major hurricanes,
packing winds greater than 110 mph. NOAA's experts advised Atlantic
and Gulf states to be prepared for storms, high winds and flooding throughout
the season which begins June 1 and continues through November 30.
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