Commerce Secretary Visits Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
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Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited NWS's Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, HI, on December 8. Geophysicists described operations during recent Kuril Islands earthquake and tsunami. Pictured left to right, Under Secretary of Commerce Conrad Lautenbacher, Geophysicist Robert Cessaro, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Director Charles McCreery, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn, Commerce Staff Ginny White, and Geophysicist Victor Sardina (back to camera). (Photo by NOAA)
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Hastings Hosts University of Kearney at Nebraska Aviation Department
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Hastings, NE, Aviation Team co-leader and Journeyman Forecaster Jim Reynolds (standing) talks with students and staff from the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) Aviation Sciences Department during their October 12 visit to the Hastings forecast office. In February 2006, WFO Hastings Aviation Team Leader Kurt Buffalo and Jim Reynolds made contacts with all of the Fixed Based Operators (FBOs) at the Hastings, Grand Island, and Kearney, NE, airports. The lone FBO at the Kearney Airport, Air Midway, is the sole provider of aircraft used by student pilots in the Aviation Sciences program at UNK. The presentation and office tour provided to the UNK Aviation Department was coordinated to occur with the resumption of classes and flight instruction at UNK during the Fall 2006 term. Visiting were six student pilots and Terry Gibbs, the Director of the Aviation Sciences program from UNK. (Photo by Jim Reynolds) |
Western Region Lends a Hand with Science Teachers Conference
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The NWS Western Region including staff from the Salt Lake City forecast office provided assistance at the recent National Science Teachers Association Regional Conference in Salt Lake City (December 7-9). In addition to the exhibit, Dennis Cain from the NWS Southern Region gave a presentation on Jetstream-An Online School for Weather. In the picture: Bob Hansen, NOAA Education, Washington, DC; Annie Reiser, NOAA Research, Boulder, CO; Jeannine Montgomery, NOAA Outreach, Silver Spring, MD; Dennis Cain, NWS Souther Region, Ft. Worth, TX; Bruce Moravchik NOS, Silver Spring, MD; Jeff Lorens, NWS Western Region, Salt Lake City. Also participating from NWS at the conference but not in this photograph: Kevin Barjenbruch and Mike Seaman of the Salt Lake City forecast office, Carol Gorski and Claudia Cox of NWS Western Region Headquarters, and Dave Hogan of the Salt Lake City Center Weather Service Unit.
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Baltimore-Washington Media Partners Visit Forecast Office |
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On December 19, local media partners attended the Baltimore-Washington forecast office's Annual Winter Weather Media Workshop. Front row, kneeling, left to right, Senior Forecaster Andy Woodcock, WJLA ABC-7 Meteorologists Brian van de Graaff and Alex Liggitt. Back row, left to right, Science Operations Officer Steve Zubrick, WBAL TV 11 Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer and Meteorologist John Collins, WVIR NBC 29 Meteorologist David Rogers, WTTG Fox 5 Chief Meteorologist Sue Palka, Warning Coordination Meteorologist David Manning, Senior Forecaster Chris Strong, and Meteorologist-In-Charge Jim Lee. |
Mt. Holly Achieves Outreach Milestone |
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Robert Wanton, general forecaster and education outreach focal point, made his 100,000th individual outreach presentation on November 3 at the Burlington County Institute of Technology in Medford, NJ. Student, Anthony Rossi, was recognized as the ‘100,000th individual,’ and received a four-inch rain gage during the group presentation to twenty seven students and eleven adults. The CBS-TV affiliate in Philadelphia taped portions of the event, which subsequently aired on the Noon and 4 p.m. news. Robert has made 1102 outreach presentations dating back to 1984. Pictured from left to right are Mt. Holly's Meteorologist-In-Charge Gary Szatkowski, Anthony Rossi, and Robert Wanton.
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