Hurricane center names new director
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A veteran weather forecaster was named the new director of the National Hurricane Center on Friday.
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In the midst of a crisis, Max Mayfield sets his schedule in four-minute increments. That's the amount of time the director of the National Hurricane Center allots each media crew camped out in the bunker-like building where forecasts are drawn up. He sets aside an hour to help assemble regularly scheduled advisories, and pauses to take calls from higher-ups, including U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans.
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Florida&#39;s hurricane disaster fund has about $6 billion, more than enough to satisfy expected demands from insurers paying out claims from two big hurricanes, the fund&#39;s senior director said on Wednesday.
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The cruise-line operator lowers guidance and keeps an eye on hurricane season and the Caribbean.
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Colleges Longtime University of Miami defensive coordinator Randy Shannon will replace the fired Larry Coker as coach of the Hurricanes, The Miami Herald reported on its website yesterday. The newspaper, citing an unidentified source, said Shannon accepted the job yesterday and that his hiring would be officially announced by the university today. Shannon, 40, would become the sixth black head ...
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A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean strengthened into Tropical Depression 6 late Friday and further strengthening was likely, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
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The director of the National Hurricane Center was temporarily reassigned Monday, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite.
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A noted hurricane forecaster on Tuesday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season will see just two more tropical storms and no more "major" hurricanes.
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A management warning has just been posted for the National Hurricane Center in Miami, often regarded as one of the government's most prestigious agencies.
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Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.
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Hurricane experts this time are stressing that predictions about the storm's possible movements are rough approximations.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday it did not expect tropical cyclone formation over the next 48 hours.
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A U.S. government hurricane scientist has resigned from the United Nations' science panel on climate change because, he said, a lead author in the group had too strongly linked global warming to hurricanes.
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Nearly half the National Hurricane Center's employees urged the federal government to replace their boss Thursday, saying they need to return their focus to protecting people from dangerous tropical weather.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla.  -- The Miami Hurricanes promoted defensive coordinator Randy Shannon to head coach Friday to replace Larry Coker.
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Stormy weather is usually outside the National Hurricane Center in Miami. But it's inside the center for this year's hurricane season.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 20--Sarasota Manatee Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association is planning a hurricane preparedness seminar noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fruitville Branch of the Sarasota Public Library at 100 Coburn Road.