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Mrs. Sandra Lockhart

Cathcart Hall Receptionist

Mrs. Carol Lovegrove

Dambach Hall Receptionist

Mr. Don Lovegrove

Assistant to the Director of

Christian Service

Miss Karin Lovik

Student Affairs Technical

Assistant

Mr. Ryan McClure

Bursar
H Hi tel any people do not know what

Mrs. Joanne McHugh

the National Weather Service does; however, much of the Director of Custodial

Services
information they receive affects our lives every day. The fall

brought an increase in hurricane activity, and many were

devastated by its effects. Some victims were left with

nothing. But with the help of the National Hurricane

Center at Florida International University in Miami, Mr. Mike McHugh

Maintenance Staff

Florida, many lives were spared. Mr. Ryan McNamara

In a recent interview with Mr. Frank Lepore, Jr., Financial Aid Loan

Specialist

public relations and meteorologist at the National Hurricane

Center, he explained that there is much that goes on even

after the cameras are on. He explained that this office was

started and is supported by the United Nations as a Regional

Mr. Stephen Milton

Specialty Office. The UN has separated the world into 5 Security Officer

Regions, and the NHC is responsible for North America, Mrs. Reva Munro

Director of Campus Services

Central America, the Caribbean, and the north region of

South America. The National Hurricane Center also works

in conjunction with the Federal Government of the United

States in conducting research and regular missions into the

eye of each storm.
Mrs. Sue Olsen

Every year the NHC conducts 150 missions ranging Library Technical Assistant

Miss Leah Patterson
from small tropical depressions to large Category 5
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Hurricanes. In these missions, small hand held devices are and Audio Visual Assistant

dropped into the storm, carrying barometers, anometers,

and GPS systems that constantly send information to the

researchers on board the plane. Almost immediately, any

new information is sent to the NHC, and within minutes, Mrs. Karin Puckett

Assistant Accountant
these changes are televised for the public to see. Every day is

Mr. Anthony Rendina

a new opportunity to learn, and the meteorologists at the Food Service Staff

NHC continue to learn from and predict weather patterns

to save lives.