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Article: Ill winds pick up speed at national hurricane center.(Career Connection)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2007
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Proenza, the center's director, is at risk of losing his job because he no longer has the support of his bosses in Washington or the hurricane forecasters at the center. Proenza, 62, is a career federal executive with decades of experience in the National Weather Service.
At first, the controversy revolved around Proenza's warnings about an aging weather satellite, QuikSCAT, and differences with bosses over budget priorities.
But a new report, prepared at the request of Proenza's superiors at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, suggests that issues of leadership and staff divisions at the hurricane center are at the eye of this storm.
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