Transcript: Hurricane Center Director Temporarily Reassigned (Dp)

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
07-09-2007
Hurricane Center Director Temporarily Reassigned (Dp)

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

The director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami lost his job today, a few days after about half of his staff called for his ouster. Staff members say Bill Proenza has caused the public to lose confidence in their forecasting.

NPR's Greg Allen is following this story. And Greg, Bill Proenza had only been on the job for about six months. What did he do that caused so many of his employees to revolt?

GREG ALLEN: Well, it's been a long process, Melissa. And it really began shortly after he took off, as of course, ...

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