Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Want a Weather-Ready Nation? If so, build “agency”.
But here’s the kicker: whether in weather emergencies, or disaster recovery, or in building national capacity and infrastructure for weather...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Moonshots, weather-readiness, and other human aspirations.
Doug Hilderbrand co-chairs with Eileen Shea the AMS Board on Enterprise Communication. We owe the two of them thanks for...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Brian Bell’s forecasts for the weather enterprise
Many LOTRW readers may know Brian Bell, one of the more visionary and just-plain-interesting people in our community. Mr. Bell...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Evolving the National Weather Service. 7. Get your head on straight… and keep it there.
Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough...
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A New Web Vision
by Tom Champoux, AMS Communications Director You may have noticed that AMS rolled out a new website today, updating content...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Evolving the National Weather Service. 6. Water.
Continuing from the previous LOTRW posts… In the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 1980’s and 1990’s, it was...
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Is This Our Moonshot Moment?
by Douglas Hilderbrand, Co-Chair, AMS Board on Enterprise Communication Have you ever imagined being a NASA scientist back in the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Evolving the National Weather Service. 5. Stakeholders
Continuing from the previous LOTRW posts… There are many reasons to like the NWS Weather-Ready Nation initiative, but perhaps the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Evolving the National Weather Service. 4. People.
“There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Evolving the National Weather Service. 3. What the last fifteen years have to tell us with respect to the technology piece.
…continuing from the previous LOTRW post… Now we find ourselves in 2015. It’s Groundhog Day. Déjà vu. The WSR88D’s, once...
