Research or Promotion

That's the question for the head of the hurricane center of the National Weather Center. The powers that be at NOAA, the overseers of the National Weather Center, cut $700,000 from hurricane research but approved $4,000,000 to publicize their 200th anniversary.

The director of the hurricane center says that the satellite which enables forecasters to measure wind speed and direction is old and failing; it should be replaced, but there are no plans for doing so.