Bob Sheets
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| Born |
June 7, 1937 Marion, Indiana |
| Alma mater |
Ball State University University of Oklahoma |
| Occupation |
Former director of the National Hurricane Center meteorologist |
Robert Chester Sheets (born June 7, 1937) is a meteorologist who served as the director of the National Hurricane Center from 1987 to 1995. He was born in Marion, Indiana.[1] He is well remembered for numerous interviews given from the Hurricane Center during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Sheets also was a member and eventual director in Project Storm Fury, an attempt to modify hurricanes with silver iodide. Since retiring in 1995, Sheets has continued his relationship with the media, becoming a special-situation hurricane analyst with ABC network affiliates in Florida. He has also co-authored a book on hurricane information and stories.
References
- ↑ American Men & Women of Science: Q-S - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
Books
- Williams, Jack; Sheets, Bob (July 2001), Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth, Vintage, ISBN 0-375-70390-X
External links
| Preceded by Neil Frank |
Director of the National Hurricane Center 1987–1995 |
Succeeded by Bob Burpee |
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