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...weathermen, radar has been the biggest boon their science has known since the barometer. Without radar, weather forecasters had to depend on reports from observation stations, which are always too few, and often slow to arrive. With radar, they can actually watch the approach of storm clouds. Many a weather or storm disaster might have been averted or minimized if proper radars had been on the job to flash a timely warning...
When Cook comes back from the storm clouds, he has a talk with the weathermen at Kansas City, and the records of his instruments are analyzed. The purpose of all this, explains Forecaster House, is to learn more about the structure of clouds that generate tornadoes...
Basing his findings on the work of two outstanding weathermen, Charles F. Brooks, professor of Meteorology and director of the Blue Hill Observatory, predicted "a cold winter definitely is probable...
...Eastern seaboard, badly hurricane-hit last year, braced itself. The prose of the press and the voices of radio newsmen rose to a high pitch. Weathermen warned everyone to take precautions...
There was every reason for pessimism; about a month ago Hurricane Diane, her winds stilled deceptively, slipped ashore almost unheralded and dumped disastrous floods from Virginia to New England. Denounced for not being on their toes, the weathermen were not inclined to be too cheerful again...