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September 20, 2005

Predicting Hurricanes

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction held a hearing on the lifesaving role of … read more

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction held a hearing on the lifesaving role of accurate hurricane prediction. Chairman Senator DeMint requested that Senate Chaplain Admiral Barry Black open the hearing with a prayer for the victims and survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Following the prayer, hurricane prediction experts testified about the prediction of Hurricane Katrina and the work of the National Hurricane Center. The hearing was held inside room 562 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. close

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Barry C. Black Chaplain U.S. Senate
Keith G. Blackwell Associate Professor University of South Alabama->Coastal Weather Research Center

Wendell Curole General Manager South Lafourche (LA) Levee District
Jim DeMint U.S. Senator [R] South Carolina
Mark Levitan Director Louisiana State University->Hurricane Center
Max Mayfield Director National Weather Service->National Hurricane Center
Ben Nelson U.S. Senator [D] Nebraska
Bill Nelson U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Florida
C. Patrick Roberts President Florida Association of Broadcasters
Ted Stevens U.S. Senator [R] Alaska
David Vitter U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Louisiana

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Senate Commerce, Science,and Transportation Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention & Prediction

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Program ID:: 188952-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Sep 20, 2005 | 3:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Sep 24, 2005 | 4:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Sep 20, 2005 | 3:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 21, 2005 | 3:24am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Sep 21, 2005 | 7:38am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Sep 21, 2005 | 5:48pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 24, 2005 | 4:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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