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Fransen Travels to NOLA

In early January, Tanja Fransen from the National Weather Service attended the 96th Annual American Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans, La. While there, she presented a poster highlighting the public health impacts in NE Montana from our wildfire smoke events last summer. She also spoke to students about the importance of an integrated warning team between the NWS and its partners and then led two exercises with approximately 100 students who were able to learn from operational meteorologists, broadcast meteorologists and emergency managers. Two of the featured speakers at the meeting were Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Director Dr. Kathy Sullivan. Secretary Pritzker spoke on the NOAA Big Data Project, as well as how weather and climate impact commerce. Her speech can be read here: https://www.commerce.gov/news/secretary-speeches/2015/04/commerce-secretary-pritzker-delivers-keynote-address-american

 

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