Elbert W. Friday, deputy director of the National Weather Service, has been named head of that agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today.
Elbert Harbour took charge of the much-criticized Air Force B-1B bomber project not long ago, he decided to see what the fuss was all about.
Phillip O. Elbert, a Chicago Steel official, was named president of Pittsburgh-Des Moines' structural group last April.
"We used to celebrate her birthday each year with her adoptive parents and Olga was one for shows," Ms. Elbert said. "She'd whistle, blow kisses, wave her flippers and spray the crowd when nobody expected it.
While the drama of tornadoes and hurricanes tends to get more attention, "flash floods are the major cause of weather-related deaths in the United States," reports Elbert W. Friday, the director of the National Weather Service.