fukushima-nuclear-disaster-tsunami-debris
fukushima-nuclear-disaster-tsunami-debris
fukushima-nuclear-disaster-tsunami-debris
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FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER TSUNAMI DEBRIS<br />
In 2008, an article in New Scientist discussed a new<br />
DHS project that funded research into guiding and<br />
directing the intensity of hurricanes.<br />
Citing Hurricane Katrina as the basis for the project,<br />
the Hurricane Aerosol and Microphysics Program<br />
(HAMP) worked with Project Stormfury veteran Joe<br />
Golden and a panel of other experts “to test the<br />
effects of aerosols on the structure and intensity of<br />
hurricanes.” HAMP was funded under contract<br />
HSHQDC-09-C-00064 at a taxpayer price tag of<br />
$64.1 million.<br />
In 2009, Richard Spinrad, the National Oceanic and<br />
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) assistant<br />
administrator for the Office of Oceanic and<br />
Atmospheric Research (OAR), sent then DHS<br />
Program Manager for Advanced Research Projects<br />
Agency (HSARPA) William Laska an official<br />
memorandum regarding OAR’s review of a<br />
“Statement for Work” for HAMP.<br />
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