The Weather Bureau has been built on the dedication and abilities of thousands of people. They are the people who have read the temperatures and pressures, monitored the relative humidity, recorded the wind velocity and direction at hundreds of official Weather Bureau installations, and watched the clouds for almost a century and a half. They are the people who have warned communities of impending floods, freezes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. They are the people who warn ships on the high seas approaching our shores and ships on the Great Lakes of gales, blizzards, and hurricanes. They are the people who have studied the climate and weather in order to make better forecasts for safety of life, limb, and property. These are some of their stories....

	Signal Service Years (1870 - 1891) Personal views of early meteorologists.
	The Snowflake Man - A Reminiscence by Frank E. Hartwell Frank Hartwell recalls Wilson Bentley - the Snowflake Man.
	Birth of the National Weather Service Cleveland Abbe describes the early beginnings of the NWS.
	History of New Mexico's First Weatherman Brief historical insight into the life of this interesting man who was to establish New Mexico's first weather station. Friend of Wyatt Earp.
	History of the Block Island Weather Bureau Station Biographical sketch of George Washington Eddey, a Weather Bureau Observer who had the longest tenure of all Block Island weather observers.
	A Short Account of the Circumstances Attending the Inception of Weather Forecast Work by the United States Professor Cleveland Abbe's account of the beginnings of the U.S Weather Bureau.
	Memorial Articles from the Meteorological Society Professor William Ferrel's work is high-lighted.
	Alaskan Pageant Lorena Pepper of the Ketchikan WBO describes viewing the aurora borealis.

	Mr.William F. Reed, Jr. WBO, Chattanooga Biographical sketch.
	Mr. Herbert E. Kichline OIC, WBO, Raleigh, North Carolina Autobiographical sketch.
	Eugene E. Emigh Autobiographical sketch of the OIC, WBO Montgomery, Alabama
	Official in Charge, WBO, Tampa, Florida W.W. Talbot: His Life and Times Autobiographical sketch.
	Biography of George Washington Eddey Biographical sketch of George Washington Eddey, a Weather Bureau Observer who had the longest tenure of all Block Island weather observers.
	Edgar C. Horton Autobiographical sketch of the OIC, WBO Burmingham, Alabama

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