Robert Chester Sheets (born June 7, 1937) is an American

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who served as the director of the

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from 1987 to 1995. He was born in

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. He is well remembered for numerous interviews given from the Hurricane Center during

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in 1992. Sheets was a member and eventual director in Project Storm Fury, an attempt to modify hurricanes with silver iodide. Since retiring in 1995, Sheets has continued his relationship with the media, becoming a special-situation hurricane analyst with

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network affiliates in Florida. He has also co-authored a book, ''Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth'', on hurricane information and stories.

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National Hurricane Center
American meteorologists Living people University of Oklahoma alumni Ball State University alumni 1937 births Scientists from Indiana National Weather Service people {{UOklahoma-stub