" Moonlight and Warmer " The official weather report said : "Moonlight and warmer." Was the U.S. Weather Bureau after 75 years of cautious clichés suffering a sudden May-madness? Dispatched to find out, Washington reporters met slight, affable Donald C. Cameron, 39, new chief forecaster for the Southeastern U.S. No whimsical amateur, but a Bureau veteran of 22 years, Weatherman Cameron knew exactly what he was about. He explained:"My idea is to humanize the forecasts. . . . People don't give a damn what degree of temperature is expected. The average person doesn't know what humidity is. They...
U.S. At War: WEATHER
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