Scenes for Hurricane Preparedness and Response Days before Hurricane Florence began pummeling the North and South Carolina coasts with its powerful winds and 13-foot storm surge, Harris technology—from space to ground—was helping meteorologists predict and inform, emergency managers prepare, and residents take action to protect their lives and property. More than 22,000 miles above Earth, the Harris-built Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on NOAA’s new GOES-East weather satellite was collecting and sending forecasters at the National Hurricane Center and elsewhere detailed weather imagery that gave unprecedented insight into the structure around the eye of Florence and let them pinpoint the storm’s exact location and accurately forecast its track and intensity. Compared to instrumentati

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