OHD/RFC: Trivia: Hodgepodge

When the civilian weather service was first established, how many locations were forecast at that time?

What was the original name of the position now known as Regional Hydrologist called? There are three correct answers in the list below, please try to find them all.

(a) Chief, Hydrologic Services Division

(b) Regional Engineer

(c) Hydrologic Supervisor

(d) Area Engineer

What does PROTEUS stand for?

(a) Prototype River Operations Test, Evaluation and User System

(b) Prototype RFC Operational Test, Evaluation and User Simulation

(c) PRototype Operational TEsting and Usage Simulation

How many RFCs are there currently?

What was FHYDO?

(a) name of a software application on AFOS

(b) name of the proposed hydrology database on AFOS

(c) name of a software application on the PRIME system

What state(s) are served by four River Forecast Centers? There are two correct answers in the list below, please try to find them all.

What does SHEF stand for?

(a) Standard Hydrological Encoding Format

(b) Simple Hydrometerological Exchange Format

(c) Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format

(d) Simple Hydrorological Encoder Formats

What does HSA stand for?

(a) Hydraulic System Address

(b) Hydraulic Service Area

(c) Hydrologic Service Area

(d) Hydrology Science Administration

What is a Jokulhlaup (pronounced YO-kul-hloip)?

(a) Russian term for flooding caused by snowmelt

(b) Alaskan term for flooding caused by the breaching of a glacier-dammed lake

(c) Hawaiian term for flash flooding

(d) Native American term for flooding

What does FEWS in CHPS/FEWS stand for?

(a) Forecast Extreme Weather System

(b) Flood Early Warning System

(c) Famine Early Warning System network

(d) Flood Early Warning Service