Background
He was born in Marion, Indiana.
meteorologist National Hurricane Center
He was born in Marion, Indiana.
Ball State University. University of Oklahoma.
He is well remembered for numerous interviews given from the Hurricane Center during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Sheets also 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 American Broadcasting Company network affiliates in Florida.
He has also co-authored a book on hurricane information and stories.