国家飓风中心负责人时刻关注风暴情况。该中心主任迈克尔·布伦南负责管理45名联邦工作人员，其中包括飓风专家与气象学家。
The National Hurricane Center’s Boss Keeps an Eye on the Storms The director, Michael Brennan, oversees 45 federal workers, including hurricane specialists and meteorologists.
国家飓风中心的总部设在迈阿密一座布满卫星天线的单层混凝土建筑内。
Tucked away inside a one-story concrete building dotted with satellite dishes in Miami is the headquarters of the National Hurricane Center.
飓风季节期间，每当有热带风暴或飓风形成，中心便会每隔六小时发布最新预报，此时人们的目光都会聚焦于此以及中心主任迈克尔·布伦南身上。
During hurricane season, attention turns to the center and its director, Michael Brennan, as fresh forecasts are posted every six hours when a tropical storm or hurricane forms.
此前该中心位于佛罗里达州迈阿密附近的科勒尔盖布尔斯，1992年安德鲁飓风给迈阿密-戴德县带来重创，中心办公场所受损严重，因此急需建造一座更为坚固的设施。
The center had been in Coral Gables, Fla., near Miami, but after Hurricane Andrew dealt Miami-Dade County a catastrophic blow in 1992, the office was heavily damaged and a stronger facility was needed.
1995年，新中心在距离海岸约15英里的佛罗里达国际大学校园内落成。
In 1995, the center was built about 15 miles inland on the Florida International University campus.
该建筑被设计为飓风避难所，2005年成功抵御了卡特里娜与威尔玛飓风的侵袭；2017年艾尔玛飓风来袭时，中心工作人员也在此坚守了两夜。
Designed as a hurricane shelter, the facility withstood Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005 and staff members spent two nights there during Hurricane Irma in 2017.
2023年出任中心主任的布伦南表示：“这是一座混凝土堡垒。整个团队都能在此避难，确保安全的同时也能继续开展工作。”这位49岁的弗吉尼亚州本地人还谈及了飓风相关事宜以及令他忧心忡忡的问题。
“It’s a concrete bunker,” said Mr. Brennan, who became the director in 2023 and works in tandem with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu to cover the Pacific. “You can kind of get the whole staff in here, and everybody can be safe and we can continue to operate.”Mr. Brennan, 49, a Virginia native, talked about hurricanes and what keeps him up at night.
以下内容为该次访谈的节选与精简版，访谈开展于周三墨西哥湾形成热带风暴“伊萨亚斯”之前。
The following is an edited and condensed version of that interview, which was conducted before Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.