Hurricane Research Center of Indianapolis

the Hurricane Research Center of Indianapolis or simply called the HRCI is a hurricane center with 2 headquarters, one in IU Indianapolis and another in rural Blackford County, Indiana.

History
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans, NHC Senior Forecaster Blackford was ordered to create a subsidiary of the NHC, in 2007 the HRCI was born out of a classroom in Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana with Forecaster Blackford as the head...in 2011 the NHC collapsed and the GLHC (Great Lakes Hurricane Center) was born, the HRCI was given full power as the replacement of the NHC, in 2014 the HRCI purchased the Great Lakes Hurricane Center and finally split the Central Pacific Hurricane Center off of it. Many people thought that this would spell doom for the GLHC, however...the GLHC was allowed to continue operations without any limits from the HRCI...in 2016 the HRCI/Blackford Scale became the official scale of the HRCI. in 2017 they started naming storms with Tropical Storm Amy...the HRCI has no competition and is trying to help out other centers.