His presence there was used by the Cook Islands Meteorological Service (CIMS) as the opportunity to launch A History of Tropical Cyclones and Their Impacts in the Cook Islands -- a book which de Scally and his students published last year in conjunction with the CIMS. A small number of copies of this book were printed with financial assistance from UBC Okanagan, with most copies ending up in libraries and agencies in the Pacific region.
The CIMS and Emergency Management Cook Islands have now secured funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to print up to 400 additional copies, for distribution to all the meteorological services in the Pacific and for sale at the Cook Islands campus of the University of the South Pacific.
In addition, de Scally was also asked to prepare a briefing report for the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, the Honourable Jim Marurai, and articles for the Island Climate Update -- published by New Zealand's National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research -- in anticipation of the next Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season.