October 17, 2008
Party at the National Weather Service
Calling all atmospheric sciences geeks: the National Weather Service recently moved in to fancy new headquarters in Sterling, Va., and they're throwing an open house this weekend that's open to the public.
Potentially awesome weather stuff you'll get to check out, if you go:
>> Free basic "weather spotter" classes (?)
>> Weather balloon launches every hour (!)
>> Tours of NOAA's wind tunnel & environmental extreme chambers (!!)
Less potentially awesome:
>> "Weather in Music and Prose" - A multimedia show combining computer imagery, poetry, and live music performance (yikes)
The two-day open house runs Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. Details are here. Directions are here.
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Hahah I don't know what it says about our office/profession that everyone got immediately excited about this.
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Will there be a bartender mixing up free hurricanes?
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neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds!!!!
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Sounds like a real Capital Weather Gang Bang.
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According to the directions, the facility is located off Thunder Road, making for quite a nice aptonym.
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I don't know weather to party or not.
There will be a 40% chance of fruit punch.
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Actually I think this is the first time I've ever seen anything about science published on DCist. Considering all of the agencies here (NSF, NASA, NOAA) and the national labs (NIH, NIST, GSFC), and the organizations (APS, AGU, National Geographic, AAAS) that's kind of sad isn't it? Maybe you should think about a full-time science blogger.
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Looking forward to the "Weather in Music and Prose" multimedia show, featuring performances of "Stormy Weather," "Walking on Sunshine," and Keats' "Ode to a Rectal Barometer."
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"IT'S RAINING MEN, HALLELUJAH, IT'S RAINING MEN -- AMEN!"
Sorry for the all caps, but ain't no party like a weather station party cuz a weather station party don't stop.
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monkey: it's "ode on a rectal barometer". details, i know, but important nonetheless.
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IMGoph - Wrong. You're thinking of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Rectal Barometer." I'm talking about Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale's Rectal Barometer." One's all oily, the other not nearly enough. Those English Romantic poets really loved them some lower-GI high-pressure fronts.
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What's great about these events is that if I bring in my weather forecasting rope, they will happily calibrate it, free of charge.
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monkey: and that's why i wasn't an english major.