DCist: Party at the National Weather Service

IMGoph

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:09:21 -0500

monkey: and that's why i wasn't an english major.

HCE

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:05:54 -0500

What's great about these events is that if I bring in my weather forecasting rope, they will happily calibrate it, free of charge.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:28:35 -0500

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.

IMGoph

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:19:50 -0500

monkey: it's "ode on a rectal barometer". details, i know, but important nonetheless.

Bethesdaist

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:15:05 -0500

"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.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:09:06 -0500

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."

jman

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:02:56 -0500

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.

glasswindow

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:02:37 -0500

I don't know weather to party or not. There will be a 40% chance of fruit punch.

MrTinDC

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:02:10 -0500

According to the directions, the facility is located off Thunder Road, making for quite a nice aptonym.

boondoggle

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:58:40 -0500

Sounds like a real Capital Weather Gang Bang.

McGillicuddy

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:57:59 -0500

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds!!!!

TheCounter

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:54:39 -0500

Will there be a bartender mixing up free hurricanes?

carn

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:50:57 -0500

Hahah I don't know what it says about our office/profession that everyone got immediately excited about this.