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Old May 10, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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Default ATTN: weather geeks

new satellite: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/no...ain/index.html
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Old May 10, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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Cool. My last company, Environmental Resources Group, did a lot of air quality modeling for NOAA.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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We once predicted that plume of photochemical smog would pass through the San Gabriel Mountains -- oh well.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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aww..
I thought that it was gonna be like www.weather.goggle.com or something.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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Ninh, you ninny, its nincompoop weather forecasters with better toys.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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Except for Dallas Raines on Channel 7 in LA he's my friend, former gym buddy, former neighbor, and he's got a degree in meteorology -- still full of shit, though. Sorry, Dallas.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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Is there any job easier than weatherman/meteorologist in SoCal?

Maybe Canada. snow/cold, snow/cold/ snow/cold

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Love it....

<-----Weather Channel junkie
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Old May 11, 2005 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by uppitychick,May 11 2005, 12:21 PM
<-----Weather Channel junkie
Do you have it on your desktop?
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Old May 11, 2005 | 07:25 AM
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I keep a global map with updating weather patterns (and the current location of the space station) on my desktop. In the bottom right corner I keep a local sat picture. Both are updated every 10 min. Here's a current view: http://hackforfood.com/desktop.png
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