Monday at AMS
Jan. 21st, 2008 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quasigeostrophyWent to a few presentations today. Most were either standing-room only or almost empty. At Noon, I took a tour bus out to Lakefront Airport which looks to be closed to the general public (not sure if it was Katrina damaged or not), but the Hurricane Hunter WC-130 and the NOAA research P-3 aircraft were both there. Very cool tours. And ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cjsmith, the WC-130 pilot said that they don't do any structural reinforcement above the normal combat-design for flying it into hurricanes.
The AMS offered bus tours of Katrina damaged areas of New Orleans each morning this week. I opted not to take one, because I didn't want to feel like I was looking at a show. Turns out I didn't really need to buy one of those tour tickets after all - the bus ride to and from Lakefront Airport passed through vast areas of damage. Houses in various states of disarray and reconstruction. Trailers in front yards. Debris and dirt everywhere. Sad.
This afternoon I met two scientist/authors at a book signing (Kerry Emanuel from MIT and Louis Uccellini from NOAA). Yes, I had them sign books I brought from home.
Tonight is the official opening of the vendor exhibition. At 5:30, I'm going to check it out and see what kind of free swag is available. :-)
Tomorrow begins a conference on lightning. My advisor is self-admittedly ignorant about lightning, and it's an interest of mine, so I figure this will be a good opportunity. I just need to get to the room in time to get a seat.
cjsmith, the WC-130 pilot said that they don't do any structural reinforcement above the normal combat-design for flying it into hurricanes.The AMS offered bus tours of Katrina damaged areas of New Orleans each morning this week. I opted not to take one, because I didn't want to feel like I was looking at a show. Turns out I didn't really need to buy one of those tour tickets after all - the bus ride to and from Lakefront Airport passed through vast areas of damage. Houses in various states of disarray and reconstruction. Trailers in front yards. Debris and dirt everywhere. Sad.
This afternoon I met two scientist/authors at a book signing (Kerry Emanuel from MIT and Louis Uccellini from NOAA). Yes, I had them sign books I brought from home.
Tonight is the official opening of the vendor exhibition. At 5:30, I'm going to check it out and see what kind of free swag is available. :-)
Tomorrow begins a conference on lightning. My advisor is self-admittedly ignorant about lightning, and it's an interest of mine, so I figure this will be a good opportunity. I just need to get to the room in time to get a seat.
