(5/13/10)from Wichita Falls to Midland Texas.
No operations today--just a ferry from Wichita Falls to Midland in order to get in position for potential operations on Friday. As a fully mobile project, we spend a lot of time in our vehicles... A LOT!
Of course we maximize this time, backing up data, writing papers...
The DOW Prince tried to out navigate all of the Vortex2 teams to Midland. Of course this was all done within the confines of the law... But, we were not exactly sure if Texas had a 75 mph or a 80 mph speed limit, so a Google search commenced. Which led to another Google search on states rights... WHACK! The DOW King hit a bird. A big (but not yellow) bird. What type of bird? Google search.
We stopped at a truck stop for some gas and shopping...cup holders, maps, speakers, sombreros.
Back in the DOW, cup holders were installed and a glass case was (duct) taped to the wall. I told the DOW Deity that taping a glass case to the wall was nerdy. Somehow this led into a "Who's nerdier?" conversation... (After a Google search) I was treated to a rendition Weird Al's "White and Nerdy". Somehow this was meant to illustrate that I was the nerdier one. When pressed, the DOW deity said he could not possibly be the white nerdier one. Why you may ask? Because he only knows pi out to 236 digits (I know it pi out to 5 digits). And also, just for my information, Weird Al could not have gone to M.I.T. because M.I.T. does not have class rankings.
3 more hours to Midland...
Update: Probe 3 beat DOW7 to Midland
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Picture 1: I don't think any annotation is necessary.
Just wanted to say I am thoroughly enjoying your blog. One of our local meteorologists tagged along for a few days and I was reading her blog. When she came back home to Austin, she suggested that the folks following her blog check out yours. Thank you for sharing your exploits and humor with us.
ReplyDeleteI want the Dow Deity's sombrero. LOL! Enjoying the blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture! What sort of feed horn do you use for that? ;-)
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