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Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Introducing Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Those who need no introduction are most deserving of one… …but how do you introduce a legend? Dr. Lubchenco arrived...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
This year’s AMS Annual Meeting Theme
Did you know that the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting always has a theme? Then you’re among a vanishingly small...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What’s your reason for coming to the AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans?
Our community has already begun to assemble in New Orleans for this year’s AMS Annual Meeting, which formally runs from...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Wikipedia and Google assert themselves
“Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.” – Wes Fessler “The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
NOAA and its people look to the future on Martin Luther King Day
“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” – Martin...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Paleo-NOAA and Neo-“NOAA”
The sun appears to be rising in the East this morning… … but that sliver of the world concerned with...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
For NOAA, persistence may not be the best forecast just now
A week or so back my pastor and I were standing outside the church with his young daughter. I asked...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Anniversary Remembrances of Two Disasters
Thirty years ago to the day I was still working for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Non-violent scientific discourse
Though there’s much in today’s news to discuss, on topics as diverse as disaster recovery and our (micro-) managed planet,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Mary Glackin retires from NOAA
Yesterday several hundred fortunates gathered in NOAA’s Silver Spring auditorium to acknowledge Mary Glackin’s contributions to the agency and to...
