January 24th - January 29....30....31st. When heading out to Norman, Oklahoma for a week of National Weather Service Training, I didn't realize that I would be spending two extra days there due to a winter storm that would eventually stretch all the way to back to Raleigh. We made the most of it though and despite the snow, the hotel bar had a free keg and we eventually made our way to the Riverwind Casino. This was my third trip to Oklahoma, and I have to say as an east coaster, my views of the state were pretty stereotypical. Flat lands of nothingness, lots of cows, and some of the wildest weather in the country. For meteorologists like myself, this place is a true mecca. Our training was held at the relatively new National Weather Center
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