Obfuscator writes: After a night dealing with unpleasant teenagers, we were happy to get rolling back toward Norman. We met R at the National Weather Center, where she works, so that we could fit in an early tour. The building in which the NWC resides was only completed in 2006, so it's still shiny and new. The building is only about five stories tall, but it looks about twice that, and it in fact is. While it only has five usable stories, it has floors in between each of the actual floors, dedicated entirely to the building's computer, and I suppose power, systems. It has a huge amount of windows, since we're told it was designed to maximize natural light. There's a huge, open atrium, with lots of comfy looking chairs and so forth for people
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