Friday Fish Wrap: October 30, 2009

Well, today is, of course, Nevada Day. Right next to Halloween. How perfect is that? If there was ever a state that deserved to have Halloween as it’s state holiday it’s Nevada … the only state with an Extraterrestial Highway.

I’m so proud to live here. Sigh. I’m finishing a perfect martini.

It’s been a BIG week here in Reno. We started out with a videographer from the Vice President’s office, as in Joe Biden, at the office where I work. Yes, indeedy, we are one of those stimulus projects. New jobs, green, all that happy stuff. Actually, it was pretty cool.

Then, on Friday, the day I chose to not be in the office, Channel 8 shows up with Ed Pearce ( my old friend from the Civil Air Patrol/Fossett Search days) to film a Nevada stimulus success story.  Thanks, Ed and Brent. I get a phone call from my leader: “should we go home and change? We’re in Halloween costumes.”

“Hell no”, this is Nevada. (“Ne-vah-duh”) People expect this sort of thing.

And, I’m a PR specialist?

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Best analysis of meteorological conditions that may have affected Air France, Flight 447

While looking for something else, related to the Air France tragedy, I was surprised to come across the Weather Graphics website, and some damn fine professional, scientific analysis of the weather conditions that Flight 447 may have encountered, and that may have contributed to the accident.

What I found especially revealing, although not in any way definitive was the following profile.

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