Halogen Labs

I know people are still subscribed to this blog… I can hear you breathing!

Last week I gave notice at my current employer, since I have accepted a position as a Software Engineer at a weather data provider. I’ll be de-cloaking the specifics to the general public in a couple weeks, but for those who know me, and those that have followed this blog for a few years, will know that I’m pretty excited about it.

Satellites and T1 lines to the National Weather Service have the weather geek in me bouncing in my seat :)

via AP:

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Dayton called for an independent investigation into the National Weather Service today, aimed at uncovering why the agency failed to issue a tornado warning before a deadly twister struck the northwest Twin Cities suburb of Rogers Saturday night.

Duluth News Tribune: NWS frustrated it didn’t spot Rogers tornado soon enough

While a tornado watch had been in effect for several hours on Saturday night, officials said the twister didn’t show up on radar before it touched down in Rogers, leaving a 10-year-old girl dead.

“It’s very unsettling to us not to be perfect,” said Craig Edwards, head of the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen. “We have a lot of angst in our office today.”