For my friends and colleagues at NOAA and the NWS: I can’t make today better, but know that your heroic service to the nation was exemplary. Whether in fields calibrating equipment, digging through model code, or sleepless nights saving lives with a warning, you made this country better and safer.

I forgot what it was like to have an interesting (and highly technical) feed. Didn’t realize how far X had slipped until this breathe of fresh air.