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Old 07-17-2013, 16:01   #7
tonyz
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I knew a couple federal meteorologists GS whatever's...

On a couple of occasions, they were known to "investigate" a possible tornado - pick up the federal van, purchase gas with federal card, swing by to pick up their golf clubs...drive the < 2 hours to "investigate..."

Two minutes on site...

"...looks like a micro burst..."

Play 18 holes at the awesome golf course in the area - and then drive back.

This might have been a tough day.

Some days they had to release a weather balloon before sunrise...took the ex-AF weather dudes about 15 minutes...then they basically watched TV all day. Not bad to rake in about $85K+ a year in federal compensation. One of them did have some side gigs too - had plenty of time available on his primary federal job.

One is approaching his 30 years - hardest work he did was on his golf handicap.
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