BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251022T164153Z UID:1A2BEC80-5A5B-44AB-B6C1-71FD25602B34 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251021T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251021T123000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a guided tour of the National Weather Center (10:00 AM-11:30 AM) followed by lunch at Rudy's Bar-B-Q just a mile away (link b elow). Thanks to a grant from IEEE Region 5\, both the tour and lunch are at no cost to attendees!\n\nThe NWC is comprised of multiple agencies from the federal\, state and local levels\, combined with academic entities as well as research and development partners. These organizations work toget her in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in the Ear th's atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales.\n\nThe NWC hou ses approximately 550 people including research scientists\, operational m eteorologists and climatologists\, engineers\, technicians\, support staff \, and graduate and undergraduate students. The NWC is 244\,000 square fee t and cost $69 million dollars. The building’s server room is 1\,400 squ are feet and holds 1\,720 servers. The NWC has five floors (and a sixth fl oor Observation Deck)\, but it’s actually about nine stories high. This is because so much extra space was needed in between floors to house the 3 \,200 miles of cabling in the building.\n\n[Rudy’s Bar-B-Q](http://rudys bbq.com/location/detail/norman-ok)\n\nImportant Information:\n\n- Federal offices are part of the National Weather Center. All persons entering thos e spaces are subject to federal policies\, guidelines\, and regulations. A ll persons and packages are subject to inspection.\n- Foreign Visitors wil l be required to fill out a Foreign National Visitors Form. This form will be emailed out after completing registration and is required to be return ed via email to [tours@nwc.ou.edu](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-oklah oma-city-life-members-group-tour-of-the-nwc-tickets-1493248740179?aff=oddt dtcreator).\n- A camera or cellphone is allowed on the tour for photograph y\, but please refrain from using the flash. Due to heightened security me asures\, the following baggage and parcel control policy is in effect for the National Weather Center.\n- Prohibited bags include: backpacks\, diape r bags\, fanny packs\, camera bags\, purses\, luggage\, shopping bags\, la rge cameras or other items that can offer concealment. Please leave these items in your vehicle prior to the tour.\n\n120 David L Boren Boulevard\, Norman\, Oklahoma\, United States\, 73072 LOCATION:120 David L Boren Boulevard\, Norman\, Oklahoma\, United States\, 73072 ORGANIZER:artmansky@hotmail.com SEQUENCE:32 SUMMARY:National Weather Center Tour URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496894 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0i n\; line-height: normal\;">Join us for a guided tour of the National Weath er Center (10:00 AM-11:30 AM) followed by lunch at Rudy's Bar-B-Q just a m ile away (link below). Thanks to a grant from IEEE Region 5\, both the tou r and lunch are at no cost to attendees!</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;">The NWC is comprised of multip le agencies from the federal\, state and local levels\, combined with acad emic entities as well as research and development partners. These organiza tions work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occu rring in the Earth's atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales .</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: norma l\;">The NWC houses approximately 550 people including research scientists \, operational meteorologists and climatologists\, engineers\, technicians \, support staff\, and graduate and undergraduate students. The NWC is 244 \,000 square feet and cost $69 million dollars. The building&rsquo\;s serv er room is 1\,400 square feet and holds 1\,720 servers. The NWC has five f loors (and a sixth floor Observation Deck)\, but it&rsquo\;s actually abou t nine stories high. This is because so much extra space was needed in bet ween floors to house the 3\,200 miles of cabling in the building.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;"><a hr ef="http://rudysbbq.com/location/detail/norman-ok" target="_blank" rel="no opener">Rudy&rsquo\;s Bar-B-Q</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin- bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;">Important Information:</p>\n<ul style ="margin-top: 0in\;" type="disc">\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bot tom: 0in\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: lis t .5in\;">Federal offices are part of the National Weather Center. All per sons entering those spaces are subject to federal policies\, guidelines\, and regulations. All persons and packages are subject to inspection.</li>\ n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\; m so-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;">Foreign Visitors will be required to fill out a Foreign National Visitors Form. This form will be emailed out after completing registration and is required to be returned v ia email to&nbsp\;<a title="mailto:tours@nwc.ou.edu" href="https://www.eve ntbrite.com/e/ieee-oklahoma-city-life-members-group-tour-of-the-nwc-ticket s-1493248740179?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tours@nw c.ou.edu</a>.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line -height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;">A cam era or cellphone is allowed on the tour for photography\, but please refra in from using the flash. Due to heightened security measures\, the followi ng baggage and parcel control policy is in effect for the National Weather Center.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-heig ht: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;">Prohibited bags include: backpacks\, diaper bags\, fanny packs\, camera bags\, purse s\, luggage\, shopping bags\, large cameras or other items that can offer concealment. Please leave these items in your vehicle prior to the tour.</ li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR