May 21, 2000

	Sunday morning, we slept a bit later than usual and headed south to 
the Oklahoma City area.  We were here last year, shortly after the May 3 F5, 
and we were all heartened to see how much of the area near Moore had rebuilt.
	Many of the team wanted to tour NSSL/SPC in Norman, but we arrived to 
find them closed for visitors.  Fortunately we were able to gain a symathetic 
ear, and lead forecaster Jack Hale cracked open the door and let us come in 
for a tour.  It's always a real trip going there... without a doubt, they have 
the best toys of anyone.
	We were able to talk with many of the people who worked there, and it 
was fascinating.  Later, a few of the people at NSSL/SPC visited our web page, 
and said some really nice things.  We felt pretty good about that.
	The fair weather blues are making the practical jokes even a little 
wilder than usual, all this fair weather has really started to make creative 
use of spare time a challenge.  However, we are learning to pull together as 
a team more and more... we just hope to have a chance to test how we all mesh 
on a really ACTIVE day.

Nancy Bose

MESO     (www.mcwar.org)