A month or so ago, we ran photos from Ray Stark that illustrated the first "storm of the winter" in Baltimore/Washington (BWI).  Well, the area around the nation's capital was hit again this weekend, and our folks there are calling it "Snowmageddon."

An odd thought ran through my mind the week before Christmas. Spending my second night in a hotel while the "BLIZZARD OF '09" dumped a couple of feet of snow on Baltimore and much of the Northeast, I began to realize, we have this all wrong. We need to have Christmas in summer like they do in Australia.

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Did you know that our Company has its own Meteorologists? Most airlines outsource their Meteorology. Not us. Meet the Men of Meteorology at Southwest Airlines–Rick Curtis and Brian Collins. 

Rick and Brian have been with the Company for twelve years and three years, respectively. The Meteorology department itself has been around since 2003.