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An army of meteorologists, guarding holiday gifts
2014-12-09 03:23:31| Air Courier - Topix.net
Deep within a global operations nerve center in Memphis, a team of specially trained operatives scans data from nearly 200 countries, issues urgent "SNOCON" alerts and tracks a fleet of cargo jets via a glowing, wall-size "war board." They are corporate meteorologists, commanded to help keep hectic holiday shipments on time, snow or shine.
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