[speaker001:] Okay, um. How has it been this week for you?
[speaker002:] Weather-wise, or otherwise?
[speaker001:] Weather-wise.
[speaker002:] Weather-wise. Damp, cold, warm [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Oh, no, damp.
[speaker002:] We have, we have gone through, what might be called the four seasons, uh, in the last week.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] We have had highs of seventy-two, lows in the twenties.
[speaker001:] My goodness. Well, I don't even want to tell you what ours has been like then.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] It was ninety-six yesterday,
[speaker002:] I heard about that.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] and we set a record yesterday. And, uh, very windy, but then today the wind has dropped off, and also, the temperature, so, very cool, uh, I think right now it's like sixty-nine,
[speaker002:] Um [music].
[speaker001:] and that's cool for u-, or it feels cool compared to yesterday, but very pleasant, no rain in the last month, I don't think. The ground's very dry and our yard work, everything is in bloom, so our yard work is pretty tough, the ground being dry, but I guess it also, uh, brings about allergies, we're having a lot of allergies down here right now.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Everything blooming, and, and the weather.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, I think a lot of people have contracted, uh, spring fever too, so. Had a lot of people out at work, you know, for fishing, and, and uh,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] and golfing, reasons and things like that.
[speaker002:] The blue flu,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] yeah, the blue flu, or the white collar flu, depending on where you work, I guess.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] Oh, we have had, uh, as I've said, we have had variable weather. Uh,
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] It has been untypically wet for this time of year,
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] and, also, we have a lot of green, you know, the grass has been growing and if you look outside, you would like to go out and mow your lawn,
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] if you could go out and buy a new spark plug, or something along those lines, but fortunately it rains and you, uh, do not have to go out and buy the spark plug,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] you know. But, we've had an unusually, uh, uh, warm spring, and, well I guess we're still in winter, and, uh,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] we have had no snow.
[speaker001:] No snow?
[speaker002:] To speak of, to speak of.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] We usually average, oh, anywhere from six to twelve inches during the winter and this year, as well as last year, we have had less than four inches total accumulation.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] So, it's been inordinately warm, uh, here, for, uh, for this time of year.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] So, uh, in that regard, it's fine, but, uh,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I envy you your ninety-four degrees.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I thought I heard this morning that in San Antonio it was in the nineties yesterday.
[speaker001:] Yes, yes it is. Down in the more southern and western areas. And, of course we are, um, about two hours from the northern border, straight south,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] and, and, uh, very windy. It's amazing to me because I have only lived in Dallas for three years, and I cannot believe that the wind blows all the time.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] It does, I, I very seldom, if any, I can't remember, you know, a day that I walked out and the wind wasn't blowing.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh Well, I spent six years in graduate school at, in Indiana. In the flatlands, and it was that way every day.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] Rarely a day went by when the wind was less than fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] Summer and winter, so, that, uh, you, you became accustomed to it, I guess.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, uh, otherwise w-, as I said, we have had, uh, a relatively mild winter,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] speaking for this area of the country.
[speaker001:] Oh, rea-, where did you go to school in Indiana?
[speaker002:] Purdue.
[speaker001:] Purdue. I have a brother that lives in, uh, uh, South Bend, Indiana.
[speaker002:] Oh, yes.
[speaker001:] And, I had to always, I've lived there for eight years myself. I'd always said I was going to go back to school and go to Notre Dame.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] But, I didn't. Uh.
[speaker002:] Well, you are not from that area originally, I can tell.
[speaker001:] No, originally I'm from New Mexico.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] I was born in New Mexico and we lived in, uh, South Bend for eighty, eight years, and, uh, then moved to, uh, Tennessee actually.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh,
[speaker002:] Well, I thought I heard a little Tennessee in there somewhere.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Very much, very much, cause I, I spent thirteen years there.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, then moved to Dallas about three years ago. So,
[speaker002:] Gee, you've moved almost, moved around as much as I have [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah, uh, my father was in the Air Force, so,
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Well, I worked for the government, so I, I moved, uh, much more frequently than I had intended for sixteen years,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but, uh, I guess the, uh, this is my first conversation in this, uh, uh, series.
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I, I received a call last night because of the, uh, I had not received my, uh, personal identification number.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] So, I had to call Jack Godfrey today to ask him what it was, because I, I had to abort the call last evening because I couldn't get on the line.
[speaker001:] Yeah [breathing].
[speaker002:] So, uh, is there any, I'm not sure how long we're supposed to talk.
[speaker001:] It's, um, it's just as long as you want to.
[speaker002:] Oh. O-,
[speaker001:] I mean it's just, uh, as long as you want to, and just, you know, a reasonable lengthy conversation. Uh, do you work for Texas Instruments?
[speaker002:] No, I do not. I work for G T E.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] And, I, uh, of course, was, I was sent a, uh, an application from, uh, from Jack.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I've known Jack for some time. I'm in the speech processing business,
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] and have been for a number of years, so I was very much interested,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] in, in being a speaker for this [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, actually, I, I work for Texas Instruments, and, uh, I'm an a, I'm an environmental engineer,
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] and, uh, [static] they just published this internally, you know, getting people involved.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So, that, that's really strange. I, I was wondering why we had somebody from Maryland though. I was saying, God, do we have a TI in Maryland or,
[speaker002:] I'm sure you have a representative somewhere in the area.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] If just nothing more than a business representative or government services representative, and, um, but I have, uh, I have been a speaker in other, uh, similar type of activities.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, I know the reason why this is, why the, uh, this is being gathered and the program and so forth, so, I was interested as I said, I was interested in being a speaker.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] We haven't talked much about the weather [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Oh, well.
[speaker002:] I know that's what we're supposed to do.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah. Well, really it, [static] uh, the letter just says, um, let's see, I can't, I was looking at it, I was trying to find out speedy short cuts, and I always thought it's not necessary to measure your time, just to go ahead and enjoy the conversation, and, and, end it when needed. So.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. In environmental engineering, uh,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] is that with regard to work place engineering, or just, you know, environm-, the work place environment or,
[speaker001:] Uh, well, it's actually, um, waste water.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] Taking, taking care of uh, I'm actually in the air division, and we monitor, um, [static] anything that comes out of a stack, or out of a building, or, um, we do have customers that, um, their concerns are in the work place and we take care of that, but,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] within our department. We take care of everything. Waste water, uh, solid waste, and recycling, and, and air and [sigh],
[speaker002:] Well, I had my, the, the call last evening was supposed to be about, uh, concerning recycling [static],
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] in the community. The call I received, and so, I had, uh, I had thought a little bit about it, um,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] before hand.
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So, I, [LAUGHTER] but that, that's interesting. I have a, uh, uh, friend who is a planner.
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Uh, a city planner. And, one of his, and he models, uh, city districts, and so forth,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] uh, does computer modeling.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And, one of the, uh, he has inputs, or gets inputs from, uh, an environmental engineer..
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Yeah, we actually, our division is corporate wide, and we take care of just the Dallas area.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Of course we have several plants here, but, um, we do air modeling also.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] And, and, yeah, I take care of all the air modeling, specifically for the Dallas area. What we do, we have a weather station, that we get all of this information, you know, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, and, uh, we have a huge chemical data base.
[speaker002:] Well, that's interesting.
[speaker001:] And, uh, our, [static] our chemical data base, so that we know every chemical on site and, and, um, its concentration, and if, if anything ever happened, God forbid, you know, a building explosion or something tha-, we'd be able to track chemicals from that building with our weather station.