Weather and Voting: from Meteorology to Metrology

What can a meteorologist possibly bring to the contentious topic of electronic voting technology? Why would anyone leave the field of meteorology for metrology? Is there a less stormy life after televison weathercasting? These are all good questions to which the author will address partial solutions. Learn about the pluses and minuses of a career change before you take the leap. The author will also provide an overview of the National Institute for Standards and Technology: a government agency that measures the size of protons to four decimal points.