After arriving in Seattle Sunday, I went to the conference center to get my American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting badge and the giant book of abstracts for the next few days. (And I ran into a friend from grad school!) Since then, I’ve been paging through the press meetings, talks, and posters to figure out which ones to attend today.
It’s insane how much research scientists present each day at AAS. To give you an idea, the poster abstracts take up 22 pages with some 15 on each page — that’s 330, just for Monday.
And yes, it’s raining in Seattle. Actually, on the shuttle ride from the airport to my hotel we encountered rain, then sleet, and finally snow!