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Machine Maintenance​

Our weather making equipment is old and breaks down all the time. Here’s what’s not working right now. (And yes, we’re working on it.)

Current Repair List

Repair Ticket #1:
We’re still making repairs to the MistCaster 450. Yep, it’s the thermal coupler. Again. We’re getting complaints that the mist is coming out in large blobs. Definitely not mist-like.

Repair Ticket #2:
Waiting on a bearing for Rain Tank #38 — the water storage doors won’t close all the way and it’s been raining in that one neighborhood for 2 weeks straight. The residents are getting soggy.

Repair Ticket #3:
The main weather radar is still down (from last fall). The Weekend Crew used the radar to heat up a frozen spaghetti dinner and we’re trying to figure out how to keep meatballs from shooting out of the transmitter aperture.

Repair Ticket #4:
Has anyone seen the TV remote control? Mrs. DeHaven is getting angry because she can’t switch back and forth from boxing to soccer. Please return it as soon as possible (no questions asked).

Schaumburg Weather Making Department
Making quality weather for Schaumburg
since 1951.


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