V-53

In it's day, this amazing industrial deco building on the Norfolk Naval Air station probably employed hundreds working on things for the navy. Today, three or four projects churn on, segregated from one another in locked rooms with AC units blasting cold air on the servers and those of us that are plotting their courses. The third floor of the rusting hulk is off limits with lead and asbestos awaiting abatement, and the afternoon storms flood the bathrooms and stairwells. Who says high-tech is glamorous work in gleaming towers?

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At one point my only escort ran out of the room to the toilet, only to find me outside the door of the room waiting for him to come back. "You could have stayed in there," he said. Nein, danke. I'm not risking blacklisting from DoD projects by getting busted in a secure area unattended. Stupid rules.

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Rumor has it Michelle Obama is going to be on the base tomorrow for a visit for a returning fleet. We'll see if I can get away from the frigid server closet for that.