Last year, the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) left a lasting impression from the onset, with the Arizona Biltmore hotel in Phoenix being rocked by a huge thunderstorm the night before the conference kicked off, all amid hot and humid weather. Not to be outdone, CMSC 2012 took to New Orleans this year, evidently aiming to best the prior year’s memorable setting and presentation.

To do this, the Coordinate Metrology Society had a jazz band lead attendees outside into a nonstop barrage of lightning and warm rain, through one of the United States’ most iconic cities. That was just Wednesday.

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