July, 2012 - Margaret Conway - Winter's Moon

Margaret E. Conway

The ancestor agencies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration include the United States Coast Survey established in 1807, the United States Weather Bureau established in 1870, and the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries established in 1871.
These organizations were the first physical science agency in the United States, the first agency formed specifically for observation and study of the atmosphere, and the first agency formed to study and conserve natural resources. Under these agencies and their descendants the United States has become recognized as a world leader in the sciences of geodesy, geophysics, metrology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, marine biology, and marine ecology. 
For many years, from 1891 to 1918, the now long-closed Narragansett Pier weather station was headed by the only woman observer in the U.S. Weather Bureau. Margaret E. Conway was the observer in charge of the weather station at Narragansett Pier, located in what was then known as Gould’s Cottage, from her appointment on July 11, 1891 until her death on May 25, 1918. She was an expert telegraph operator and handled all of the Government business transmitted over the Weather Bureau cable connecting Block Island and Narragansett Pier.

The Drink:

Winter's Moon:

1 ½ oz benedictine

1 oz dark rum

¾ oz lemon juice

1 dash curacao

1 dash Angostura bitters

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation:  5

Comments:  "like a millian herbs - MOAR NOW! - oo, B. brought extra"

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