I recommend using the dictionary literal syntax to create `goes_event`. I.e.:

```python
goes_event = {
    'event_date': parse_time(r['event_starttime']).date().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
    'start_time': parse_time(r['event_starttime']),
    ...
}
```

In my opinion, this makes it more readable *plus* you save a lot of `__setitem__` calls in a loop.