Solar eclipse craziness
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I'm sure that you like everyone in New England have enough food to get by but every snow storm it's run to the store.
People need that survival bag of chips, and ice cream in case they can't get out of their house for two hours.
Let us know if you survive.
I have never seen general aviation (little guys not airliners) air traffic as busy as I did for the last eclipse. It was insane. And the worst part was nobody had any idea it was coming so we weren't prepared. We were barely treading water and couldn't figure out what was going on until one of the pilots mentioned the eclipse. We were passing information to pilots that if they didn't already have a parking reservation at certain airports they needed to find an alternate and that many airfields were out of fuel as well. We are calling in extra manning for this year's eclipse (of which I will not be one
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I wish I would have taken a pic of Google maps zoomed out to the entire country level because it was more dramatic, but you can clearly see the path in 2017 with the traffic overlay on due to the chaos
).I wish I would have taken a pic of Google maps zoomed out to the entire country level because it was more dramatic, but you can clearly see the path in 2017 with the traffic overlay on due to the chaos
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240322-visible-nova-explosion-is-coming
Move over, solar eclipse: Scientists predict a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion in the coming months
While the world's attention has been focused on the total solar eclipse that will occur later this spring, the distant Corona Borealis binary system – which contains one dead white dwarf star and one ageing red giant star – has been busy gearing up for its own moment of glory: a spectacular nova explosion.
Located 3,000 light years from Earth, the Corona Borealis is home to a white dwarf star named T Coronae Borealis (or T CrB for short) that's on the verge of what Nasa says will be a once-in-a-lifetime nova eruption.
The rare cosmic event is expected to take place sometime before September 2024. When it occurs it will likely be visible to the naked eye. No expensive telescope will be needed to witness this cosmic performance, says Nasa.
T CrB oubursts only happen about once every 80 years, the last was was back in 1946.
"I'm very excited. This thing is kind of like Halley's Comet – it occurs once every 75 to 80 years – but novas don't get the press Halley's Comet gets," says Nasa’s meteoroid environment program manager William J Cooke. "Comets always get more press."
Move over, solar eclipse: Scientists predict a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion in the coming months
While the world's attention has been focused on the total solar eclipse that will occur later this spring, the distant Corona Borealis binary system – which contains one dead white dwarf star and one ageing red giant star – has been busy gearing up for its own moment of glory: a spectacular nova explosion.
Located 3,000 light years from Earth, the Corona Borealis is home to a white dwarf star named T Coronae Borealis (or T CrB for short) that's on the verge of what Nasa says will be a once-in-a-lifetime nova eruption.
The rare cosmic event is expected to take place sometime before September 2024. When it occurs it will likely be visible to the naked eye. No expensive telescope will be needed to witness this cosmic performance, says Nasa.
T CrB oubursts only happen about once every 80 years, the last was was back in 1946.
"I'm very excited. This thing is kind of like Halley's Comet – it occurs once every 75 to 80 years – but novas don't get the press Halley's Comet gets," says Nasa’s meteoroid environment program manager William J Cooke. "Comets always get more press."
that's not encouraging. I have no reservations anywhere but I was thinking of taking the LJ down to southwest Arkansas and finding a place to camp in Ouachita NF. But if even the rural places are overrun I don't know how much fun it's going to be. It's already a 5-ish hour drive.
DFW would be closer but obviously far more people and the traffic there sucks on a normal day.
I'm heading nearby there too...from Wisconsin. So there's probably a lot more people than just us who will be there...
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I think he was referring to various statements that many teachers/schools today will not be taking this solar event as an opportunity to share with the kids, but he will have to clarify.
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I think he was referring to various statements that many teachers/schools today will not be taking this solar event as an opportunity to share with the kids, but he will have to clarify.
I took it to mean that it was mostly ONLY an opportunity to show kids science, and that it didn't shut down a swath across the entire country.
My wife has conspiracy theorist leanings and isn't thrilled about me being 5 hours away when something like China taking down our entire internet and cell network happens, or a false flag made to look like that in order for the Biden admin to do...something I'm not sure what.
Just more examples of how the internet ruins everything because it removes the most natural barrier to entry for every hobby and interest...which is being unknown.
I too used to dismiss stuff like that, then I lived through the last 5-10 years.
Maybe your wife is taking things to the extreme, maybe she's right on the money handing out spoiler alerts. I'm leaning more and more her way with every event.
Clearly fake, those guys aren't wearing gloves, and we all know that's an incandescent bulb, I can feel the heat.