[Chaos-l] Some New Information From The Folks At Pettigrew

[Michael Hrivnak]

If there is any reasonable chance of observing Friday, I am there.  Even an 
unreasonable chance might be enough to convince me.

Michael

On Wednesday 25 March 2009 08:28:52 walter fowler wrote:
> The local TV weather last night made it look like Friday night might
> actually be between storms and I was thinking about driving down on Fri.
> afternoon and coming back Sat afternoon if it was getting cloudy again.  I
> don't really want to be the only one down there, though.  It reminds me of
> the recent mountaineering article in Outside magazine about 3 guys huddling
> in their tent at 20,000 ft.  "This is great.  At least we're starving ...
> At least we're freezing."  At least it's raining!  I'm putting off a final
> decision until the last minute but would be more likely to give it a shot
> if I had a rider or if I knew someone else was going.  As extra incentive,
> I would bring my 5x PowerMate.  Walter
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Michael Hrivnak 
<mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>wrote:
> >  I think it's safe to say that we're not going anywhere on Thursday. If
> > current models prove accurate (they haven't been changing much the last
> > couple of days), we will be washed out until Sunday. It is possible that
> > Sunday through Wednesday will be favorable, but we'll have to wait a bit
> > longer to find out.
> >
> > I suppose I had this coming, considering that my first star party ever
> > (MASP 2008) was 6 straight nights of perfectly clear weather.
> >
> > I am watching the forecast like a hawk. Stay tuned!
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >  On Monday 23 March 2009 16:54:07 Mark South wrote:
> > > This is bumming me out!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my cell
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 23, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > It's looking pretty grim indeed. I'm personally willing to drive up
> > > >
> > > > to an
> > > >
> > > > entire day to get somewhere with clear weather, but the current maps
> > > >
> > > > show
> > > >
> > > > rain literally over the entire eastern half of the country from
> > > >
> > > > Wednesday
> > > >
> > > > night through Sunday. Hopefully things will improve. I've got my
> > > >
> > > > eye out
> > > >
> > > > for a backup location if one can be found, in case anyone else is
> > > >
> > > > willing to
> > > >
> > > > drive quite a distance to get clear skies.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you have any equipment sitting around unused, perhaps this is a
> > > >
> > > > good time
> > > >
> > > > to put it up for sale! Maybe that has the opposite effect of buying
> > > >
> > > > new
> > > >
> > > > stuff?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > > On Monday 23 March 2009 08:44:43 Robert Nielsen wrote:
> > > >> Everyone,
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Time to start making burnt offerings to the appropriate astronomy
> > > >> god
> > > >>
> > > >> (or lighting candles to the proper patron saint) ... since the
> > > >>
> > > >> weather
> > > >>
> > > >> doesn't look like it wants to cooperate fully this weekend.
> > > >>
> > > >> Currently,
> > > >>
> > > >> weather.com thinks there will be showers and thunderstorms Wed
> > > >>
> > > >> through
> > > >>
> > > >> Sun of this week at Creswell, NC.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Since the staff at Pettigrew said that they would try to hold a
> > > >> "rain
> > > >>
> > > >> date" on Sunday night if Saturday didn't pan out (I'm still hoping
> > > >> it
> > > >>
> > > >> will), I will probably still be prepared to go Sun through Tues or
> > > >>
> > > >> even
> > > >>
> > > >> Wed of the following week if it comes to that. But I'm still hoping
> > > >>
> > > >> that the jet stream shifts or winds blow more favorably so that we
> > > >>
> > > >> can
> > > >>
> > > >> all get together. Let's hope for clear skies!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Robert
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> PS. Oh yeah ... no one is allowed to buy any astronomy-related stuff
> > > >>
> > > >> this week ...

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