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

[Robert Nielsen]

To me, if there is a break on Friday ... I would head to Medoc on Friday 
night and Pettigrew on Sunday.   Although I'm not expecting much.   But 
like you, Michael, I am watching the weather forecasts for any change ...

Robert

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