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

[Allen Davis]

If there is any chance we could get a suckerhole Friday at Medoc I  
would give it a shot.  And if weather is not good Sat night I will go  
to Medoc and help Nicole with whatever she does. allen


On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Robert Nielsen wrote:

> 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:
>>
>> 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:
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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
>>
>> > 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 ...
>>
>> > 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,
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>> > I would bring my 5x PowerMate. Walter
>>
>> >
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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
>>
>> > > 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.
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>> > >
>>
>> > > I suppose I had this coming, considering that my first star  
>> party ever
>>
>> > > (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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>> > > 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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>> > > > Sent from my cell
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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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>> > > > > If you have any equipment sitting around unused, perhaps  
>> this is a
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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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>> > > > > Michael
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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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>> > > > >> (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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>> > > > >> Since the staff at Pettigrew said that they would try to  
>> hold a
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>> > > > >> "rain
>>
>> > > > >>
>>
>> > > > >> date" on Sunday night if Saturday didn't pan out (I'm  
>> still hoping
>>
>> > > > >> it
>>
>> > > > >>
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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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>> > > > >>
>>
>> > > > >> 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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>> > > > >> Robert
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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 ...
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