Eclipse Camping/Viewing Options: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming
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Actually this would be cool If only it could be arranged to have a solar eclipse more frequently. I wonder if that would cool down the Earth much.
(c) Eclipse Nuts Cartoon by Bill Kramer. Uploaded Tue, 18 Jul 17 07:22:26 -0400
The Great Division After August 21st America will be divided by those that saw it and those that did not. Do not forget the kids. They might want to see it. I did when I was a kid but went to an indoor swim meet instead (outside the totality path).
(c) Eclipse Nuts Cartoon by Bill Kramer. Uploaded Fri, 11 Aug 17 08:43:09 -0400
Skiace
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This, and comments like "I just don't think it's that interesting" completely miss the point. (For starters, the most interesting part isn't the shadow at all, it's the corona)Admin":1svnwsts said:
As I tried to explain back in March when we talked about it in person, I am not an eclipse fanatic but a total solar eclipse is such a unique and interesting event that it is worth the effort to see once. The key here is that it is impossible to fully convey why this is worth seeing to someone who has never seen one. Videos and pictures don't even come close to the real thing. No one who's never seen one should cling to "it's just not that cool" until you've seen one in person.
Powder skiing is a reasonable analogy. If someone loved to ski race but had never skied powder, and you tried to describe how awesome powder skiing is but they just kept saying, "yeah whatever it doesn't sound that great and it's not worth the hassle" how would you react? The obvious response is "well, you just have to try it and see for yourself." The point is, pretty much anyone who's tried it thought it was pretty great, and anyone who hasn't can't possibly know if they'd enjoy the experience.
I get it. My dad is a nerd who has his nerdy obsessions and they aren't for everyone, so just because he's excited about something doesn't mean you'll be excited about it. But this really is something special, and your proclivity for contrarianism towards his obsessions is doing you a disservice in this case.
I realize it is probably too late now with the work issue or whatever, but try not to be dismissive of total solar eclipses in general. Hopefully you can quit smoking and make it to 2045 so we can watch that one together, in Utah.
All kidding aside (and there was definitely some good-natured ribbing thrown in here), if I could go I would have. As I explained to your father, we can't have more than 3 people off at one time. At the beginning of the year we're required to pre-book all of our available PTO. If more than 3 people want certain dates off, it goes to a lottery. I lost that lottery.
2045? I won't die that easily. :wink:
2045? I won't die that easily. :wink:
So that must mean you can predict midweek Alta powder days at the beginning of the year. :-kAdmin":3gza2tvz said:
You could also make a Jay Peak nostalgia trip on April 8, 2024.admin":3gza2tvz said:
Tony Crocker":3k0ysitl said:
I can occasionally disappear for a few hours, but the increasing difficulty in doing that accounts for my record low day count this past season. If I elect to cash in a day for that, I end up having to cancel one of the days I pre-booked earlier in the year.
This really isn't terribly difficult to comprehend.
Tony agrees with the cosmopolitan MSM: 8)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html
Marc_C
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Of course the eclipse only lasts 8 seconds:
http://www.fpsci.com/Sperling8seconds.pdf
http://www.fpsci.com/Sperling8seconds.pdf
You actually prebook those WROD days in late November/early December???? :stir:admin":1itnlkky said:
James" WaPo reference is an interview with Jay Pasachoff, chair of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Solar Eclipses, a professor of astronomy at Williams College. He is likely the most often quoted authority on the topic in the US. Here is his eclipse chasing log: https://www.eclipse-chasers.com/php/tse ... &PW=VIEWER Of course he does this for a living, even travels for partials.
The Eclipse Chasers Log developed by Bill Kramer superseded a simpler design by Sheridan Williams, which was discontinued in 2010. http://www.shindles.co.uk/total.htm This earlier log says Jay Pasachoff was clouded out in Hawaii in 1991. I believe this is likely because Jay by necessity is not mobile and the most popular area around Kona was clouded out in 1991. As noted in the article, Jay takes a collection of students, lots of scientific gear, and thus needs a facility on solid ground with electrical power etc. He's rarely out in the desert, on a cruise ship, aircraft or up on a mountain as Liz and I have been more often than not.
Note from Patrick's post we are still getting this crap
anytime we copy/edit a post containing a URL unless we manually delete the code.
Are you absolutely positively sure you'll be in the right place? 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... story.html
Tony Crocker":3vdczyh9 said:
I do. What's it to you? Those are my decisions, not yours.
Tony Crocker":3vdczyh9 said:
As I've already told you before, I'm not going to hunt for a solution to something that's not a problem. If you want to figure it out and fix it, have at it.
EMSC
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Admin":1nibgirs said:
Guess I'm surprised there isn't some level of seniority taken into account instead of simple lottery. Not that it impacts me, but what happens if you only pre-choose a part of your time off at start of the year? can you take off randomly if you luck out and no one else is off that day? Overall the whole 12mo pre-booking concept seems crazy to me, but it must work for someone somewhere since it exists.
It's the way they do it to ensure adequate staffing on any given day (pause for a moment to think about the nature of auto claims). We have to pre-book 100% early in the year. No preference is given for seniority. For major holidays like Christmas, preference is given to those who didn't have it the year before.
EMSC
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Marc_C":1nkz6d1w said:
That seems like an understatement in 2017 doesn't it? But then just 5 years ago I was still working for a company headed by a CEO past retirement age, and so many formal HR type of policies there were straight out of the 1970's. SO many managers routinely bypassed and ignored those formal policies to make the place realistic to work for.
Sounds like xxxxxxx needs to update more than just their insurance products and cute advertisements.