Bob and I can't make it, so I'll leave this up to others. Tim On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Terri wrote: > Our event is 7:30 to 9:30 - we will be there 6pm for food, > but, if we can make it through 7:30 to 9:30 without > being blow away, then we might do it. > > input? > > Good friends are like stars. You don't always > see them, but you always know they are there. > Terri Phoenix Astronomical Society Event Coordinator > Visit the P.A.S. Blog & My Facebook > Private Music Instructor, Ascent Vending Company > Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Acai Berry > > > From: Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 12:16 PM > Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds > > NWS – 14 G24 at 4PM dropping to 11 G15 by 7 pm; Intellicast is about the > same… > > Accuweather – holds at 14 G24 through the evening > > > > From: pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terri > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:07 PM > To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds > > Is it possible for the winds to die down by tonight, enough to have a > successful event? What does your forecasts say? > Terri > > Good friends are like stars. You don't always > see them, but you always know they are there. > Terri Phoenix Astronomical Society Event Coordinator > Visit the P.A.S. Blog & My Facebook > Private Music Instructor, Ascent Vending Company > Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Acai Berry > > From: Tim Jones <timj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:00 AM > Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds > > We're seeing gusts over 30MPH at my place right now (working from home). > They knocked over my patio table. > > Tim > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Bob Christ wrote: > > > The winds will seriously degrade the seeing - so expect bright objects to > look like celestial kaleidoscopes given the scope remains upright. > > Bob Christ > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:14 AM, insanas@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Terri, NOAA indicated 16 mph winds with gusts to 24 mph until 8 pm, then only > 13 mph winds. It may be possible to set up just south of the school buildings > since the winds are to be out of the north. That may give us somewhat of a > wind break. The main objects we will be looking at are the moon, jupiter, > venus and orion nebula, so a blocked Northern view won't hurt. We will have > problems polar aligning, but with 500 people, we will probably only have one > object per scope and they will be easy to find. If you decide to go ahead, we > need to make sure all our scopes that rsvp'd will show. I don't want another > year like last year when Frank and I were the only scopes with 500 people, it > was very stressful. I am willing to try it tonight, but everyone needs to > commit. If there is swirling dust, we just won't unload the cars. Anyway, > let everyone know if it is cancelled or not. Take care, Sam > > > > > > >