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Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy / February 2006Foster Freeze owner Does Rain Dance!
It looks like all this week will be "The Pits", it's raining out here right now. I just hope the plastic sheeting I put on the roof slows down the weaking of the trailer roof that the owner calls an "Act of God" I call it to laze to work.  SignatureThe Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html Looks like we'll be in for it all week, Dennis. I gotta make it out to see you one of these nights after lecture! Richard > It looks like all this week will be "The Pits", it's raining out here right > now. I just hope the plastic sheeting I put on the roof slows down the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Blast Off Online Gift Shop > http://www.cafepress.com/starlords > And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to > http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html > > Looks like we'll be in for it all week, Dennis. > > I gotta make it out to see you one of these nights after lecture! You have a boat, Richard?? Phil in Torrance My scope is filling with water! How do you guys use your telescopes in the rain? >> And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to >> http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Phil in Torrance > My scope is filling with water! > How do you guys use your telescopes in the rain? Sideways.......... SignatureAM http://sctuser.home.comcast.net CentOS 4.2 KDE 3.3 All mine are inside the trailer and where it's not leaking threw the roof, so they are staying nice and dry. SignatureThe Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords >> My scope is filling with water! >> How do you guys use your telescopes in the rain? > > Sideways.......... > All mine are inside the trailer and where it's not leaking threw the roof, > so they are staying nice and dry. But you may awake in Lancaster on the morrow. It's been a steady rain, but not the gully washer like what we got last year. Just before dark I walked out and checked the garden and so far no real big ponds had formed and the drainage channles I'd dug where just starting to collect some water. I've got two rubbermaid tubs and a bucket catching the rain water coming threw the roof. I think I'll move my old Atari 1040ST system just to be safe. SignatureThe Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords >> All mine are inside the trailer and where it's not leaking threw the >> roof, so they are staying nice and dry. > > But you may awake in Lancaster on the morrow. > My scope is filling with water! > How do you guys use your telescopes in the rain? Well, if it's a Newt and you seal both ends and the focuser _really_ well then the 'scope tube makes a pretty good artificial log that you can use to float on the floodwaters. Except it's a bit too heavy at the mirror end and tends to sink, so..er...forget that idea. No, seriously, forget it. It's a crap idea. Jim SignatureFind me at http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk AIM/iChatAV: JCAndrew2 Is anyone interested in helping contribute to a whisky podcast? If so, please visit http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk/theDram/ thank you. >> And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to >> http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Phil in Torrance or do you mean Phil in Torrents?;-) >>> And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to >>> http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > or do you mean Phil in Torrents?;-) Either works! All I got to do is look out the back of my trailer and see if the ARC is afloat yet :} SignatureThe Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords > And if you want to check the rain totals west of you, go to > http://www.drchapleau.org/weather/weather.html [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Richard Oy, that I might be afflicted with your climate.... SignatureJohn Carruthers http://mysite.freeserve.com/jc_atm/ > All I got to do is look out the back of my trailer and see if the ARC is afloat yet :} > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Richard Will, most of the time the High Mojave Desert is or can be Hot and dry in summers with it being cold and dry in winter, but we do get rain now and then, when the storm track dips down south, then the rain door opens up. The rain out in Rosamond is mostly at an end for this storm, as the rain came in from the southwest, the costal areas and mountains got far more than we did. But it's now cold and windy which means a day inside mostly. SignatureThe Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords > Oy, that I might be afflicted with your climate.... > Oy, that I might be afflicted with your climate.... Very true, won't get much sympathy from me either regarding your So. Cal. weather :-) >> All I got to do is look out the back of my trailer and see if the ARC is >> afloat yet :} [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>> >>> Richard |
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