Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition

On a lighter note: JOE!

 

I had a Candle Party on Wednesday- Partylite/Cape Cod Colonial Candles: If anyone wants to buy any candles send me an egram or call me for a book. :) or if you want to come to a party in the future.

Mark and I are candle addicts
(some of you already knew this ;))


I love my candles, wine, and treasure hunting! ooooohhh yeah!

http://www.partylite.us/design/lang_us/page_featproducts/sectname_products/subsect_featured/detail_seasonal.htm

I'm going to need some votives.  I'll let you know.  When does this campaign end?

Thanks Terry.
Here is another one I am working on.

Sorry to hear about your dog Me2.

Hey Cooler Crew,

Me2's sister here.

Just got a call from Treasure Chest & Aries on their honeymoon.

Please say a prayer for Treasure Chest's stepdad who had a stroke today.

:(

Sad news me2.  Same with TC's ol' man.  That sux! 

Speaking of things that suck and candles, here's a picture of a candle holder you shouldn't buy.  Don't buy any candle holder that has a top on it.  If you happen to get a tea light with an off centered wick , you're screwed. I'm just glad I was able to 'rescue' the family.  Just an FYI is all.

 

Same thing happened to me CM, Party lite replaced it for me at no charge, but it can be very dangerous.

TC :( Hope he is ok, Prayers are with you guy's.

Our prayers are with you and your family TC.

TC - We will keep him in our prayers.  Hope the damage was mild.

Candles always have the potential to start fires.  As much as they are beautiful when they are burning, they should never be left unattended.  We got lucky once that we were right there some years back when one lit candle misbehaved.  Since then, I hardly ever light them except once in a great while for a nice dinner for two...and then only for that short while.

 

 

For goodness sakes TC! I am soooo sorry to hear about your stepdad!!GEEESH! :( what is with the last 6 months around here!?

and thanks a lot everyone for your 'candle support' -makes people want to go right out and buy them from me! ;p ::::

We had an incident years back where we fell asleep on the sofa and the candle set our curtains on fire! we woke up fast to a huge WHOOOSH! But we still love them. The smell and warmth.

Do Notleave candle holders burning on top of your tv or vcr- the excess heat will cause the holder to break - which gives a big wax mess- and possible electrical fire.

 

Have you all gone out and looked at the Northern Lights tonight?  They're beautiful!

Wow, it's not often I can see them on the east side.

They're supposed to put on a show again tomorrow night. 

I will have to check that out.

Crud I missed em... dang, and I always try to keep an eye out.

Will try tomorrow noght, but knowing my luck, soon as I try they won't be there.

OT - They were spectacular!!!!!!!!  Really butt-kicking aurora!!!!!! 

We had quite an intense show right here at home in the middle of the city - with color even!  Greens, red, orange curtains and then later this evening after our trip out to dark skies and back, there were blue/purple/green pulsating beams right over the house! 

From the time it got dark until just a bit ago when some high clouds started moving in, there's been one heck of a light show.  It changed in intensity and type of activity, but has been steady and is still ongoing if you have clear skies.  Thankfully we did most of the night.

There is a chance again for tomorrow night.  Check right after it gets dark. 

This auroral storm is so strong that folks from the east coast to the west coast have seen it and all the way south into Georgia and Texas.  Amazing!  If you missed this, you truly missed a great show.

Check right after it gets dark. 

Are you saying around 8:00?

I heard on the news you should start looking at about 5:30.

Dawg and I went to see the Incredibles on Saturday very funny=D

Right after dark = 5:30pm.  That's when the aurora was visible last night. 

Of course it means nothing if the clouds don't move out for tonight. 

We'll have to look on our way home from swimming lessons.

"According to the NASA Web site http://www.spaceweather.com/, "Solar wind conditions are favorable for a geomagnetic storm now (late Nov. 7th) and may become even more so when the CME (magnetic particles from the sun) arrives. Sky watchers: be alert for auroras on Nov. 7th, 8th and 9th. The best time to look is usually around local midnight."

 

It was amazing last night, looks like we might get a couple more nights out of it.

The best time to look is usually around local midnight

Ha! I was out at 11:00 last night, after I heard all the people talking about em at 7, didn't see squat except stars. Best to look after sunset tonight I'm thinkin.

SOURCE EVENT

X2.0 Major Flare from Region 10696 on 07 November 2004
Type II: 697 km/sec
Estimated LASCO-derived Plane of Sky Velocity: 1100 to 1770 km/sec




ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF SHOCK AT EARTH





Estimated Impact Window:


22:00 UTC on 08 Nov
to
21:00 UTC on 09 Nov



Preferred Predicted Impact Time:


03:00 UTC on 09 Nov (10:00 pm EST on 08 Nov - TONIGHT)



Estimated Shock Strength (0=Weakest, 9=Strongest):




6

Predicted Behavior of IMF at Shock Impact


At Shock Impact, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field is predicted to initially turn:

SOUTHWARD

EVENT #67 NOTES:

A major class X2.0 proton flare from Region 10696 is responsible for this event. A full halo coronal mass ejection was observed in association with this activity. A high velocity was observed in the plane of sky measurements, suggesting this could be a significant disturbance when it impacts the Earth if the imbedded magnetic fields are oriented favorably. Impact is expected to occur sometime near 04:00 UTC, give or take several hours. Major to severe geomagnetic storming will be possible if the imbedded fields are favorably oriented southward. We expect to see another magnetic cloud passage associated with this event, thus some significant geomagnetic and auroral storm activity is possible. For North American observers, this activity could occur as early as TONIGHT, 08 November 2004.

The best time to look is usually around local midnight

I'm not sure why that is usually stated because it's seldom correct.  The best time to look is when the storm hits and the indicators are all going up.  I've seen aurora right after sunset and right before sunrise.  Midnight timing is more likely in the summer when the skies don't become truly dark until later. 

Every aurora storm is different in intensity, duration and magnitude.  Last night's was one of the strongest and is rare that people in the southern US can see the lights. 

ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF SHOCK AT EARTH

sounds like Aliens attacking Earth!
Thanks for the update!!! I'll take cover ;P

mmmmmmmmmmJOE!

I can't take it anymore!!!!!

 

I'm stealing my daughters halloween M&M's!!!!!!

I'm stealing my daughters halloween M&M's!!!!!!

Be careful you know what those green ones will do to ya!

It's 12:30 and I didn't see diddly tonight (I'm not counting the Vikings game as something worth seeing).  Didn't see anything at 6, or 7:30 either. 

 

I think tonight was a bust. Seems about right, I was actually ready for them this time...

Last night some photography students printed some cooler shots of the light show on Sunday, I will try to post one today.

Here is the photo.

Isn't that beautiful??  I guess some people saw all sorts of colors, but I didn't get out until later and didn't see all that.  I'm disappointed they weren't on display again last night.

For those of you that are looking for a simpler way to have thanksgiving dinner.

 

Ew.

Ew. Ew. Ew.

I'm going to Target to get some....

I feel like its a sure fire way to get outta cooking next year.

What, no stuffing?

Here's an E-mail I received from Trent tonight:

Hey Clue Master,

Great to hear from you -- though I think I've been hearing your voice and seeing your face for four frikkin' years now.

Yes, we're mega-busy with the family and with finishing up "Cold Feet."  We should have our screening dates in a couple of weeks.  We're shooting for a week run in mid-January.  It'll probably be screening in MPLS because we just have been unable to hook up with a decent Saint Paul theater that has the ability to screen digital video.  As soon as we know the dates, we'll send out an e-mail to everyone. 

The DVD, which will contain anywhere from 4-6 hours of footage/extras (the film is only 2 hours, and covering this hunt adequately in 2 hours is impossible), will most likely not be done until March or April when "Cold Feet" will start hitting the film festival circuit.  If "Cold Feet" does well in January in MPLS, I'm sure it will have many more runs in the Cities.

In other hunt news... It looks like Steve's revising his book, and Mr. Med Hunter is coming out with a book on the hunt's history.  This is all very exciting news.  The hunt continues to grow and grow.

Re: Election.  Yeah, that whole "Democracy Plaza" thing was crazy.  It probably seemed small on TV, but in real life it engulfed all of 30 Rock -- totally crazy and a pain in the butt for all of us who work there.

I hope all is well with your family.  We tried to get your daughter into the film, but the footage we have of her from that one night is not too great.  I might bring a camera with me in 2005 to just shoot a couple of quick things (don't worry, I'm not covering any more hunts), so I might be able to get her on the DVD extras since I have a month or two after the 2005 hunt to make changes to the DVD.  We'll see how that goes.

Take care and keep in touch and say hi to the gang from us...

Trent

If "Cold Feet" does well in January in MPLS, I'm sure it will have many more runs in the Cities.

If? It will do great here. And the DVD sounds like it will be really fun to watch.

http://www.extremeinstability.com/04-11-8.htm

 

WOW!!! all I can say!!!

Truly spectacular shots!  Thanks for the link. Where were they taken from?

I wonder if they'll show up tonight.  I'd be happy with any shot even 1/10th the quality of those.  WOW