On Sunday we got home from FL. where we spent a couple of weeks in the cold. Well it wasn't cold all the time but it seemed like it.
Most of the days it was in the high 50's but at night it frequently dropped to around freezing. Fortunately we had the dish with us so we could watch the weather up here which made it seem better in FL.
D & C were there also and D had his computer there so we could communicate with events at home (scrabble). With the dish and his computer we could keep up with what is going on in the rest of the world which is difficult to do down there. Each State seem to have a policy of not knowing what is happening outside their State so most people in the U.S. haven't any idea what is going on in the world.
The big event in Disney is always Buzz Lightyears where you get to shoot the Evil Emporer Zerg which we do constantly because it is a competition trying to beat each other for highest score.
Really there is lots to do there besides the theme parks, we bike around Fort Wilderness and travel around on Disney buses and just generally have fun. Most of all I didn't have to shovel SNOW .
Fortunately when we got back home it was quite warm.
One thing we did discover is that the International Space Station is very visable to the eye and after arriving home we found it is visable here too. If you look high in the Western Sky on a clear night there is a bright white light which is the ISS, not to be confused with a planet.
Check it out.
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We've been watching that bright star all winter.....and trying to figure out why it was so bright....
Now we know.
According to some research a couple of friends of mine did it's unlikely that it is the space station as it is only going to be seen twice in the night sky over Winnipeg in February, yet I see it almost every night.
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Canada®ion=Manitoba&city=Winnipeg
Manitoba Museum implies that it is Venus.
http://www.manitobamuseum.ca/pl_night_sky.html
I liked the idea of it being the space station and people are living and walking around up there and I'm watching them. But I guess not.
Correction: five times over Winnipeg
I'm willing to believe it is even if some say it isn't, cause like Susan, I like the idea of it.
You'll have to point it out this weekend, looks like the skies will be clear enaugh (variable cloudiness).
Damn ... click once and wait ... don't click a second time before you do the "wait" part!
Well if SusanE's friends are correct then we are apparently seeing a genuine UFO. SO instead of disappearing like most UFOs do, this one is preparing to attack Earth, as though we don't have enough problems. Do they have any advice on how we should prepare for the invasion?
Lets warm up the poles so that the ice caps melt and the seas will rise by six feet, so they'll drown when the get here. :-)
Nice Try Fiddling Granny - Flooding the earth was tried before, all it did was kill all the Unicorns. Gryper could be correct - it appears contact is but just around the corner.
My suggestion is different but it just may work. It is a little known fact that ET type critters although very intelligent and brave - they happen to be terrified of earth worms.
Since much of our planet is ice and snow covered at this time I suggest Gummy Worms be placed over our doorways. Garlic works on Vampires so I really think this will do the trick.
I will meditate and attempt to make contact!
Homee dad
You're a genius HD!! I think that would work.
Ran a search and found this:
Venus goes through phases like the Moon because of its position between Earth and the Sun. When it is more of a crescent phase it is closer to us and bigger, and also its angle makes it look farther from the Sun and places it in a darker sky. For these reasons, Venus is brighter in its crescent phase than when it is near full phase! The crescent phases of Venus can be detected through binoculars or a telescope.
Venus can get as bright as magnitude -4.7. From fall to winter of 2008/2009, Venus continues to brighten a little bit every night. Venus, the planet named after the Goddess of Love, will reach its brightest just after Valentine's Day 2009. On November 30, 2008, the year's brightest planetary conjunction will occur when dazzling Venus sits just two degrees from bright Jupiter in the southwestern sky. Venus will make other stunning pairings while it is up in the west/southwest, such as on December 31, 2008, when the moon sits beside it or January 22, 2009, when binoculars or a telescope put Venus a degree away from Uranus.
By March 2009, Venus will sink back toward the horizon and be washed out by the sun's light.
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