Comments on: Sandy’s Big Night http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Another Week of GW News, November 4, 2012 – A Few Things Ill Considered http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344757 Another Week of GW News, November 4, 2012 – A Few Things Ill Considered Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:32:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344757 [...] 2012/10/29: DM:BA: Sandy’s Big Night – Suomi NPP pic [...] [...] 2012/10/29: DM:BA: Sandy’s Big Night – Suomi NPP pic [...]

]]> By: xmundt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344756 xmundt Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:42:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344756 Greetings and Salutations; That is quite a picture, and really gives a feel for the size of this storm. Now, I believe, SOMEWHERE, Dr. Plait, you mentioned this images = http://spaceweather.com/images2012/31oct12/hathaway_strip.jpg on Spaceweather.com. (if not, then, go check it out...) It is Post-Sandy, of course, but, the amazing thing for me is that when I saw it, my first thought was "I have seen that before!". I could not recall immediately, but, then, it came to me. 40 years or so ago, while reading "Amateur Telescope Making", Albert Ingalls (ed), (volume 3, I think), there was an interesting and lengthy analysis of sky phenomena, including rainbows. One of the illustrations showed what a rainbow would look like if we could see ALL the refractions and reflections that were there...and the picture is AMAZINGLY close to it. The illustration was created using the laws of optics, and tedious calculations (no computers other than slide rules available to the general public back in the 20s to the 50s! ) It was quite some thing, after all these years, to see reality displaying what the calculations had allowed to be drawn, and, raises my respect for that little, 3 volume compilation of eclectic articles on astronomy, telescopes and optics. regards dave mundt Greetings and Salutations;
That is quite a picture, and really gives a feel for the size of this storm. Now, I believe, SOMEWHERE, Dr. Plait, you mentioned this images = http://spaceweather.com/images2012/31oct12/hathaway_strip.jpg on Spaceweather.com. (if not, then, go check it out…) It is Post-Sandy, of course, but, the amazing thing for me is that when I saw it, my first thought was “I have seen that before!”. I could not recall immediately, but, then, it came to me. 40 years or so ago, while reading “Amateur Telescope Making”, Albert Ingalls (ed), (volume 3, I think), there was an interesting and lengthy analysis of sky phenomena, including rainbows. One of the illustrations showed what a rainbow would look like if we could see ALL the refractions and reflections that were there…and the picture is AMAZINGLY close to it. The illustration was created using the laws of optics, and tedious calculations (no computers other than slide rules available to the general public back in the 20s to the 50s! )
It was quite some thing, after all these years, to see reality displaying what the calculations had allowed to be drawn, and, raises my respect for that little, 3 volume compilation of eclectic articles on astronomy, telescopes and optics.
regards
dave mundt

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344755 Messier Tidy Upper Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:11:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344755 @10. Darth_borehd asked : <i>"Phil, are hurricanes like Sandy and Katrina becoming the norm due to global warming?"</i> You've probably already seen it but in case you haven't, the Bad Astronomer has posted on that point now - click on my name here for link or cut'n'paste and search for : <i>'A wind is rising'</i> posted on this blog 30th October , 2012 at 9:49 in the morning to see what he (& others) think in this regard. @10. Darth_borehd asked : “Phil, are hurricanes like Sandy and Katrina becoming the norm due to global warming?”

You’ve probably already seen it but in case you haven’t, the Bad Astronomer has posted on that point now – click on my name here for link or cut’n'paste and search for :

‘A wind is rising’ posted on this blog 30th October , 2012 at 9:49 in the morning to see what he (& others) think in this regard.

]]> By: Astronomy Links Full Moon to Hurricane Sandy | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344754 Astronomy Links Full Moon to Hurricane Sandy | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:46:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344754 [...] As you might expect the explanation is a matter of simple astronomy, not any kind of lunacy associated in folklore with a full moon. “It’s not the moon’s phase that matters, but the position,” says astronomer Phil Plait on his Bad Astronomy website. [...] [...] As you might expect the explanation is a matter of simple astronomy, not any kind of lunacy associated in folklore with a full moon. “It’s not the moon’s phase that matters, but the position,” says astronomer Phil Plait on his Bad Astronomy website. [...]

]]> By: Darth_borehd http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344753 Darth_borehd Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:59:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344753 Phil, are hurricanes like Sandy and Katrina becoming the norm due to global warming? Phil, are hurricanes like Sandy and Katrina becoming the norm due to global warming?

]]> By: theoncomingstorm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344752 theoncomingstorm Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:21:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344752 In the SW corner of New Brunswick Canada we have getting rain from Sand here since last night. We are at the very northern edge of Sandy and then it goes to Ontario then swings back with another pass ot the maritimes. In the SW corner of New Brunswick Canada we have getting rain from Sand here since last night. We are at the very northern edge of Sandy and then it goes to Ontario then swings back with another pass ot the maritimes.

]]> By: Wzrd1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344751 Wzrd1 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:10:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344751 Power restored at 2000. Amazing, considering the 50 MPH gusts! Hats off to the PECO workers! Power restored at 2000. Amazing, considering the 50 MPH gusts!
Hats off to the PECO workers!

]]> By: Wzrd1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344750 Wzrd1 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:44:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344750 Lost power at 1830. Blinked a few times, went out, blinked on and went out and stayed out. On inverter power. Local electric company automated message first said 2000 with power out, estimated recovery time 2100. Called 30 minutes later and the automated message said 1000 out, estimated recovery time 2300. Across the street has power, only my side is without power. The last time we had an outage, it was the same way and I followed the electric company trucks to where our line fuse is, as the circuit splits a block away. A fine fu-erm, nice folk neighbor with tall trees has branches that routinely fall from their tall elm trees and fall laterally 30 meters onto the high voltage power lines. Each major storm. Lost power at 1830. Blinked a few times, went out, blinked on and went out and stayed out.
On inverter power.
Local electric company automated message first said 2000 with power out, estimated recovery time 2100. Called 30 minutes later and the automated message said 1000 out, estimated recovery time 2300.
Across the street has power, only my side is without power. The last time we had an outage, it was the same way and I followed the electric company trucks to where our line fuse is, as the circuit splits a block away.
A fine fu-erm, nice folk neighbor with tall trees has branches that routinely fall from their tall elm trees and fall laterally 30 meters onto the high voltage power lines. Each major storm.

]]> By: Astronomy links full moon to Hurricane Sandy high tide | World Chaos http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344749 Astronomy links full moon to Hurricane Sandy high tide | World Chaos Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:58:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344749 [...] “It’s not the moon’s phase that matters, but the position,” says astronomer Phil Plait on his Bad Astronomy website. [...] [...] “It’s not the moon’s phase that matters, but the position,” says astronomer Phil Plait on his Bad Astronomy website. [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/29/sandys-big-night/#comment-344748 Kevin Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:56:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=55985#comment-344748 @Wzrd1, it was North Wildwood: http://nj1015.com/north-wildwood-fire-rescue-placing-fire-trucks-on-natonal-guard-flatbeds/ @Wzrd1, it was North Wildwood: http://nj1015.com/north-wildwood-fire-rescue-placing-fire-trucks-on-natonal-guard-flatbeds/

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