How many meteors can you count?
Up to 100 can streak across the sky each hour during the Perseid meteor shower. ☄️
Though you can already spot the blazes of these disintegrating broken asteroids and comet particles now, peak viewing will be on Aug. 11: https://t.co/nKecHx0y5P pic.twitter.com/m81O3f1fOT
— NASA Ames (@NASAAmes) August 4, 2021
It’s no Hale-Bopp (and a good thing, too, given the current circumstances), but the reminders of Comet Swift-Tuttle usually provide a good show. Spousal Unit grew up watching the clear skies of upper lower Michigan, and one of our small annual rituals involves finding a (relatively) dark place to watch the peak of the Perseid shower every August.
Back in early 2020, when he’d just discovered DarkSiteFinder.com, we were making vague plans for a mini-vacation to northern Maine or western Massachusetts — which obviously didn’t happen. Things don’t look good for this year either, but it’s supposed to be an excellent year for catching the show:
… No matter where you live worldwide, the 2021 Perseid meteor shower will probably produce the greatest number of meteors on the mornings of August 11, 12 and 13. On the peak mornings in 2021 – in the early morning hours, when the most meteors will be flying – there’ll be no moon to ruin on the show…
At the very least, weather permitting, we’ll be making a late-night trip to the North Shore, to see what we can see.
What small summer pleasures are y’all looking forward to, despite everything?
PASS IT ON: Perseid meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12th through the predawn hours of August 13th. Up to 60 meteors possible per hour! #MeteorShower #Space pic.twitter.com/GR7I2YvLoA
— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) August 3, 2021
debbie
I’d be happy just to see stars in the sky again. Ten years ago, I could see many stars out my window, but most have grown dim or have disappeared thanks to pollution.
Baud
No moon, but the smoke from the fires may obscure viewing.
n
:·)
Spanky
I was just lamenting with some old astro friends about the abysmal transparency around here in MD. Partly the usual humidity and very much part wildfire smoke.
A group of us used to head to the mountains every August for our Perseid trip. Pandemic and moves have put that on hold. I’m not likely to stay up too late for them this year. Maybe long enough to see a couple I can claim have a radiant in Perseus.
OzarkHillbilly
Mexico sues US gunmakers in unprecedented bid to stop weapons crossing border
I’ll leave it to the lawyers to discuss the feasibility of this suit.
Baud
I’m shocked.
They hurt people solely for talking points.
Anne Laurie
@n: For him, the nearest approach to urbanization was Traverse City — and TC was a lot less developed, all those years ago!
I grew up in the Bronx — if we wanted to see stars, we had the Hayden Planetarium. Only constellation I can reliably identify is Orion, in the right season…
rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone ???
Joe Falco
@Baud:
It’s like the cruelty is the point.
Baud
@rikyrah: Good morning.
rikyrah
@Baud:
True ,
But they also thought that they could force people back to shitty paying jobs that also endangered their lives.??
Because, they should be happy to be their grunts.
rikyrah
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) tweeted at 5:58 AM on Thu, Aug 05, 2021:
Key context on Biden’s rebuke of GOP governors:
When Biden took over, his brain trust believed that once Trump faded, a competent covid response could depolarize the country around vaccines and masks. A shared sense of the common good would reemerge. 1/
https://t.co/8K1XGhARrN https://t.co/D9oYHD84Rw
(https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1423236861108137989?s=03)
Baud
@rikyrah:
Right. But they were wrong about that. Their evil economis isn’t even sound economics.
rikyrah
@rikyrah:
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) tweeted at 6:01 AM on Thu, Aug 05, 2021:
This proved disastrously wrong. Not only has Trump retained his grip on GOP voters; Republicans have cynically escalated Trump’s project of deliberately stoking cultural conflict around covid with anti-vax and anti-mask derangement. 2/
https://t.co/8K1XGhARrN https://t.co/nwjNs4Wybl
(https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1423237601629200386?s=03)
rikyrah
@rikyrah:
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) tweeted at 6:06 AM on Thu, Aug 05, 2021:
Dems now have a responsibility to level with the country about how dangerous GOP radicalization has become. Not just on covid. Also on whitewashing 1/6 and helping bad actors weaken faith in our electoral system.
Dems are moving in that direction. 3/3
https://t.co/8K1XGhARrN https://t.co/biqteNJygg
(https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1423239034374172672?s=03)
BlueDWarrior
@Baud: it isn’t, but the point is to leverage the state to bring harm to the people they’ve other’d.
At this point, I’m surprised they don’t call for unironic ritual beatings.
MomSense
@rikyrah:
You know these Republican assholes who get long COVID are going to want disability benefits. If I ruled the world – no way.
Baud
@rikyrah:
I agree with moving to the next stage, but it’s unclear what Greg thinks Biden should have done differently up till now.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud:
They hurt people solely
for talking points.because they could.rikyrah
Madam Vice President Harris is GOAT! (@flywithkamala) tweeted at 7:08 AM on Thu, Aug 05, 2021:
HBCUs are using COVID funds to clear past-due student balances, which will allow scholars to re-enroll and graduate!
This is huge boost and emphasizes the importance of HBCUs as pillars of the Black community in America. ✊?✊?#HBCUsRising ????
https://t.co/4ZRcS4mqmL
(https://twitter.com/flywithkamala/status/1423254629555519495?s=03)
rikyrah
????
Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) tweeted at 6:33 AM on Thu, Aug 05, 2021:
An epidemiologist from Johns Hopkins walks into a maskless party with 14 fully vaccinated friends… 11 of 14 got breakthrough #COVID19 —so yes, even some epidemiologists had severely underestimated #DeltaVariant. @CDCgov definitely made a grave mistake.
https://t.co/X5HpIafkNC
(https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1423245814063902720?s=03)
MomSense
@Baud:
The problem is that as soon as Democrats correctly identify what the Republicans have become in plain language, the media will turn to scolding Dems for name calling and that will be the takeaway.
Look at the supposedly liberal MSNBC with all of their never trumpers and too few actual liberals representing liberal opinions on our politics. It’s insidious.
Betty Cracker
We’ve had more than a month’s worth of rain in the last week, but hopefully it’ll clear up for meteor viewing. There’s very little light pollution where I live, so we see lots of stars when it’s not rainy, cloudy or misty. If the weather conditions are right, we should have quite a show!
That said, my best-ever view of the Perseid meteor shower took place in Tampa in 1998. I remember the year because I had an infant to look after, which was why I was up in the middle of the night. I plopped down on a lawn chair and watched the sky for hours. It was amazing!
rikyrah
Bravo Governor
Juan Melli (@juanmelli) tweeted at 0:21 PM on Wed, Aug 04, 2021:
“You are the ultimate knuckleheads and because of what you’re saying, people are losing their life”
Preach @GovMurphy https://t.co/i5UGbP50G9
(https://twitter.com/juanmelli/status/1422970876262326280?s=03)
debbie
@Anne Laurie:
I can’t even see Orion anymore. ?
Karen S.
Open thread! My wife and I are taking our first trip out the Chicago area in over a year. We’re driving today to South Haven, Michigan to stay at a friend’s house for a few days. The big thing that is making this possible is that my brother, who lives in NYC, is staying with our elderly parents for a few weeks. This will be a much needed break from elder care for me and my wife. So happy!
Baud
@MomSense:
I haven’t watched in while. Who besides Wallace is a nevertrumper?
OzarkHillbilly
And if DEMs can’t find a way to counter that BS then we deserve to lose.
debbie
@Baud:
I don’t think the point is what Biden could have done, but how badly we underestimated TFG and GOP’s venality.
Baud
@debbie:
If an accurate estimation wouldn’t have led to different actions, then the criticism seems pretty weak IMHO.
Betty Cracker
@Baud: There was a column yesterday that explains Sargent’s thinking in greater detail, but the tweet sort of hinted at where he thinks the Dems went wrong up until now. He says the Biden team thought Trump would fade as a factor and that a competent COVID response would unite the country around defeating the virus.
But Trump didn’t fade, at least not as an influence on Republicans, from the country commission to the US Senate, and GOP figures are continuing to demagogue the issue, to the detriment of public safety. Sargent says a similar dynamic played out regarding the insurrection.
I think there’s some truth to what he (Sargent) said, but maybe Biden had to try to play it straight instead of coming in with a sharply partisan message right off the bat. Or at least, it’s understandable and not unexpected that he would take that approach, IMO. But if he’s going after them now, and he seems to be, good for him.
Wapiti
@Baud: Three years ago, in August we went out to Eastern WA hoping to see the Perseids. The fire smoke was so bad that we could barely see the sun during the day, and we couldn’t see anything in the sky at night.
Spanky
The Rude Pundit has words:
Baud
@Betty Cracker:
This is just me, but I feel like we’re constantly at war with people who want to rush the process on one side and those who never want to move to the next stage of the fight on the other, and the struggle has been detrimental to our interests. I wish we could find another paradigm altogether. YMMV.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Karen S.: Have a great time. You’ve earned it.
Baud
It’s too bad about those who committed suicide by Rona, but we are at 70% now of people with one shot, and as was pointed out in the covid thread, a lot of the unvaxxed are not Trump supporters. I definitely support stronger measures to get people vaxxed, but pretending the issue has only two sides is not accurate IMHO.
Spanky
@Baud: This tug of war probably goes back to the dawn of man, when some folks were ready to rush out of the caves and attack whatever they heard in the bushes while others were saying “are you fuckin’ nuts?” or whatever the equivalent was in Caveman-speak.
I think it’s the number one cause of burnout when you have to deal with any group of people with different personalities AND agendas. I.e., everyone.
Jeffery
Meteor showers always ensures an overcast sky.
Baud
@Spanky:
QFT, certainly in my case.
MomSense
@Baud:
Many of the guests are never trumpers.
Baud
@MomSense: Gotcha. Thanks.
different-church-lady
Can’t count a damn one if it don’t ever stop raining!
different-church-lady
@Baud:
Nonsense. They also hurt people because they enjoy it.
Betty Cracker
@Baud: I don’t disagree. Given the complexity of the problems, the competing factions within the single large and loosely aligned organization that is the only vehicle capable of addressing those problems, and the stratospheric stakes, conflict is inevitable.
In my post yesterday, I was trying to make a point similar to Sargent’s, i.e., that it’s time to hammer the people who are objectively pro-COVID, like DeSantis and Abbott; it’s time to inject some good old-fashioned BLAME into this narrative. By saying “get out of the way,” Team Biden is doing that, and good for them!
Soprano2
This is certainly true in MO. The city government in St. Louis and KC have re-implemented mask mandates because Delta is out of control here, and the MO AG is suing both of them, saying that because we have vaccines now these mask mandates are arbitrary, capricious and unnecessary. He further says that kids don’t need to wear face masks because they barely get Covid, and when they do it mostly doesn’t hurt them. The stupid, it burns! But that’s what we’re living with in Missouri now.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m sad because I have only two more chapters of my WIP to read to my writer group. I like this one (and so does my group) and I’m not sure if the next one will ever allow itself to be written. This is a bad writer moment.
Maybe I’ll have to volunteer for some politics instead.
Baud
@Soprano2:
Vaccine mandate it is then!
Geminid
@Betty Cracker: trump’s persomal appeal actually might be fading, at least among the general populace. But trumpism is alive and well, and it is being stoked by ambitious politicians who hope to ride trump’s fascist vision to power.
narya
I was contemplating talking an astronomer friend into going to northern WI to see the perseids (I have never seen a meteor . . .), but we also have to travel next weekend for beer, and I am slammed at work, so . . . otherwise, I’d take the whole week and stare at the sky!
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Geminid: Trump seems to me to be very gradually fading from public interest.
As you say, the Rs noticed his appeal and are trying to replicate it. I’m not sure any of them can focus it and make use of it the way he did. IMHO, that’s why they’re scrambling to make sure they can retain power even if people don’t vote for them
Soprano2
On another note I have good news and bad news. Good news first. The young yellow kitten who adopted us (we started feeding him when he started hanging around our house) now allows us to pet him even when he’s not eating. Yesterday, he actually walked up to my husband and acted like he wanted to be petted! This is huge progress, because even last week he was shying away from us any time we tried to touch him and he wasn’t eating. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to take him to the vet sometime next week.
Now for the very bad, not at all good news that I’m still wrapping my head around. My mother had a stroke in her mid brain yesterday morning; the neurologist and the charge nurse used the words “massive” and “really big”. The neurologist showed me the CT scan; you can see the blood vessels in the left side of her mid-brain are normal, but almost non-existent in the right mid-brain. He said the damage is permanent, and there wasn’t anything they can do because she was already on blood thinners (which they’ve now taken her off to prevent a brain bleed). He said this probably doesn’t have anything to do with the illnesses that put her in the hospital in the first place, and it’s likely it would have happened even if she hadn’t gotten sick. I have to say in the “thankful for small favors” category, I’m grateful this didn’t happen when she was at home alone, because even though she has one of those “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” buttons, I’m not sure she would have been able to push it, and being alone when this happened probably would have been a death sentence. They’re going to do an MRI of her head today to get more information, but I’m already resigning myself to the fact that she will most likely need long-term care, and won’t ever be able to live by herself again. It’s quite a turnaround from being totally independent. I’m fortunate that she reached the age of 87 before she really needed my help. I’m going to go to the hospital later to see what happened with the MRI; I have to keep busy for now, until I can actually do something. The nurse told me the “swallow” test will be key; if she can’t swallow, I have much more serious decisions to make. I already got her health care directive from our attorney; after she got home from this illness I was going to ask her for a copy of it anyway, and I should have already had it!! I think I’m still a little bit in shock; yesterday morning I thought she was heading for a rehab to get her home, and now I’m having to think about long-term care. She has a trust, done by the same attorney that did mine and my husband’s, so that will help a lot, but I think I’m in for a rough ride for awhile.
Geminid
@Karen S.: That’s good to hear! I hope these will be good days for you and your wife, and for your friends too. And for your parents and your brother.
MomSense
@Soprano2:
I’m so sorry. Sending a big hug.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Soprano2: I’m so sorry. It sounds as if everyone is doing the right thing for your mother. Peace and strength to you.
Karen S.
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I’m with you here. Repubs are trying desperately to hold onto whatever power they have using the Trumpian playbook. What an awful creature Trump is.
Elizabelle
@Soprano2: I am so sorry. You’re in our thoughts, and please keep us posted.
Quiltingfool
@Soprano2: I’m so sorry. Many of us here have gone through what you’re going through right now and we know this is rough. Know that you have plenty of people right here who are pulling for you and your Mom.
OzarkHillbilly
@Soprano2: Sorry you are dealing with this. Keep strong.
Baud
@Soprano2: I’m sorry.
Nicole
@Soprano2: I’m so sorry. I’m glad the legal documents are in place so that your rough ride isn’t going to be rougher than it is already. Will be thinking of you today.
Spanky
@Soprano2: So sorry to hear this. As quiltingfool says, a lot of us have gone through similar, so we’re pulling for you and your mom. Never forget to take care of yourself, too!
Tony Jay
@Soprano2:
Ah, damn. You’ll do right by her.
Betty Cracker
@Soprano2: Damn, that’s a lot to deal with, so when you’re making plans about how to take care of your mom, don’t forget to take care of yourself too. It’s easy to let yourself get run down and frazzled while looking out for others. Best wishes for your mom and the entire family. We’ll be here when you need us.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Soprano2: That’s tough. My mom had a stroke, thankfully fairly mild, in March of 2020 just as the pandemic was starting and it was awful not being able to see her as they are in Michigan and I live in Maryland. Since then they have tested her for a bunch of stuff but haven’t found any explanation for why it happened. Anyway I’m sorry for what you are going through.
sab
@Soprano2: I am so sorry for you and for her. Give yourself and her a lot of credit for taking care of the legal issues ahead of time. Also be thankful she has a hospital bed available.
OzarkHillbilly
There is a joke in here:
Unlike the owners of the Titanic who didn’t build another after the loss of the first.
sanjeevs
Meanwhile the Trumpers have moved to the stage of distributing Nazi membership cards
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hawks-tacky-gold-lettered-trump-cards-for-maga-die-hards
zhena gogolia
@Soprano2:
I’m so sorry. I have some idea of how agonizing this is.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
One of the other providers in my wife’s primary care clinic just had a breakthrough Covid infection – started having some symptoms on Monday, got tested on Tuesday, everyone was notified on Wednesday. My wife was in the break room with him very briefly (both were masked) to say hi but not real close contact. Occupational health will only test her if they interacted for 15 minutes or longer unmasked or she gets symptoms. Yesterday I was of the opinion that breakthroughs were no big deal and fairly rare but 24 hours later I’m so sure about the latter half of that statement at this point. We’ll probably both go out and get tested later this afternoon – we’re supposed to be getting together with extended family in OH this coming Saturday – Tuesday.
Immanentize
@Soprano2: I am so so sorry. My friend is an intervention radiologist and he says the they can do so much more with strokes than they used to. But still, dangerous to deadly. In spite of what the Docs told you, I hope some of it clears enough for communication. I am sending best healing thoughts your way.
Immanentize
@Spanky: Like so many have said, this is a sad commonality amongst us. Just this weekend, my friend (he’s ten years my senior) and I were talking about how we are at this in-between stage -+ we still have parents or in laws who need our help. We have kids either young enough or (in his case) troubled enough to need our care and attention. And although we are healthy, there are new aches and pains and some of our friends and colleagues are starting to die around us.
Nothing about getting old is easy.
O. Felix Culpa
@Soprano2: Oh dear, that’s hard news. Sending you thoughts of strength, recovery as much as possible for your mother, and lots of support–practical and emotional–for you both.
Immanentize
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:
If you can get tested, do so. Negative tests will be such a relief and off you go to Ohio! Even a positive test is knowledge and that is the best tool these days.
Immanentize
@OzarkHillbilly:
Use of passive voice is strong here! Perhaps part of a pre-litigation strategy to deny that the first wall that collapsed was built by humans?
bjacques
Where I am it’s almost always overcast for any given celestial event. I swear, if Melancolia hit I’d be among the last to know.
WaterGirl
@Soprano2: So sorry. I started crying when I read this. Damn.
When something terrible happens suddenly like this, it’s like going from zero to 60 in a second, and the brain and the heart can’t keep up.
I am so sorry. It sounds like you’ll know more soon.
Spanky
@Immanentize: Apparently it’s real ice that they “grow” themselves.
Ice futures in Pidgeon Forge are going through the roof!
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Immanentize: We are going to get tested but I AM a little pissed that her hospital is so restrictive in testing employees. I mean, you put these people on the front lines for months and years and then can’t make testing available on site which is the most simple and convenient option? It wouldn’t frustrate me so much except this is a nationally known Children’s hospital that rakes in charitable donations hand over fist from rich people not just in the DC area but around the world. Seriously, the guy who founded the United Arab Emirates gave them such a huge donation that they named the surgical wing of the hospital after him. I would not be surprised if their endowment rivals Harvard’s. Yet they seem to be as focused on keeping costs down and revenues up as any for profit entity anywhere. I used to occasionally give them some charitable donations once in a while but not anymore. Go shake down a Sheik again.
Immanentize
@Spanky: This is a weird twilight zone moment, but the town of Pigeon Forge keeps coming up for me — in planning my car trip to Houston, this, another article I read….
Willoughby, next stop is Willoughby
Immanentize
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:
That is weird — here the not for profit systems have pretty good, free testing for staff and easy-to-get testing for patients. On site even at my local teaching hospital (ok, bear Harvard, but not corporately related).
Unionized labor may help?
Benw
@Soprano2: oof, so sorry. Hoping the best for you, mom and family.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Immanentize: My wife is an NP in the union. They do give quick and easy testing access to patients but the providers have to have had a serious exposure (as I said 15 minutes unmasked, which could never happen except if one were treating/examining the nose and throat of a patient with a positive diagnosis, because everyone is wearing masks all the time) and/or be symptomatic.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@MomSense: Heh. I just came from reading this
I agree with you about Wallace in particular. I’ve become fan of hers but over the last couple weeks she’s constantly harping on “Do Biden/Democrats get what Republicans are doing?” I’m not one to scorn converts (Hello John Cole!) but she was a top campaign/administration official for the regime that appointed John Roberts, who was dedicated to the cause of voter suppression when Donald trump’s loftiest goal was getting on the Forbes 400 list. Also, Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema are not Joe Biden, or “Democrats”
I think Hayes is the only real Bernie Bro on MSNBC. I haven’t seen Michael Moore on there in a while
Spanky
@Immanentize: Nice and quiet …
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Soprano2: I’m so sorry. It’s a painful thing to see your elderly parents go through this.
Immanentize
@Spanky: I can’t figure out if I need to avoid it like the plague or just go there.?
cope
I’ve been lucky enough to see two spectacular Perseid displays, one from the flanks of Mt. Snowden, North Wales in 1971 and again from the desert south of Ely, Nevada about six or seven years later. Since moving to Florida more than three decades ago, the universe has generally conspired against my getting good views of various astronomical events, usually with poor weather. However, hope springs eternal so this year, I put an app on my phone to take time exposures so I will, yet again, be headed outside in the wee hours.
As for upper lower Michigan, I had an uncle who lived in Petoskey and once in the late ‘60s when our family of seven was camped along the bay while visiting him, we were treated to the most spectacular displays of the Aurora Borealis I have ever seen. Coincidentally, it was the Fourth of July.
As the man said, “keep looking up.”
mrmoshpotato
@MomSense:
LOL! I laugh because it’s so fucking true.
Dems: Rethuglicans are stupid, murderous, selfish, shithead children who’re responsible for more than 600K unnecessary deaths. Here’s the evidence.
Media: The name calling is the real problem. Hey Chuck, aren’t both sides equally as bad?
Upchuck Toddler: Yeah! Both sides are equally bad! And this was so much better when we could let Dump bellow bullshit out into the world!
Low Key Swagger
@Soprano2: Been there three times. All three with kids and a business to manage. Yes, you’re in for some rough months ahead. It gets better. Promise.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Baud:
MSNBC never-Trumpers: Off the top of my head, the two most prominent are Michael Steele and Susan Del Percio. And there may still be a Lincoln Project person or two around, although I think a lot of them got purged when its problems came to light.
Amir Khalid
@Soprano2:
Sorry about your mother.
laura
@Soprano2: I’m sending you this big ole {{{{{HUG}}}}} of comfort as you face the unknown with your beloved mother. If it’s at all helpful I’d like to offer what helped guide my decision process in caring for my mom and then dad; when faced with a decision large or small, I decided in favor of maximizing joy and minimizing sorrow. In even the darkest of times this helped me tamp down the guilt and doubt that is ever present when making decisions about their care. Trust in yourself and your close and loving relationship with your mother.
?BillinGlendaleCA
I’ll be shooting the Presides as long as the weather holds up, so far it looks good. I’ll probably drive up to the Alabama Hills to get some nice dark skies and try shooting with the tracker.
@Soprano2: Sorry to hear the hear about the downturn in your mom’s heath, sending positive thoughts.
cain
Anyone in the PNW area know of a good place to watch the meteor shower? Also good grief, why pre-dawn? Ugh.. I have actually never seen the stars that well at that time of night/morning. Meh.
rikyrah
@Soprano2:
Prayers for your mother :(
emmyelle
I highly recommend downloading “Meteor Shower” by Tanya Donelly and listening to it while you lay on the ground or the deck or wherever you watch the Perseids. You will not regret it.
planetjanet
So this post cinched it. I had been reading about the Perseids and have always wanted to see them. I have also been struggling with coming up with ideas for a vacation break. Using the link for the dark sky map, I found a park with a cabin available for late next week. Reservations booked for Staunton River Sky Park in southern Virginia. Thanks, Anne Laurie
cope
@cain: Pre-dawn is almost always best because that is when your location on Earth is turning into the forward direction of its motion around the Sun. If you envision the particles that will make the meteors as a long train of debris still following the orbital path of the comet that shed them, meteor showers happen when the Earth plows through one of these debris trails.
Steeplejack
@Soprano2:
Sorry to hear the news about your mother. Holding good thoughts for you both. ?
frosty
@Soprano2:
I’m very sorry to hear that. What a shocking flip in your expectations.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@cope: Also, the radiant point is higher in the sky so you’re able to see more since there’s less of Earth’s atmosphere to look though.
StringOnAStick
We moved away from the big city that always washed out these meteor showers every year, but the high level smoke is so thick here today in central Oregon that it looks like dusk right now and got noticeably darker in the last 30 minutes. The only non smoky areas in the West right now are on the coast, and that’s a maybe.
WV Blondie
@Steeplejack (phone): Another NeverTrumper – Charlie Sykes.
WV Blondie
My sister and I inherited the remnants of the family farm in western Mass – about 80 acres on top of a mountain. We’re often up there during the Perseids, and pull sleeping bags out and lie in the meadow, watching the meteors and listening to the coyotes. (The coyotes first showed up about 15 years ago. Unheard-of when I was a kid!)
Yutsano
@Soprano2: Oh no. I hope the MRI gives you more hope but losing blood to the brain for that long is not good. You know where to find us if things get too tough and venting is necessary.
The Lodger
@Soprano2: I’m so sorry about your mother. Don’t forget to take care of yourself.
cope
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Good point, I didn’t think of that.
Also, belated positive waves to Saprano2 and family. Those of us who’ve been through such times can identify with your difficulties.
Dan B
@Karen S.: So good you’re getting a break from eldercare. I did my decade of that. South Haven is a few miles north of my aunts’ “cabin” in Linden Hills, just west of Covert. Now there’s a noisy Nuke but it was a wonderful but of childhood to stay and play with cousins from distant parts of the globe.
Relax, enjoy!
Another Scott
@Soprano2: I’m very sorry. :-(
My FIL had scoliosis very bad as a child and it eventually caused trouble as frequent aspiration pneumonia when he was older. He ended up getting a tracheostomy and having a feeding tube in his stomach. He was still at home with us and it improved his quality of life.
We learned how to do the feeding, how to put on sterile gloves, and how to suction out his trache tube and do the cleaning, and all the rest. We did have help, and it was challenging for several years, but we wanted to do what we could for him.
When he was young he was told by his doctors that he wouldn’t live to be 50. He was 88 when he passed away.
Everyone is different and has different circumstances. Progress is being made in many areas. Here’s hoping that your mother benefits from those advances.
Best of luck to you and her. We’re pulling for you.
Best wishes,
Scott.
J R in WV
@Soprano2:
So sorry to hear your terrible news.
Take care of yourself also too!!