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Ken Sherman
Conditions were mild this morning at North Launch Site. Slight wind @7:30am, wind did pickup by 8:30am. Launch area greener than last year at this time, however grass was 12″ tall in areas, with seeded heads that are dry. Good call to cancel launch. If precip. is not received in next two weeks, Oktoberfest is very questionable. Maybe we need to meet for cleanup party next week before Chili Blast and decide. I don’t think North site conditions are going to improve. 🙄 🙄 If we are going to Chili Blast with some of our equipment, we do need to get things shipshape pronto. 😀
Jeffrey Joe Hinton
Ultimately, the decision to fly or scrub was left with NCR Command and after discussions with a few, the decision was made and I tried to get the word out to everyone. Maybe it’s a re-learning exercise – folks need to be checking the weather report and the web page and their emails and using common sense. On site reports from Dan Winter and Warren DeBelle have me convinced we made the right call, and that we avoided another incident that would for sure have cancelled Oktoberfest. Everyone needs to be doing the rain dance and bringing about a climatic change.
Re: Chili Blaster. SCORE puts on a great launch and our equipment will not be needed although we do need to do a maintainence party and get everything ready for Oktoberfest. Drop dead decision date for GO or NO GO on Oktoberfest will be upon us really soon and depending on the precipitation/moisture/wind factors etc – be prepared for an extended wait before NCR takes to the skies again at the North Site.
John A. Wilke
I enthusiastically support the call to cancel the launch – especially since there is another VERY bad fire west of Loveland this afternoon. While I’d have loved to have delivered orders and been vending goodies, it would be a moot point if we lost the launch site.
This was a good call, and if it doesn’t rain before Oktoberfest, we have no choice but to cancel that as well.
We probably need to be more aggressive on plastering this on the web page… I know a couple folks who monitor the web page, but are not on the email list. They went out to the site (and then went home and subscribed to the email list :-O
We will know 48-72 hours before Oktoberfest if conditions have improved (or not). Mother Nature will make the call for us –
Bruce R. Schaefer
Yeah, JW, been thinking about you and wondering if you’re safe. Due to Boulder and now Loveland, the decision was beyond wise. Hate to be responsible for burning someone’s ranch (or more) to the ground, not to mention livestock. What was that about climate change? Be safe.
Bruce R. Schaefer
The NCR Command made the right decision! A model rocket caused a six acre fire in Arvada today… still burning.
John A. Wilke
The new fire is about 10-12 miles “as the rocket flies” from our home. It was *very* near Eric Krug’s house… Eric is a past Prefect for the legacy club, Tripoli Rocky Mountains. It started about a mile up the hill from him and burned in the opposite direction.
Ken Sherman
An eye on the weather conditions for our area and common sense will tell us if we can schedule a launch for Ocktoberfest. I think we will know, when in reasonable and in a timely manner, if conditions are safe. Stupid is as stupid does, we are responsibile rocketeers and will make the correct choice. Just check your emails before you head out the door for launch site.. I did not, last time I did was Friday morning, just before noon.. My fault, but, I made the best of the Saturday and enjoyed getting away from the house. Had a very good lunch at Comachos in Wellington.
Blue Skies to all. It’s very dry conditions out there!Steve Jensen
or two than to lose our site.
Everyone’s pucker factor is a bit high with the Four Mile Fire and the new one west of Loveland.
I think this was the right choice. I would have loved to launch, but am patient enough to wait until it’s safe.
Come on rain! Let’s all do the rain dance around October 1…
edward
Today Larimer County issued a fire ban in effect until November 1st. Both sites are in Weld County, but I can imagine that something similar will come soon 🙁
Edward
Warren B. Musselman
I’m just over the hill and down a ways from the Reservoir Rd Fire (Near Carter Lake) – probably 6 miles as the crow flies. Certainly had the wife and I a tad nervous after the Four Mile Fire.
Good call Joe, but we do need to get firm about Oktoberfest. Will we or won’t we have a fire ban?
Everyone pray for rain on the prairie.
Warren
Ken Sherman
Jeffrey Joe Hinton
John A. Wilke
Bruce R. Schaefer
Steve Jensen
edward
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