Are We Launching In November ???

[Jeffrey Joe HintonModerator]

Well, I spent most of today in Pierce, helping a friend clear weeds from their ditches and unfortunately, we were not able to “burn” them out because it has been too dry (and windy) to play with fire, even in a controlled manner. That said, I’m really afraid to proceed with our scheduled launch as the weather forecasts for the remainder of the week is for more wind and warmer temps and not a drop of percipitation. I suspect we are still in a continued drought and are looking at a long, dry winter. As conditions really haven’t changed for the better – we are flirting with a potential disaster – as it was last November – NOT launching is probably the right course of action. With regrets but with confidence the right decision is to cancel our scheduled launch.

I’ll get a mass email posted out this evening and/or tomorrow morning. The USFS has approved this message.

BTW – if interested, the meeting on the 14th is for Tripoli Colorado members, Prefecture 11. NCR is Perfecture 72.

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Joe, as difficult a decision as this was, you made the right one. Last year was a projection of the worst that could happen. None of us is willing to REALLY take on the responsibly of what the worst really could be. Good call. Art, you’re right. Build, build!

[John A. WilkeParticipant]

Factoid: the two worst fires we ever had were in March (started by me 😳 ) and in November of last year. These are not what one would think to be the most fire-prone months. Unfortunately, the situation is wretched right now.

I’d LOVE to vend… I have lots of inventory. The greater concern is for the site. It is so very dry… Yikes!

[sserell]

Thanks Joe,
I know that’s not easy to make a decision to cancel but I think it’s the right one in this case. Last thing we want to do with the club is jeopardize our great launch sites! Thanks for all the work you do for the club behind the scenes! -Sean

[Ken ShermanParticipant]

Common sense prevails on cancelling November launch. 2011 will be even better. Snow dance starts early every morning now. Lots of moisture needs to fall. Build Build 😀

[Chad]

Does the north site need a clean-up like what we did last year at Atlas? Maybe just a clean-up / vendor / show and tell day?

[Jeffrey Joe HintonModerator]

Not a bad thought but not nearly as necessary as the Atlas site clean up adventure was. The North Site basically only gets used occasionally by us (this year rather infrequently unfortunately) and cattle. The Atlas Site, primarily due to it’s proximity to the Highway (ease of access) gets visited and used/abused by many. The North site is recovering nicely from the lack of use this year – our burn scar is almost un-apparent, the paths of flyers to the pads and in general, the area around where the LCO table gets set up has been reclaimed and revitalized. By the time April rolls around, the prairie will be happy to have us return.

Need a fix for flying? The Hudson Ranch outside of Pueblo, home to SCORE, apparently will be launching Saturday and on the 20th.

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