(SNES) Not such a bad thing, really

[Albireo54@aol.com]

Hi Folks,

Following up on Les' log entry at the FDO website, I was thinking that 
sometimes things DO work out for the best. The cloudouts these past two 
nights are a case in point. We'd just been getting used to weekend after 
weekend of good weather, and certainly didn't want to break our string, 
but.....yes......it has to rain SOMETIME! And if it has to happen, then the 
weekend of the full moon is the ideal time!

This was also the first weekend of the summer where we found ourselves very 
short of staff. We could have managed both nights, with Les and Joe opening 
on Friday, and me tonight (Les and Joe were tied up). But the three of us 
have put in some VERY long hours at the dome these past weeks. Although we 
NEVER complain once we've made it to the dome, we do have families and other 
obligations that we have to think of once in a while! LOL So we hope that 
those who are able to contribute time to the public nights in the near future 
will do so. And that applies not just to trained dome staff - we welcome all 
the help we can get!  :o)

At any rate, when Mother Nature decided it was time to cover our skies for a 
weekend, she picked a fairly good one. I was reluctant to make tonight's "not 
opening" call too soon, as I live 50 miles from FDO (the way the crow flies) 
and my weather here in Webster often bears little resemblance to that of 
Charlestown. However, as Les has reported, I needn't have been concerned. 
Conditions everywhere ended up ranging from just poor to nearly awful.  :o(

So that's it - the bad stuff is now behind us and we can start a new string 
of openings. With luck we'll beat the recent record of six good Fridays out 
of the last eight!

Doug Stewart 
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