Winter’s Afternoon
The Thresher – YouTube
America lost two nuclear-powered submarines during the 1960s. The nuclear reactors remain underwater to this day. Phil Ochs did a song about each of them.
"Portsmouth town on the eastern shore / Where many a fine ship was born. / The Thresher was build / And the Thresher was launched / And the crew of the sworn."
More about the sinking of the Thresher. http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-loss-of-uss-thresher-ssn-593/
More about the nuclear reactor that remains underwater. http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20130310/NEWS/303100355
Upcoming Holidays – March 9, 2022
- One month – 7:30 PM Dusk 🌇 – Sat Apr 9
- Seven Wednesdays until Arbor Day 🌳 – Apr 27
- Eight Wednesdays until 8:30 PM Dusk 🌆 – May 4
- Eight Wednesdays until 8 PM Sunset 🌇 – May 4
- 12 Wednesdays until 9 PM Dusk 🌆 – Jun 1
- 12 Wednesdays until June 🍹 – Jun 1
- 13 Wednesdays until 8:30 PM Sunset 🌇 – Jun 8
- 19 Wednesdays until Ugly Truck Day 🚚 – Jul 20
- 21 Wednesdays until Campfire Day 🔥 – Aug 3
- 31 Wednesdays until Columbus Day 🛥️ – Oct 12
- 32 Wednesdays until Average High is 60 🍂 – Oct 19
- Eight months – Day After Election Day 🛀 – Wednesday Nov 9
- Nine months – Average High is 40 🌨 – Friday Dec 9
- Nine months – Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ – Friday Dec 9
- 41 Wednesdays until First Day of Winter ☃️ – Dec 21
- 42 Wednesdays until 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 – Dec 28
How the U.S. Accidentally Nuked Its Own Communications Satellite – Scientific American
Fifty years ago AT&T launched Telstar 1, the first commercial communications satellite, right into the middle of a radiation storm produced by a nuclear test.
In Four Weeks on April, 6, 2022
In Four Weeks …
In four weeks on April 6 the sun will be setting in the west (280°) at 7:28 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 25 seconds later then today. In 2021 on that day, we had sunny and temperatures between 63 and 34 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 33 degrees. The record high of 82 degrees was set back in 1921.