OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLIII: As Fun As Waterboarding

[AhosDatsyukian]

lol, somebody just landed a plane on US1 north

Word is he flew it under the Pea Ridge rd. bridge while making the landing.

doubt it flew under a bridge...

Lancair 360, pretty fast 2 seat "experimental" airplane (just how it's categorized as it's an owner built kitplane, which are honestly pretty much on par with certified aircraft these days).

N360XS Flight Tracking and History 04-Apr-2024 (KLYH-60J) - FlightAware

Track N360XS flight from Lynchburg Rgnl to Odell Williamson Muni

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Looks like it lost its engine about halfway to destination (could be fuel exhaustion, one of the more typical reasons to lose an engine in small GA planes). Curiously, from 1 picture I saw, looks like it landed gear up on the highway, pilot maybe forgot to put gear down due to stress of dealing with the engine-out? Or maybe gear just collapsed on rollout... either way, always nice to see no casualties when a plane touches ground off-airport.

 

[hockeynjune]

doubt it flew under a bridge...

Lancair 360, pretty fast 2 seat "experimental" airplane (just how it's categorized as it's an owner built kitplane, which are honestly pretty much on par with certified aircraft these days).

N360XS Flight Tracking and History 04-Apr-2024 (KLYH-60J) - FlightAware

Track N360XS flight from Lynchburg Rgnl to Odell Williamson Muni

www.flightaware.com

Looks like it lost its engine about halfway to destination (could be fuel exhaustion, one of the more typical reasons to lose an engine in small GA planes). Curiously, from 1 picture I saw, looks like it landed gear up on the highway, pilot maybe forgot to put gear down due to stress of dealing with the engine-out? Or maybe gear just collapsed on rollout... either way, always nice to see no casualties when a plane touches ground off-airport.

Got that from someone that would know. So it seems he did.
And yes it was landed gear up.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This is nuts:

Our farm is 99.8% coverage with the latest map and we drove to it today. We are going to drive to a friends house ~8 miles up the road to get to 100% on Monday.

Our relatives do AirBNBs in the area. Normal rates are $150-$200 per night. $1300-$1500 per night for this weekend.

Edit: that’s what airbnb was listing them at a couple months ago. No idea what they were booked at.

 

[hockeynjune]

Our farm is 99.8% coverage with the latest map and we drove to it today. We are going to drive to a friends house ~8 miles up the road to get to 100% on Monday.

Our relatives do AirBNBs in the area. Normal rates are $150-$200 per night. $1300-$1500 per night for this weekend.

Edit: that’s what airbnb was listing them at a couple months ago. No idea what they were booked at.

Our place is 45 minutes from the US Open . We thought about it. Neighbors actually have a Bed And Breakfast and have been booked for over a year.

 

[MinJaBen]

Our farm is 99.8% coverage with the latest map and we drove to it today. We are going to drive to a friends house ~8 miles up the road to get to 100% on Monday.

Our relatives do AirBNBs in the area. Normal rates are $150-$200 per night. $1300-$1500 per night for this weekend.

Edit: that’s what airbnb was listing them at a couple months ago. No idea what they were booked at.

Our place is 45 minutes from the US Open . We thought about it. Neighbors actually have a Bed And Breakfast and have been booked for over a year.

My family farm in Northern Maine is right in the center of the totality, and a fantastic view of Mt. Katadin as well. We thought about going there, but when we made our plans two years ago, we went with the average cloud cover trends this time of year and chose to go to Texas instead. We made our VRBO reservations in 2022.

Of course, looking at the forecast right now, Maine would have been a better choice. Oh, well.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

My family farm in Northern Maine is right in the center of the totality, and a fantastic view of Mt. Katadin as well. We thought about going there, but when we made our plans two years ago, we went with the average cloud cover trends this time of year and chose to go to Texas instead. We made our VRBO reservations in 2022.

Of course, looking at the forecast right now, Maine would have been a better choice. Oh, well.

Where in Texas? Our best friends live in the hill country and are 100% totality.

 

[MinJaBen]

Where in Texas? Our best friends live in the hill country and are 100% totality.

We are headed to Hunt, about an hour and a half west of San Antonio.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

We are headed to Hunt, about an hour and a half west of San Antonio.

I know exactly where you’ll be. Our friends live in Kerrville.

 

[MinJaBen]

I know exactly where you’ll be. Our friends live in Kerrville.

Yeah, I thought of using that as the reference, but San Antonio seemed a safer, more well known reference. The place we are staying at is on the Guadalupe River.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

This is nuts:

Ah, so they're aware of the conspiracy...

 

[hockeynjune]

My family farm in Northern Maine is right in the center of the totality, and a fantastic view of Mt. Katadin as well. We thought about going there, but when we made our plans two years ago, we went with the average cloud cover trends this time of year and chose to go to Texas instead. We made our VRBO reservations in 2022.

Of course, looking at the forecast right now, Maine would have been a better choice. Oh, well.

Still the right call given climate data at the time.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[TheOllieC]

Going to the game Sunday at 5pm and realized I need to give thought to parking. My first one in like 15 years, so a lot has changed I’m sure. Reddit search says there are a few options to park and walk over from the office buildings along Kingdom Way and Youth Center Drive. I certainly don’t mind a walk at all, just don’t want to be a rule breaker. Mostly curious if that’s actually a realistic option or if it’s really hit or miss and I should just pay for parking in the lot and save the hassle.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

Going to the game Sunday at 5pm and realized I need to give thought to parking. My first one in like 15 years, so a lot has changed I’m sure. Reddit search says there are a few options to park and walk over from the office buildings along Kingdom Way and Youth Center Drive. I certainly don’t mind a walk at all, just don’t want to be a rule breaker. Mostly curious if that’s actually a realistic option or if it’s really hit or miss and I should just pay for parking in the lot and save the hassle.

it's a realistic option, have been doing it every game for... 20 whatever years now

 

[Derailed75]

Going to the game Sunday at 5pm and realized I need to give thought to parking. My first one in like 15 years, so a lot has changed I’m sure. Reddit search says there are a few options to park and walk over from the office buildings along Kingdom Way and Youth Center Drive. I certainly don’t mind a walk at all, just don’t want to be a rule breaker. Mostly curious if that’s actually a realistic option or if it’s really hit or miss and I should just pay for parking in the lot and save the hassle.

If you decide to park on the lot get the Parkwhiz app. Parking is $40 but with the app its $25

 

[Joe McGrath]

So my wife put on this shit rom-com and the lead who is a female sports writer is claiming Bobby Hull is the best hockey player of all time. Now i assumed this was a Hollywood swing and a miss and they meant to say Bobby Orr but no, they made a Golden Jet reference shortly thereafter.

Im irrationally upset by this and Im trying to explain this atrocity in reslity TV terms so my wife understands how f***ing stupid this is. And obviously ive ruined this for everyone involved.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Going to the game Sunday at 5pm and realized I need to give thought to parking. My first one in like 15 years, so a lot has changed I’m sure. Reddit search says there are a few options to park and walk over from the office buildings along Kingdom Way and Youth Center Drive. I certainly don’t mind a walk at all, just don’t want to be a rule breaker. Mostly curious if that’s actually a realistic option or if it’s really hit or miss and I should just pay for parking in the lot and save the hassle.

The walk over is a good option. It was a nice little secret for a while, but it's become more well-known in the past 5-10 years. And I've not heard of anyone getting their car towed or anything like that, so it's a nice way to avoid the $20-$40 parking.

 

[LakeLivin]

So my wife put on this shit rom-com and the lead who is a female sports writer is claiming Bobby Hull is the best hockey player of all time. Now i assumed this was a Hollywood swing and a miss and they meant to say Bobby Orr but no, they made a Golden Jet reference shortly thereafter.

Im irrationally upset by this and Im trying to explain this atrocity in reslity TV terms so my wife understands how f***ing stupid this is. And obviously ive ruined this for everyone involved.

I hope you weren't doing this during the movie. I learned first hand a long time ago that's not a good idea.

 

[Lempo]

So my wife put on this shit rom-com and the lead who is a female sports writer is claiming Bobby Hull is the best hockey player of all time. Now i assumed this was a Hollywood swing and a miss and they meant to say Bobby Orr but no, they made a Golden Jet reference shortly thereafter.

Im irrationally upset by this and Im trying to explain this atrocity in reslity TV terms so my wife understands how f***ing stupid this is. And obviously ive ruined this for everyone involved.

The name of the film and of the screenwriter, please. There's no way that wasn't intentional by the smartest kid in class who thinks no one else knows shit about hockey.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

PNC today! Farewell before the renovations.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Our farm is 99.8% coverage with the latest map and we drove to it today. We are going to drive to a friends house ~8 miles up the road to get to 100% on Monday.

Our relatives do AirBNBs in the area. Normal rates are $150-$200 per night. $1300-$1500 per night for this weekend.

Edit: that’s what airbnb was listing them at a couple months ago. No idea what they were booked at.

It seems like people are way more spun-up over this eclipse than they were in 2017, when the path of totality very helpfully traversed South Carolina and I made the drive to see it from a zoo in Columbia.

But there wasn't nearly as much hype last time around. I guess maybe because it didn't go over as many large cities.

 

[HisIceness]

The last eclipse was neat even if it was 65% totality. For about a minute the sky turned sort of a red color and the crickets were making noise.

 

[MinJaBen]

Waiting for the eclipse….

 

[TheOllieC]

it's a realistic option, have been doing it every game for... 20 whatever years now

The walk over is a good option. It was a nice little secret for a while, but it's become more well-known in the past 5-10 years. And I've not heard of anyone getting their car towed or anything like that, so it's a nice way to avoid the $20-$40 parking.

Parked over there with no problems today. Was great. Thanks for the info!

 

[HisIceness]

Waiting for the eclipse….

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Where is this? Looks like a nice getaway.