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Same here, lucked out on clouds.

Amazing!

Just home in MD but super cool dim weirdness nonetheless

April 8th Eclipse- Least Easy One To See In My Lifetime

Those are both good suggestions for seed mix sources. I grow flowering native perennials but have never tried a seed mix scatter/meadow approach over a large area. Has anyone? Let us know how it goes if you try it?

T&L

I just started a bunch of flower seeds for my annuals pollinator patch. Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower) which I HIGHly rec for anyone who wants to see a lot of butterflies and hummingbirds ..also zinnias (same) which I'm kinda obsessed with and started 10 types. Some cosmos. Also genovese basil, persian basil, flat parsley, dill. I may pop in some cucumbers but they usually break my heart all too soon, aaaaand I'm skipping tomatoes/other again this year.

Got you, thanks for the additional info. Good luck with all the logistics!

I'm not chasing the eclipse but I'm living vicariously through a friend who is wrapping the eclipse into a two week trip to Mexico. Looking pretty good for her.

EJ, just curious are there plans to put stations in Harford, AA, Calvert, and Cecil? I am guessing so as the map says 52 (!) additional sites planned. Great project, thumbs up.

The plan to clear the channel - Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commander and chief of engineers, explained the team will approach the mission in three steps. Here's what they are: Step 1: Get the steel trust out of a 700-foot-wide by 50-foot-deep channel, and examine what parts of the concrete are still at the bottom. "Any piece of concrete, any piece of steel on the bottom is just as much as of a hazard as that in the channel," Spellmon said. This step will allow "one-way traffic going in and out of the Port of Baltimore again," he said. Step 2: Work closely with the Coast Guard to stabilize containers on top of the ship. Then the trust of the bridge that is still on top of the ship needs to be taken off "so it can be tugged to a safe part of the port," Spellmon said. "By removing the vessel, that will allow us to reopen two-way traffic." Step 3: Take out the remaining 2,900 feet of steel and all the associated concrete and roadway that's at the river bottom. "We're up to this task. We have what we need," Spellmon said. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-27-24/index.html

"The pilot immediately ordered the rudder hard to port to keep the ship from turning right and ordered the port anchor be dropped, which it was, Diamond said. The pilot also contacted a dispatch office to get the bridge shut down." https://apnews.com/live/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-latest-2024

Respect to the divers. That is terrifying work.

They're here. Not sure exactly as of when but just heard/saw my first one. Being chased around by an eagle.

magenta sunset alert

and another

little squall came through flurries and mangled

25 flakes

Enjoying the sunny/moody skies today- from inside

I had no idea the Army did this and I approve. edit, I do see some platforms around here (in Armyland lol) but always figured DNR or such

Anyone spot any osprey yet? I've been super busy but haven't seen or heard any so far.

Hiked along some local wetlands earlier, major amphibian racket going on. peepers ofc and much more.

I hear them over the wind and just now through a closed window I, for one, welcome our new peeper overlords.

Peeper chorus last night here, too. If it happened earlier I missed it.

As far as this sub...I feel like the majority of posters here are (more or less) on the same page about (many or most) of your most frequently argued assertions and fears. If not in this or that particular analogy, example, illustration etc, then writ large. But maybe I just have a good ignore list!