Well, that one’s in the books now. Once again the denizens of the heavens have continued in their set courses, and been duly noticed doing so. The conical shadow of lunar progression has drifted its way across the face of the planet and Texas producing little or no physical consequence … save a few badly confused chickens … and a few thousand Emergency Response Agencies with a glorious case of the jittering screaming meemies.
Upon the lives, minds and countenances of men, however, it scorched its way across the land like the burning focus of a magnifying glass of panicky curiosity and superstition. Nothing unusual there. It just does that. Always has.
I can’t pretend I wasn’t (and won’t be in the future) susceptible to some of that. Looking around the sky and the land … and at my fellow observers during totality was indeed a surreal experience. It almost inspired me to a short science fiction story, but I resist. That’s a theme which has been done to death. Besides that, after Isaac Asimov’s story classic story, Nightfall … everything else has been but a pale and poor imitation.
On to the business of the matter.
I would like to thank everyone involved in getting ready for this event, and especially those who stepped up and put in the hours on the cans, microphones and in the EOC. A special thumbs up to the typically unsung but critically vital guys and gals behind the scenes and safely out of the limelight. This could never have gone as smoothly as it did without the incredible in-pouring of help and understanding donated. Once again, proving that there isn’t much stronger than the hearts of volunteers.
A special note here. We recently had elections at the RRVARC, and it needs to be recognized that a double handful of the progress that was made here came on that watch. Thank you, gentlemen. Well done.
I will be posting later today or tomorrow (depending on storms and such this afternoon), with more details once I collate the reports and get them out the door to the Section Emergency Coordinator and the Section Manager.
In the meantime, to all the EOC personnel and the Net control operators and secondaries … Out-bloody-standing! Thank you!
More later.
District Emergency Coordinator
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