It always clears for graduation ! Threatened rain all of our Commissioning Week,. My Dad always told the story of his contingency plan if we had to move indoors -- I think we were all allotted 4 tickets in the event of indoor graduation, and I had a minimum of 5 needed (Mom, Dad, Fiance and her parents). Dad claims he was going to be the one to give up a ticket because he thought he would have the best chance of talking his way in. Good thing he didn't have to test the theory -- President Reagan was the speaker, and the assassination attempt was pretty fresh --so security was tight (at least according to 1985 standards --I'm betting its worse now).Weather Underground is showing Friday rain/thunder starting before 9am and continuing throughout the day.
True statement. My Commissioning Week was a mess weather wise, but Mother Nature made a beautiful day for graduation.It always clears for graduation ! Threatened rain all of our Commissioning Week,. My Dad always told the story of his contingency plan if we had to move indoors -- I think we were all allotted 4 tickets in the event of indoor graduation, and I had a minimum of 5 needed (Mom, Dad, Fiance and her parents). Dad claims he was going to be the one to give up a ticket because he thought he would have the best chance of talking his way in. Good thing he didn't have to test the theory -- President Reagan was the speaker, and the assassination attempt was pretty fresh --so security was tight (at least according to 1985 standards --I'm betting its worse now).
Still overhead near me, just made a pass at 1543.Heck, they're still out there flying!
Looks like they Just now bugged out for Andrews. That was fun!
Fuel to Noise conversion at its best !Wonderful sounds of freedom
Note bridge closures and traffic adjustments for Blues today and Wed. Traffic gets snarled. Even on the Beltway and US 50 you have people looking up and not at the road. I think they are staging out of JB Andrews as usual.Our plan is still to go down and watch tomorrow with the Plebe to be and his baby brother.
You forgot “smelly” for pre-renovation Halsey. Decades of baked-in sweat, body odor and mold/mildew.I remember my mother stayed up all night of our graduation until the rain stopped (same class as Old Navy BGO). Old Navy, we were allotted only 3 tickets if indoors! Worse, the speaker would be Sec Nav Lehman (vs. Prep. Reagan). Our class had a history with him, so it was going to be doubly bad. "Inside" meant the hot, sweaty, nasty Halsey Field House (pre-renovations). Not something to look forward to. Thankfully, the rain ended and it was a beautiful 72 degree, sunny day!!