This message from Dan Holmes didn't make it through the mailman software for some reason, but I feel it's important to the discussion, so I'm resending it myself. It seems to me that if Dan could barely push it down with his entire body weight, a paving block won't do the job. Also wouldn't the pavers be a potential tripping hazard in the dark? Also, is the valve/switch, whatever it is, clearly marked as to "off" and "on" positions? Is it accessible to anyone who might walk up to it? Where is it? C. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: M Wilson <astro_outwest@yahoo.com>, Utah-astronomy Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:15:16 -0600 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Wow! Those heads have a lot of pressure under them. I couldn’t push one down when it was aimed at my stuff—I could barely stand on it and push it down… Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin
On Jun 29, 2015, at 5:07 PM, M Wilson via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hopefully, putting those pavers over possibly functioning sprinklers won't cause excessive leakage that could undermine the ground around those sprinklers. From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@digis.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Wow!
Hi Don,
We're going to start putting heavy, concrete pavers over the potentially offending sprinkler heads before each star party. As long as the heads can't pop up they can't spray.
'Course we would not have had the problem last Saturday if someone had not turned the system back on after Rodger had turned it off. (So far no one has fessed up to doing that.)
patrick
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
That switch may need a lockable cover.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@digis.net> wrote:
It really needs to be pointed out that Rodger turned off the sprinkler system when he arrived at SPOC.
Later during the star party someone inexplicably turned the system back on! (I sure hope by accident and not someone trying to cause trouble and then complain about it.)
So not the park's fault. No amount of talking to the park is going to help if one of our own goes in and turns the sprinklers on.
BTW, Rodger is going to purchase items to cover the sprinkler heads "just in case".
patrick
On 29 Jun 2015, at 14:11, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
I hope it continues but if we don't come to an understanding with Stansbury then we may have to break down at 11:00 no matter the crowd. The water coming on was a disaster for some. Levi and Tony experienced water on their equipment. That was not good. We're there only 2 days a month. I would think an accommodation could be reached for two days.
Ryan, You have done an outstanding job marketing our events. The Harmons star-party was also above expectations. SPOC Saturday was amazing. Thank you.
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