December 15th, 2008
NORAD tracks Santa 2008
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint U.S.-Canada military organization based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. NORAD systems scan the skies for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) flying over the poles.
Artist’s rendering of NORAD engaging Santa during his Christmas Eve errands. Click the thumbnail picture above to download a larger image for your desktop.
Santa’s annual trip is a logistical nightmare for the folks at NORAD. His sleigh has no transponder. The only light is Rudoph’s nose. NORAD has responded with a special-purpose, one-night-a-year Santa Tracker. Santa-Cam images will be available at the site linked above on Christmas Eve.
It’s great fun. Do be sure to check it out!
Thanks to Max for the excellent artist’s representation. He also did the one for the post on last year.
Tags: Christmas, ICBM, NORAD
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December 23rd, 2007
I thought you all might enjoy the picture I took last weekend. It’s a squid christmas light display. Click the picture for the full-sized picture.
Ocean City, MD has this huge display of different sea-themed Christmas decorations in a parking lot at the south end of the island. The squid – okay, well, it’s probably an octopus – is taller than I am, maybe 8 or 10 ft tall. There are about 30 of these things around the parking lot. Which is really odd because the parking lot is closed for the season. The whole town is closed for the season. There’s just dark motels and these things.
Squid.us has Cephalopodmas images. Check it out.
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December 18th, 2007
NORAD tracks Santa 2007
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint U.S.-Canada military organization based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. With help from our neighbor to the North, NORAD systems scan the skies for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) flying over the poles with deadly gifts from our friends in the USSR (Ob Russky: CCCP).
The goal of NORAD is to warn us in time for us to take cover. We might get 15 minutes warning. “With enough shovels…”
To accomplish the aerospace warning mission, the commander of NORAD provides an integrated tactical warning and attack assessment to the governments of Canada and the United States. To accomplish the aerospace control mission, NORAD uses a network of satellites, ground-based radar, airborne radar and fighters to detect, intercept and, if necessary, engage any air-breathing threat to North America. As a part of its aerospace control mission, NORAD assists in the detection and monitoring of aircraft suspected of illegal drug trafficking. This information is passed to civilian law enforcement agencies to help combat the flow of illegal drugs into North America. The command is currently developing a concept for implementing the new maritime warning mission.
Uh, “air-breathing?” What does that mean? They can’t protect us from flying fish?
Anyway, as vigilent as the fine people in NORAD are in protecting us from Cold War nuclear incidents, any unidentified aircraft will be assumed to be hostile and shot down.
Artist’s rendering of NORAD engaging Santa during his Christmas night rounds with toys for all the good boys and girls. Click the thumbnail picture above to download a larger image for your desktop.
Santa’s annual trip is a logistical nightmare for the folks at NORAD. His sleigh has no transponder. The only light is Rudoph’s nose. NORAD has responded with a special-purpose, one-night-a-year Santa Tracker. Santa-Cam images will be available at the site linked above on Christmas Eve.
As long as NORAD knows where Santa is at any time, there will be no mistakes.
Thanks to Max for the excellent artist’s representation.
Tags: aerospace, Canada, Christmas, DEW, Distant Early Warning, missiles, NORAD, North America, Santa tracker, Santa-Cam, United States
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December 8th, 2006
I Go From Bad to Verse
Donna Sue Rubin, the author of the famous Christmas in 2 North has a new book of poetry out. I Go From Bad to Verse is available as a downloadable ebook from Chipmunka Publishing.
Ranging in tone from humorous to dark, Donna’s poetry expresses with great honesty the experience of bipolar disorder and all its moods.
The paperback will be out shortly, but don’t wait!
Tags: Books and reading, Christmas
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