Hello friends:
This is a sad posting, but I was very saddly impressed with the death of
three N.Dakota university co-ed students on 11/04  who were returning
from what the news mentioned a night of stargazing. I became more sad
when I saw the word "stargazing". Who knows, if from their first experience
they might of been future professional stargazers.
Friends, when we go star gazing we must practice safety, for I know that
there are many of us, who wander to isolated places to hunt for the night gems.
To all astronomy readers, practice caution all of the time.
Clear Skies and regards.
Joseph

goozie:

Friends, when we go star gazing we must practice safety, for I know that
there are many of us, who wander to isolated places to hunt for the night gems.
To all astronomy readers, practice caution all of the time.

a truly sad event.

There appears to be a double post.

Please delete this one as They was spelt incorrectly here.

 This is a shame and I hope it never happens again, especially to one of our members.

goozie:

I was very saddly impressed with the death of
three N.Dakota university co-ed students on 11/04  who were returning
from what the news mentioned a night of stargazing

Three? They always say take at least one other and never alone.
That makes this even more rare.

Apparently the girls accidentally drove their SUV into a farm pond and could not get out.  No one knew where they were.  They were eventually found after triangulating their last frantic cell phone calls to friends.

I can bet that there will be a push by somebody to light up every road everywhere.  Of course if we lived in a society not bent on wasting billions of dollars and millions of tons of energy to light up the sky from everywhere then these girls, indeed anyone, would have to drive out far into the country to get a look at the stars.

 I truly was sorry to hear about this and my heart goes out to their loved ones.

L

leo731:

I can bet that there will be a push by somebody to light up every road everywhere.

How ironic if that were to happen. Let's hope it doesn't.

Gee, I had not read this post until today.  Was very occupied for the last few days. 

I have to agree that we " amateur astronomers" really need to think seriously about this tragic accident.

Last Tuesday I believe it was I had an appointment in Boston at an early morning hour. As I was driving I had ahead of me a full moon, and it seemed so beautiful in the early morning blue sky with no clouds at all. 

Well at one point I almost missed to stop at a red light.  So again, when on the road we stargazers really need to keep our eyes and minds on the road.

Thanks

MarieD