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Wimberley ISD debuts 'dark sky-friendly' lights at football stadium
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| Sept. 14, 2018
| Chris Davis
Posted on 09/14/2018 10:13:46 AM PDT by bgill
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They could have saved that $300 + the expense of holding the election if they'd play during the daylight hours. Or would that count against their ADA monies...
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:13:46 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
They could have saved that $300 + the expense of holding the election if they'd play during the daylight hours. Or would that count against their ADA monies...It's high school football in Texas.
Playing in the daytime is for the Freshman squad.
To: bgill
They could also fully embrace socialism and have the eco-friendly dark night skies nationwide.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:17:51 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: bgill
Just use a lighted foot ball, and uniforms.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:19:37 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: bgill
It’s Wimberley, if they played football in the daytime in August or September, kids would die.
Up until a week or so, we had 50 days of over 100 degrees.
To: Blue House Sue
Oh, please. They’ve had much longer two a days practice in the middle of 100+ degree days for eons.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:25:05 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: bgill
To: Blue House Sue
As if night time temps dropped much. Move the games to the middle of Feb.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:28:35 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Blue House Sue
The post is about tax dollars on lights, not the temperature. Stay on topic.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:29:50 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: bgill
Can’t obscure the night sky for two hours to play a football game, eh?
To: Blue House Sue
More people have died in their beds while asleep or in their showers than on a football field. Ban beds and evil showers!
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:35:37 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: bgill
My understanding regarding light pollution is to cover the top of the light so that it is directed down to the ground and not also directly up. This concept has been around for long time but too many lights are still a bit omnidirectional.
I have a 10-inch telescope, well, we have several. Light pollution is a big issue.
Just turning off unnecessary lights would help a lot and also save lots of money as well.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:43:42 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
To: tet68
My dad played in the 40s, the lighting on the field wasn’t all that advanced so using white footballs was very common.
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posted on
09/14/2018 10:59:45 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: Buckeye McFrog
> Cant obscure the night sky for two hours to play a football game, eh?
What about the people who don’t go to the game, don’t care about the game, don’t even want to hear about the game?
Football isn’t the center of the universe. Texas excepted.
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posted on
09/14/2018 11:05:02 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: glorgau
players will be injure if they cant see. What the?
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posted on
09/14/2018 11:12:11 AM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump promised “shut down the government” in September; if no wall!!)
To: tet68; All
That would be pretty awesome- Glow-in-the-dark football, uniforms, field yard lines, goal posts, etc...
I would love to see that!
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posted on
09/14/2018 11:17:45 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: bgill
I'm gonna be RICH!!!
Now selling ROCKS as "dark sky-friendly" lights......
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posted on
09/14/2018 11:19:02 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Mr. K
If anyone has been on Highway 10 going towards Odessa, you can see the night sky without any light pollution. The sky is beautiful.
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posted on
09/14/2018 11:21:58 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
To: glorgau
If the lights were on every night, 365 days a year, I could see the point. But honestly, it’s two hours a week during high-school football season, which is, what, 9 or 10 weeks?
To: Mr. K
Come see the North Bumff Peckerwoods come out
and continue their winning streak on the game grid!
It would be interesting if they had individual sensors
on their helmets, coaches could glean a lot of info from
that.
But yeah, lines, posts, line men,officials, players all
lit by different LED lights. I think, we’ve come up with
something.
Maybe nude womens night football league.
The side lines could be made of troughs of jello.
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posted on
09/14/2018 1:11:59 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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