I live in SOCAL (I’m an aviation enthusiast) and yesterday was an unbelievable day for contrails. There were loads of them visible, and they were longer than usual, over the skies of southern Calif. And why? Simply because of atmospheric conditions. These pictures are nothing unusual, once you realize that the atmospheric conditions yesterday were optimal for jet contrails to form.
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I totally agree, Check my (many) comments on the long FR thread cited in #1, above.
What's interesting to me is that the 'Chemtrail' conspiracy theorists have for years posted pictures on the web of crisscrossing contrails arranged in the sky like a checkerboard; as a result, they're certain that the US government is using mind control gases on them and no amount of assurances from skeptics trying to explain that "Cooter, you live in what we refer to as 'flyover country', and that means that the skies above your farm are like a freeway in the sky. You can expect to see these criss-crossing contrails regularly depending if the atmospheric conditions are right, but nobody's trying to poison your okra crop with mind control serum." will convince them otherwise.
Yet, now the "Missileers" don't buy any theory behind contrails at all. Why, there was only one contrail in the sky on the day that Chinese submarine launched that SLBM missile two miles from Catalina Island!
Maybe we should rent out a hotel ballroom in New York City for a big national gathering of Missileers and Chemtrail people and let them go at it like black ants versus red ants.
I left the office today and there were at least 10 contrails in the sky today, all very long. Which is logical, as the weather has changed in the last few days, and I would expect to see long contrails.
But, I understand science, I know about optical illusions, I know that there is an explainable answer for outrageous claims with no proof.
Pity that other’s can’t figure that out.
