I never thought to gather samples. I live in a remote area that's also a "MOA" and at times the entire sky is covered in trails. Oh and the weird thing is that on days when this happens, they do it before dawn. I've never heard or seen them in the process and the lines hang for literally hours, eventually dissipating and the whole sky turning cloudy....
A great way to sample (without an aircraft or a balloon) is to simply take a "before" soil (or snow) sample when you see heavy spraying begin...do this AWAY from anything, like roads, cars, houses, horses, etc. Plant a small flag where you took the sample. It should be topsoil, or the very top crust of the snow.
Then...take an "after" sample no more than three feet away from your flag after allowing the crap in the sky to fall (24-36 hours at most)...try to get the depth/sample size as close to the first sample as possible. Use sterile test tubes with caps. Use sterile wooden utensils to gather the samples (or plastic) to avoid metal contamination.
Send both to an environmental lab. You will be amazed at how much higher the aluminum/barium contents are in the second sample!!!
Will do, the activity calms way down in winter when it's cloudy/foggy all day but should be starting back up soon. I'm definitely taking some samples and sending them in.
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PrivateJoker ago
I never thought to gather samples. I live in a remote area that's also a "MOA" and at times the entire sky is covered in trails. Oh and the weird thing is that on days when this happens, they do it before dawn. I've never heard or seen them in the process and the lines hang for literally hours, eventually dissipating and the whole sky turning cloudy....
http://i.imgur.com/tJSwa4H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ojh2mbG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LoJlukA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tKF9Q5r.jpg
a few hours later....
http://i.imgur.com/wGpZ1Ay.jpg
xanaxinator ago
WOW.
A great way to sample (without an aircraft or a balloon) is to simply take a "before" soil (or snow) sample when you see heavy spraying begin...do this AWAY from anything, like roads, cars, houses, horses, etc. Plant a small flag where you took the sample. It should be topsoil, or the very top crust of the snow.
Then...take an "after" sample no more than three feet away from your flag after allowing the crap in the sky to fall (24-36 hours at most)...try to get the depth/sample size as close to the first sample as possible. Use sterile test tubes with caps. Use sterile wooden utensils to gather the samples (or plastic) to avoid metal contamination.
Send both to an environmental lab. You will be amazed at how much higher the aluminum/barium contents are in the second sample!!!
Amazed...and disgusted.
PrivateJoker ago
Will do, the activity calms way down in winter when it's cloudy/foggy all day but should be starting back up soon. I'm definitely taking some samples and sending them in.