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Old September 21st 17, 12:29 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.community
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Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:

On 2017-09-11 23:56:59 +0000, cshenk said:

Sundance and/or Rebecca wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:

We duz need sumplace whare we kan see da sky, so dat we kan see da
rainbow brij.

Rebecca


Yup, but there was one where a balcony was used? Anyways, we have
one with an open top. I'll revise to a clear ice top they can see
though so they aren't all freezing (grin). WE can stage at the
other spot (if diferent) and then move to the open one just like
we've moved into/out of caves and such.

Carol


[Fernando happens to overhear the human converstation]

F: Ackchooly, tht's not an issue. Dere's a feature I hafen't shown
anybody yet.

[Fernando speaks into a paw-held radio for a moment. A large fluffy
white kitty arrives a little later.]

I'd like to introduce you to Fiona. She's da chief engineer around
here.

Fiona: Hihi! Ferrrnando says that ye'll be interrrrested in being
able to see the moon. That measn that ye'll need to be hearrring this
story.

Since we're furry isolated here, we try to keep in contact with the
kitties that live at researrrch stations herrre in the Antarctic. The
Argentine station called San Martine is one of the closest, so we
visit with them the most often. Several yearrrs ago we had a group
of asplorer kitties travelling over the ice to San Martin when an
unexpected storm blew in. We had been expecting beautiful, clear
weather, but this storm brought Condition 1 - no visibility, high
winds, and wind chill below -73 degrees Celcius. Our team was halfway
between our place and San Martin when the storm hit. They were
certain that they were going to be carried off to the Rainbow Bridge,
but all of a sudden they heerd an unexpected noise - da noise of a
catacopter! A copter landed just feet from out kitties, so they
dashed onboard. Dere was a little orange tabby kitty at the controls,
and a rather portly tortie who rushed to bring our kitties blankies
and warm tea.

Da catacopter lifted off in spite of the unbelievable weather, and
the pilot was able to keep control of the catacopter in spite of
severe turbulence. When they were about halfway back to our location
they heard a call over da radio - a team of scientists from the San
Martin station was a couple of miles from their base when dere
SnowCat died. Dey had no more food left and were very low on fuel. So
da pilot of the copter flew a search pattern around the San Martin
station until her found da SnowCat, den da tortie kitty lowered a
steel cable to da hoomins, who hooked it on to da SnowCat. Da
catacopter slowly pulled da SnowCat back to da San Martin station.
When da copter landed, da hoomins was astounded - dey had never seen
a copter sized fur kitties, and had no idea dat kitties could fly
dem! But dey quickly learned, and dey made everyone welcome. Once da
storm had passed, da orange tabby an da portly tortie flied out
kitties back to us.

Da hoomins in da station later learned dat most of the udder
Antarctic stations had also been visiited by da catacopter. In fact,
da Palmer, McMudro, and Bernardo O'Higgins stations all haf plaques
honoring doze kitties for similar rescues. Da plaques honor Harri
Roadcat and Amelia T Cat fur dere daring rescues. And even today, any
time a aircraft using da "Roadcat" callsign gets special clearance
from any station around here.

Anyhow, once dey delivered our kitties safely home again, we gived
dem a special banquet to fank dem.Dey overheard me talking to
Fernando about a problem we was hafing - da roof of dis cavern here
was starting to melt through. During da summer season dat wouldn't be
bad, but in da winter it would be furry dangerous. But doze 2 brave
kitties spended a couple weeks wif me doing analysis, and getting da
metal-working kitties here to work on building some special parts. So
now, we don't haf to worry about da roof of da cavern melting. And we
can now do dis...

[Fiona scrapes frost from the face of a panel set into the wall
nearby. She leans close to the panel and a small laser scans her eye.
A paw-shaped outline lights up on the panel. Fiona presses her paw
against the outline, and a humming noise can be heard from overhead.
As everyone turns to look up, they see the roof of the cavern
retracting! With an iris-type movement, white panels slide over each
other, and soon the cavern is open to the sky.]

We usually keep da panels closed so dat our cavern doesn't show up on
da hoomin's satellite images, but we won't haf to worry about da next
one fur a while yet. So, will dis work for your need to be able to
see da sky an da moon?


Daisy-chan catches this and really likes this!

"Fernando, wez needs Fiona to open da top on 5OCT17 a bit befur dark
then keep it open at night until a bit after sunrise. Can doo?"

[in minds eye, there is a thick very clear ice ceiling protected by
retractable covers. It's like looking out but without the wind. Thick
enough a penguin could dance on it with soft shoes to not mar the
surface.]

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