What is unique about Oct of this year?

[diabeticman]

My dad was telling me that something unique was happening in Oct of this year. something that won't happen for like another hundred years or something.

Anyone know what that might be?

[strawberries]

1. I'm hoping it will be

80 degrees for the month of Oct. here in NE. I could use the oil break

or

You could try and google it

or

maybe your dad was teasing you

[strawberries]

2. I found nothing in google nt

[BlueJazz]

3. There's an eclipse of the moon during the first week and a partial solar eclipse 14 days later..

...but I don't think that this is what your Father was talking about.
Eclipses happen all the time..

[cascadiance]

7. Could it be the closeness of Uranus to the moon when this eclipse happens?

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This is talked about here... It will be only about 1 degree away from the moon during the total eclipse segment.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/total-lunar-eclipse-09262014/

[BlueJazz]

17. That may well be it.

[whatchamacallit]

30. How do you feel about Uranus as a whole?

[randome]

4. I'll be 56 in a few days. There's still time to buy me something.

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[cascadiance]

20. I was 56 a few days ago... It's not too late to buy me something either!

[Renew Deal]

5. Yes. There will be a 32nd day of October.

It only happens every hundred years of so.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Wuh? Really?

My outlook calendar shows 31 days.

[Caretha]

21. Pull the other one

tell me you're joking and that you are not that easily fooled!?

[Cali_Democrat]

22. Um...yes...I was joking

LOL

[Wait Wut]

6. I can't find anything...

...is your dad Nostradamus? He might know something.

[rug]

8. Ted Cruz will speak a true sentence.

[QED]

10. Or Caribou Barbie will utter something comprehensible.

[rug]

11. Wait, his dad said a hundred years.

[Ptah]

12. 5 Wednesdays, 5 Thursdays and 5 Fridays in one month happens only every 823 years?

This popular urban myth has been circulating on the internet for a while. However, it is precisely that: a myth.

[diabeticman]

13. oh, okay. thanks.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. Hey, the last time that happened was

last year!

May, to be exact

[TeeYiYi]

15. The eclipse on October 8th is a good bet...

...with the visibility of Uranus as a bonus.

The main highlights in October include another total lunar eclipse, some nice conjunctions, the Orionid meteor shower and a comet that will get very close to crashing into Mars.

The total lunar eclipse will take place Oct. 8. This is the second in a very rare tetrad of four consecutive total lunar eclipses with no partial eclipses in between. That has only happened seven times in the last 2,000 years.

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/28/mark-it-down-total-lunar-eclipse-is-set-for-oct-8/

As a coincidental bonus, the eclipse takes place on a night when the moon passes very close to the dim planet Uranus. The planet, which is most often undetectable by the naked eye or on the very edge of visibility, will be poised barely a finger's-width from the moon. A normal, bright full moon would make it impossible to spot this faint object, but as the moon dims in the Earth's shadow during the eclipse, Uranus may be visible to the eye or binoculars just to the southeast of the moon.

http://www.daily-journal.com/sports/outdoors/rare-month-for-eclipses/article_8baf3b56-35de-5cfe-b0f5-56d64eaa9c71.html

TYY

[pinboy3niner]

16. So Sarah Palin will be able to see Uranus from her house?

I can't wait for her tweet.

[cascadiance]

19. I could just see her correcting someone to have it pronounced...

... so that it sounds like the nastier synonym rather than with the short "a" pronunciation (and perhaps even pronouncing "ur" syllable so it sounds more like "your" too!).. That would play well with a right wingnut crowd!

[TeeYiYi]

23. Not mine.

I generally wear knickers and don a wrap this time of year.

TYY

[Fla_Democrat]

18. This year, Halloween falls on Friday the 13th....

Nah, maybe that isn't it, after all...




Maybe check with your dad, parents are a fount of information. I found that the older I get, the smarter they are.

[valerief]

24. About 100 years ago, the "Spanish" flu killed 20 to 40 million people. Maybe this October

we'll have another fatal epidemic.

[NightWatcher]

25. I turn 39 on Sunday???

Unique, yes, but I doubt I'll see 100 more years.

BTW dont you hate when people drop unsolicited hints about their birthday?

[diabeticman]

26. NAAH! Happy Birthday!

[seveneyes]

27. Ebola comes to America

[Warpy]

28. Oh, that was so last month.

[LordGlenconner]

29. DU will have one day without anti-Obama, anti-Democrat posts!?