Stephen King's "Under the Dome" optioned for series
David
Spielberg, King team on 'Dome'
Duo join forces to bring series to screen
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
DreamWorks principal Stacey Snider was key in bringing the project to
the company. Spielberg, King and Snider will exec produce along with
DreamWorks TV chiefs Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.Book, which has
earned strong reviews as a return to form for the prolific author,
revolves around the drama that unfolds after an invisible force field
suddenly descends on a small vacation town in Maine. As the locals
fight for their survival, the town descends into warring factions led
by enigmatic characters.
DreamWorks is starting to meet with writers for the project. The plan
is to set a writer before shopping the skein to prospective buyers.
Spielberg and King have worked together in the past, developing a
screen adaptation of King's 1984 novel "The Talisman," on which
Spielberg has had the option for more than 20 years. That project has
been developed as a feature, and it came close to being done as a mini
for TNT a few years ago until it was tabled for budgetary reasons.
The "Dome" deal continues a burst of activity on the smallscreen side
for Spielberg and DreamWorks TV. Among the high-profile projects in
the works is a series about the development of a fictional Broadway
tuner for Showtime. Another Showtime contender is a costume-drama
revolving around the Borgia clan, penned by Neil Jordan and with
Robert Zemeckis also producing.
DreamWorks TV also produces the pay cabler's dramedy "United States of
Tara," for which star Toni Collette won the lead comedy actress Emmy
in September. "Tara" bows its sophomore season in March.
Rob Jensen
>
>Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
>limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
>"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
>to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
or TV series? There's, what, maybe two of them at this point?
Heck, Carrie, The Shining and The Dead Zone have even been *remade*
going from movies to failed pilot (and notoriously bad stage musical),
great miniseries and good but meandering series respectively.
-- Rob
Invid Fan
<Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:10 -0500, David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
> >limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
> >"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
> >to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
>
> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
> or TV series? There's, what, maybe two of them at this point?
>
Don't know if anyone is adapting Duma Key, which would seem like a
rather easy one to do.
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
Thanatos
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:10 -0500, David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
> >limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
> >"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
> >to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
>
> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
> or TV series?
Lisey's Story
The Old Dude's Ticker
The Breathing Method
Strawberry Spring
The Cannibals
Premium Harmony
Throttle
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
The Man in the Black Suit
LT's Theory of Pets
Night of the Tiger
The Reploids
My Pretty Pony
Survivor Type
I could go on and on...
efeatherston
This is great. I had said to my son after reading the book, the only
way to do this book correctly would be a 1 season TV series, and lo
and behold, my prayers are answered
Captain Infinity
David wrote:
>Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
>limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
>"Under the Dome."
The Simpsons already did it.
**
Captain Infinity
suzee
He'w written a lot of others that haven't been optioned, dozens. He's
written A LOT of books, period.
Invid Fan
Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
And King iirc put the first part of Under The Dome online so fans could
see he wasn't ripping off The Simpsons :)
Invid Fan
<suz...@imbris.com> wrote:
Yes, but it's amazing how many HAVE been adapted. What with someone
attempting The Dark Tower, the list of non-movie books is probably much
smaller then what has been filmed. In fact, looking at a list of
novels, I see 18 books published 2001 and earlier have been made into
movies or TV shows, with another two or three supposedly in production
(plus naturally the 7 Dark Tower books) leaving around 6 unadapted.
Nothing since Dreamcatcher, though.
Thanatos
Actually, "The Simpsons" only published theirs first. King has been
working on "Under the Dome" since the 70s, long before "The Simpsons"
even existed.
And, of course, the only real similarity between the two is the dome
itself. The rest of the stories are vastly different.
Thanatos
Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> In article <tt6dg55j1egbvkqt5...@4ax.com>, Captain
> Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
>
> > Once Upon A Time,
> > David wrote:
> >
> > >Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
> > >limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
> > >"Under the Dome."
> >
> > The Simpsons already did it.
> >
> And King iirc put the first part of Under The Dome online so fans could
> see he wasn't ripping off The Simpsons :)
He put the first few chapters of "The Cannibals" online, which was the
precursor to what became "Under the Dome".
David E. Powell
wrote:
Stephen King is South Park? Who knew?
;)
My favorite King short story ever was _Battleground_ which one could
argue was ripped off by a couple movies. Toy Story, Small Soldiers,
etc.
Brian Thorn
>In article <30gcg5tqienebp49n...@4ax.com>,
> Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:10 -0500, David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
>> >limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
>> >"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
>> >to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
>>
>> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
>> or TV series?
>The Cannibals
Which reportedly is now part of "Under the Dome". I won't be buying
UTD, though, since Mr. King had a snit and won't release it for
digital book until December 24th.
Bria
Thanatos
Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Actually, it was his publisher, Scribner, that had the snit. Authors,
even heavyweights like Stephen King, have no control over such things.
Captain Infinity
Brian Thorn wrote:
>>> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
>>> or TV series?
>
>>The Cannibals
>
>Which reportedly is now part of "Under the Dome". I won't be buying
>UTD, though, since Mr. King had a snit and won't release it for
>digital book until December 24th.
Yeah! That'll teach him! You go, girl!
**
Captain Infinity
Anim8rFSK
Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Can you elaborate on this? I take it he's released it in other formats
before digital? What sort of snit?
--
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It's the show 'Defiling Gravity' would be if DG had more regulars,
fewer abortions, worse writers, and no budget for lighting.
Remember, you can't spell "disgust" without SGU!
peachy ashie passion
> In article <t2eeg5devlqhljp5e...@4ax.com>,
> Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:33:23 -0500, Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <30gcg5tqienebp49n...@4ax.com>,
>>> Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:10 -0500, David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
>>>>> limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
>>>>> "Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
>>>>> to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
>>>> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
>>>> or TV series?
>>> The Cannibals
>> Which reportedly is now part of "Under the Dome". I won't be buying
>> UTD, though, since Mr. King had a snit and won't release it for
>> digital book until December 24th.
>>
>> Bria
>
> Can you elaborate on this? I take it he's released it in other formats
> before digital? What sort of snit?
>
You know that is, so far, my biggest pet peeve with the Kindle.
Several of my favorite authors get released in hardcover days or weeks
before the Kindle version. The kind of favorites that I'd have bought
the hardcover the day it came out. Very frustrating.
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
Sounds like it's all a rip off of Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth.
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <t2eeg5devlqhljp5e...@4ax.com>,
> Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:33:23 -0500, Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > >In article <30gcg5tqienebp49n...@4ax.com>,
> > > Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:10 -0500, David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a
> > >> >limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller
> > >> >"Under the Dome." DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking
> > >> >to set it up as an event series, likely for cable.
> > >>
> > >> So what Stephen King book or story *hasn't* been optioned for a movie
> > >> or TV series?
> >
> > >The Cannibals
> >
> > Which reportedly is now part of "Under the Dome". I won't be buying
> > UTD, though, since Mr. King had a snit and won't release it for
> > digital book until December 24th.
> Can you elaborate on this? I take it he's released it in
> other formats before digital? What sort of snit?
King didn't have anything to do with the fact that his publisher decided
to delay the release of the e-book version of the novel until December.
Scribner was worried that e-books would outcompete the hard copy
versions and decided to delay the e-book version for a month to tempt
the people with poor impulse control to buy the paper version.
King did, however, have a "snit" (if that's what you want to call mere
criticism) over the recent price war between Amazon, Target, and
Walmart, who are all selling his book and several other best-sellers
(Palin, Grisham, etc.) at deep discounts (for about $8.00 a piece). He
lamented that this would likely sound the death knell for many small
local bookstores who can't afford to take the losses that behemoths like
Walmart can do, and who can't compete at that level.
However, King's criticism of the big giant corporations had nothing to
do with the delay of the e-book version of his new novel. They're two
separate issues. And King himself has no control over when and how his
publisher releases the various versions of his book.
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <atropos-CD52F8...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <201120091301492064%in...@loclanet.com>,
> > Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <tt6dg55j1egbvkqt5...@4ax.com>, Captain
> > > Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Once Upon A Time,
> > > > David wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces
> > > > > to develop a limited series based on King's just-released
> > > > > supernatural thriller "Under the Dome."
> > > >
> > > > The Simpsons already did it.
> > > >
> > > And King iirc put the first part of Under The Dome online
> > > so fans could see he wasn't ripping off The Simpsons :)
> >
> > He put the first few chapters of "The Cannibals" online, which was the
> > precursor to what became "Under the Dome".
>
> Sounds like it's all a rip off of Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth.
It's basically King's take on "Lord of the Flies", but instead of kids
isolated on a tropical island, it's a town cut off from the rest of the
world. The dome is just the MacGuffin he uses to isolate the characters
from everyone else.
trotsky
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-F00D8...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <atropos-CD52F8...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
>> Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <201120091301492064%in...@loclanet.com>,
>>> Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <tt6dg55j1egbvkqt5...@4ax.com>, Captain
>>>> Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Once Upon A Time,
>>>>> David wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces
>>>>>> to develop a limited series based on King's just-released
>>>>>> supernatural thriller "Under the Dome."
>>>>> The Simpsons already did it.
>>>>>
>>>> And King iirc put the first part of Under The Dome online
>>>> so fans could see he wasn't ripping off The Simpsons :)
>>> He put the first few chapters of "The Cannibals" online, which was the
>>> precursor to what became "Under the Dome".
>> Sounds like it's all a rip off of Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth.
>
> It's basically King's take on "Lord of the Flies",
I thought that was "Children of the Corn." It sure is easy to get his
horseshit writings confused.
rdclark
> And, of course, the only real similarity between the two is the dome
> itself. The rest of the stories are vastly different.
And despite the title it's not even a dome. It's an athletic-sock
shaped force field.
Anim8rFSK
The only new book I've bought for the KindleDX was the Castle book,
which came out same day and date.
Anim8rFSK
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-F00D8...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <atropos-CD52F8...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> > Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <201120091301492064%in...@loclanet.com>,
> > > Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <tt6dg55j1egbvkqt5...@4ax.com>, Captain
> > > > Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Once Upon A Time,
> > > > > David wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces
> > > > > > to develop a limited series based on King's just-released
> > > > > > supernatural thriller "Under the Dome."
> > > > >
> > > > > The Simpsons already did it.
> > > > >
> > > > And King iirc put the first part of Under The Dome online
> > > > so fans could see he wasn't ripping off The Simpsons :)
> > >
> > > He put the first few chapters of "The Cannibals" online, which was the
> > > precursor to what became "Under the Dome".
> >
> > Sounds like it's all a rip off of Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth.
>
> It's basically King's take on "Lord of the Flies", but instead of kids
> isolated on a tropical island, it's a town cut off from the rest of the
> world. The dome is just the MacGuffin he uses to isolate the characters
> from everyone else.
So, what I said then. :)
The Bubble aka Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth aka The Zoo
in 3D!
Anim8rFSK
<dde45f74-0a98-4be8...@e31g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
rdclark <rdcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
say what?
rdclark
> In article
> <dde45f74-0a98-4be8-8e9f-21a0814f4...@e31g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> rdclark <rdcla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 20, 5:35 pm, Thanatos <atro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > > And, of course, the only real similarity between the two is the dome
> > > itself. The rest of the stories are vastly different.
>
> > And despite the title it's not even a dome. It's an athletic-sock
> > shaped force field.
>
> say what?
spoilers, I suppose
.
.
.
The force field precisely follows the political borders of the Maine
town it encloses, which the residents describe as being shaped
something like an athletic sock, and rises vertically straight up.
It's unclear exactly how far up it goes (I still have 200 of over 1000
pages to go, so it may yet be descibed more fully), but it's high
enough for a Boston-bound passenger jet to crash into, and at one
point it's described as poking through the local weather so that,
while the adjacent communities were experiencing cloud cover and rain,
the trapped citizens could look straight up and see stars. It's not
dome-shaped.
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article
> <1864877b-74ee-414f...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
> Ah, so it's not the hemisphere they just showed on the TV ad. :)
> thanks!
>
> If this thing is weather resistant I think they're in a lot of trouble.
Sound and EM radiation (light, cell phone calls, etc.) can pass through.
Air doesn't pass easily through, but small amounts do. As does water.
When the fireman were dousing a fire on the outside of it and turned
their hoses on it, a slight mist came through the other side. Likewise,
where the forcefield cut through a stream, most of the water backed up,
but there was a slight trickle coming through on the downstream side.
Brian Thorn
wrote:
>> Which reportedly is now part of "Under the Dome". I won't be buying
>> UTD, though, since Mr. King had a snit and won't release it for
>> digital book until December 24th.
>>
>> Bria
>
>Can you elaborate on this? I take it he's released it in other formats
>before digital? What sort of snit?
I thought the delay was from King himself, seeking to help small
bookstores. I stand corrected. That's what I get for reading comments
on Amazon.com without verifying.
Brian
Brian Thorn
wrote:
>> You know that is, so far, my biggest pet peeve with the Kindle.
>> Several of my favorite authors get released in hardcover days or weeks
>> before the Kindle version. The kind of favorites that I'd have bought
>> the hardcover the day it came out. Very frustrating.
>
>The only new book I've bought for the KindleDX was the Castle book,
>which came out same day and date.
Most books do. I had Brown's "Lost Symbol" on Kindle the day it was
released. That makes Scribner's delay of "Under the Dome" more
infuriating.
Brian
Captain Infinity
Anim8rFSK wrote:
>In article
><1864877b-74ee-414f...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
> rdclark <rdcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Ah, so it's not the hemisphere they just showed on the TV ad. :)
>thanks!
>
>If this thing is weather resistant I think they're in a lot of trouble.
Nah, all they need to do is find the sandbox with the sinkhole leading
outside. Then they can all move to Alaska.
**
Captain Infinity
peachy ashie passion
Dang! Why do I have to love the ones that don't???
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
rdclark
> > Sound and EM radiation (light, cell phone calls, etc.) can pass through.
> > Air doesn't pass easily through, but small amounts do. As does water.
> > When the fireman were dousing a fire on the outside of it and turned
> > their hoses on it, a slight mist came through the other side. Likewise,
> > where the forcefield cut through a stream, most of the water backed up,
> > but there was a slight trickle coming through on the downstream side.
>
> I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
Somebody says it smells like a room where a smoker lived up until six
months ago. A very evocative description if you happen to know that
smell! The "dome" (more like a vitrine) accrues gunk very quickly,
from dust to dead-bird detritus to big scorch marks. You can paint on
it, too.
I'm enjoying the book quite a bit, actually. It's a "popcorn novel."
Anim8rFSK
<d48ea8bf-36fe-4414...@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
rdclark <rdcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
cool :)
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
Invid Fan
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
Yes, but with no power coming in you have to burn something (gas, wood)
for cooking, light and heat. That's not good for the air supply :)
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
rdclark
> > I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
>
> I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
> up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
And nothing to make particulates rise, or wind to dissipate local
pollution.
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
Oh, 47,000 feet helps, I was picturing a plane coming in for a landing,
or flying about 300 feet in the air over the ocean like in LOST. :)
Anim8rFSK
Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
One wonders if you'd get a greenhouse effect for heat, but, yeah, light
and fuel are gonna become a problem fast. Bet they wish they had those
solar panels NOW.
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <231120091707058821%in...@loclanet.com>,
> Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <atropos-CF6F05...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> > Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-E7E8B...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
> > >
> > > I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
> > > up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
> >
> > Yes, but with no power coming in you have to burn something (gas, wood)
> > for cooking, light and heat. That's not good for the air supply :)
>
> One wonders if you'd get a greenhouse effect for heat, but, yeah, light
> and fuel are gonna become a problem fast. Bet they wish they had those
> solar panels NOW.
An awful lot of people have generators and lots of propane to run them
on hand. Seems odd to me, but then I don't live in rural Maine.
Thanatos
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <atropos-CF6F05...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-E7E8B...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <atropos-9506C3...@news.giganews.com>,
> > > Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-513B9...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > > > > If this thing is weather resistant I think they're in a lot of
> > > > > trouble.
> > > >
> > > > Sound and EM radiation (light, cell phone calls, etc.) can
> > > > pass through. Air doesn't pass easily through, but small amounts
> > > > do. As does water. When the fireman were dousing a fire on
> > > > the outside of it and turned their hoses on it, a slight mist
> > > > came through the other side. Likewise, where the forcefield
> > > > cut through a stream, most of the water backed up, but there
> > > > was a slight trickle coming through on the downstream side.
> > >
> > > I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
> >
> > I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
> > up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
>
> Oh, 47,000 feet helps, I was picturing a plane coming in for a landing,
> or flying about 300 feet in the air over the ocean like in LOST. :)
Plus, the dome isn't completely impermeable to air, so there's at least
some fresh stuff coming in.
Dimensional Traveler
--
"Dude. They've gone fractal."
Invid Fan
<atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-1D1C8...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <231120091707058821%in...@loclanet.com>,
> > Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <atropos-CF6F05...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> > > Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-E7E8B...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
> > > > up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
> > >
> > > Yes, but with no power coming in you have to burn something (gas, wood)
> > > for cooking, light and heat. That's not good for the air supply :)
> >
> > One wonders if you'd get a greenhouse effect for heat, but, yeah, light
> > and fuel are gonna become a problem fast. Bet they wish they had those
> > solar panels NOW.
>
> An awful lot of people have generators and lots of propane to run them
> on hand. Seems odd to me, but then I don't live in rural Maine.
The story mentioned a storm a year or three before that caused many to
get generators, and that power is usually lost a half dozen times in an
normal year. I know in Buffalo there were quite a few generator sales
after the ice storm of a couple years ago. Propane is also used for
outdoor grills, so having at least a full can won't be unusual.
Jack Bohn
There aren't a lot of satellites that get as far north as Maine,
so maybe the situation hasn't come up.
To escalate further; it could be whacking stars as the Earth
swings around, but we won't know for years and years.
--
-Jack
Thanatos
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > Oh, 47,000 feet helps, I was picturing a plane coming in for a landing,
> > or flying about 300 feet in the air over the ocean like in LOST. :)
> >
> Does it end at 47,000 feet or are satellites whacking into it?
I'm only about a third of the way through but so far that's where it
ends. The military flew fighter jets up and shot dummy missiles into it
until they found the top.
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-1D1C8...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <231120091707058821%in...@loclanet.com>,
> > Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <atropos-CF6F05...@news-wc.giganews.com>,
> > > Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-E7E8B...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I think that sounds like it's going to get stuffy pretty quickly.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know... an enclosed space at least seven miles wide, that goes
> > > > up at least 47,000 feet... that's a lot of air.
> > >
> > > Yes, but with no power coming in you have to burn something (gas, wood)
> > > for cooking, light and heat. That's not good for the air supply :)
> >
> > One wonders if you'd get a greenhouse effect for heat, but, yeah, light
> > and fuel are gonna become a problem fast. Bet they wish they had those
> > solar panels NOW.
>
> An awful lot of people have generators and lots of propane to run them
> on hand. Seems odd to me, but then I don't live in rural Maine.
Good point; I keep forgetting Maine is a different planet than I live on.
Anim8rFSK
Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
And it turns out the top was open, and "oopsie" :)