MOSI

Today Dorcas and I visited the Museum of Science and Industry, MOSI. It was a dreary rainy day and a great day to visit a museum. MOSI is a sprawling museum with four floors of exhibits including many hands-on activities. Much of the second floor is devoted to natural disasters, particularly hurricanes. Dorcas and I got to go into a wind tunnel that produces hurricane force winds (74+ mph). Its kinda like holding your head out the window driving down the interstate. We also saw a pencil cannon, where they shot a No. 2 wooden pencil through a 1/2" piece of plywood. I want one of those. Later we saw an IMAX film "The Deep" narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslate. Finally we saw a very cool planetarium show. Once a month the astronomy folks have an outdoor viewing. We will be in Tampa on Feb 20 when they will view the lunar eclipse, so we hope to catch that.