Here is a video of the shuttle Endeavour taking off from Cape Canaveral at 7:55pm ET on November 14, 2008. This video was shot from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida which is 220+ miles away. The weather was clear and no wind. What rarity for us to see it. We evensaw the booster separation.
At the end of the Florida Marlins game with the Washington Nationals, there were less than 200 fans in the stadium. At one point there was no one there to go get a foul ball in the stands. Unreal. Whta happened to the national pasttime?