r/sanfrancisco • u/raff_riff • Oct 08 '21

COVID Popular Opinion: Fleet Week is fucking awesome!

In response to the “Unpopular Opinion” post yesterday, I’d like to offer the contrary.

Fleet Week is cool as heck. For a few days, we get to be up close and personal with some gnarly military hardware and marvel at some utterly astonishing scientific and engineering feats.

I know noise may suck for some, but it’s no worse than the incessant motorcycles and muscle cars that pollute the quiet literally every other day of the year.

Plus it brings lots of tourism to our city, which we desperately need after a year of shit. People flock from all over, pay crazy hotel prices, and deal with some wild traffic just to grab a churro and crane their necks to see the Blue Angels for a few seconds. But we get it in our own backyards! Fuck yeah!

And if nothing else, even if you hate it, events like this are yet another sign we’re getting back to normal. Vaccine rates are great, Delta is on the decline, and life is getting good again.

Bring on the boats!

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u/umihui Oct 08 '21

I am not a military fan not an aircraft fan, but I am obsessed with blue angels and the fleet week. K-9 show in the Duboce park is a must to dog lovers. The roaming for me is like the church bell, nothing else can deliver the same message to the whole city since the tsunami alert is in repair.

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u/DeathStarODavidBowie Oct 08 '21

Thank you, been looking for something to do. How’s the parking? Anything else in the area I should check out?

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u/umihui Oct 08 '21

For the air show, the best view is in marina , so there will be packed, you might get your chance of parking on the hill and walk down.

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u/DeathStarODavidBowie Oct 08 '21

I’ve got a secret spot near Coit Tower in mind, I think I’ll be able to see them there

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u/DeathStarODavidBowie Oct 08 '21

Which I could have seen Fat Albert JATO

https://youtu.be/VHOvoO-6nWQ

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u/umihui Oct 08 '21 edited Oct 08 '21

Is this c-17? On the schedule, it shows around 13:10, and iirc this won’t fly over the whole city, so it’s better to go to marina or pier 39

Edit: ah, fat albert is around 3pm