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Fireball caught on video in Alabama, Georgia
wvtm ^
 | 08/18/2018
Posted on 08/18/2018 9:36:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says numerous people saw a very bright streak early Friday. A statement and video posted on Facebook says an analysis shows the meteor was first seen at an altitude of about 58 miles (93 kilometers) above rural Turkeytown, which is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Birmingham. 
The office estimates a small asteroid about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter then broke apart about 18 miles (29 kilometers) above the town of Oak Grove. It was at least 40 times as bright as the full moon at one point.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: alabama; astronomy; birmingham; catastrophism; georgia; goodnessgracious; oakgrove; science; turkeytown; xl5
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:36:06 PM PDT
by 
BenLurkin
 
To: BenLurkin
    We wuz out drinkin’ our Keystone Lite, when this big old fireball done shot across the sky. Cousin Eddie had his shotgun and wannatd to shoot the dern thing but his wife, which happens to be his daughter, said not to and to get some sleep so we can bring in the chickens in the morning.
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    As long as you got your ‘Stones.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:43:07 PM PDT
by 
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
 
To: BenLurkin
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:50:41 PM PDT
by 
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:51:17 PM PDT
by 
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact.  It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    Let me guess. You are 4 foot 3 with a proportionate tally whacker. I keep seeing you on threads and you have that angry short man short PP vibe. Dude, just learn how to use it. I dated a woman 6 foot 7 as a 5 foot 10 man and she was over the top. When we were nose to nose I used my toes. When we were toe to toe I used my nose.
Quit being an ahole just cause you are short.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:52:56 PM PDT
by 
LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
(TRUMP TRAIN !!!   Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    Way to go, Hoss. You just insulted a whole state full of good people with that.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 9:53:01 PM PDT
by 
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
 
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
    Two words for somebody from Wisconsin insulting someone from Alabama:
Ed Gein.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:01:57 PM PDT
by 
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
 
To: fieldmarshaldj
    Oh I can add two so we have four.
Jeffrey Dahmer
The wee wee eater. Probably would pass on EEE’s since it is so small.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:05:04 PM PDT
by 
LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
(TRUMP TRAIN !!!   Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    “It came out of the sky
 just alittle shy
 of Moline.”
 Jody fell off his tractor
 couldn't believe what he seen.
 It was Brenner's security clearance crashing and burning.
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:12:39 PM PDT
by 
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    Ain’t Fireball a type of hard liquor?
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:26:53 PM PDT
by 
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    ...bring in the chickens in the morning.You don't even know how to making up a credible insult. Chickens roost in the henhouse at night, you do not "bring them in" in the morning.
I was born in Ala-damn-bama and you are not as funny as your clueless Wisconsin ignorance about Alabama.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:29:01 PM PDT
by 
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
 
To: Steely Tom
    Thanks for posting the vids. Second one was the best. Showed a bunch of different views.
 
To: Deaf Smith
    Was it Deep Purple? 
  
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:39:01 PM PDT
by 
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
 
To: BenLurkin
    I confess. I did it. The old ‘’dry cleaning bag filled with marsh gas’’ trick. Sorry. Was just havin’ some fun... ya know....
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 10:57:40 PM PDT
by 
jmacusa
(Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
 
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
    Hey, you still pushin’ the Sessions and Rosenstein are white hats gaslighting, Extremist? Stupidest crap I had ever read on FreeRepublic.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2018 11:30:27 PM PDT
by 
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
 
To: Nifster
    #11. Nah. Fireball is a type of race-car event. I think there was one called the Fireball 500.
 
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
    😂😂😂
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posted on 
08/19/2018 12:33:53 AM PDT
by 
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
 
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
     I think there was one called the Fireball 500.One of the worst movies ever. It was so bad that when I started ad libbing dialog, the theater audience busted up laughing.
 
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posted on 
08/19/2018 12:35:18 AM PDT
by 
Jeff Chandler
(President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
 
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
    Youre thinking of ol #22, Fireball Roberts.
 
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posted on 
08/19/2018 12:36:53 AM PDT
by 
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
 
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