Posted on 05/03/2022 7:07:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom,' NASA says
The “bright fireball” was traveling at 35,000 mph when it exploded at 8:03 a.m. with the “energy equivalent of 3 tons of TNT,” according to NASA Meteor Watch, the agency's project that tracks fireball activity.
“Existing law states that any meteorites belong to the owner of the property on which they fell; out of respect for the privacy of those in the area, we will not disclose the locations of these finds,”
And finding anything of value is likely harder than you think.
“The pieces from this object were way too small to leave a crater. Unlike what you see in the movies, meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom’ that blast holes in the ground. In fact, you can pick one up right after it hits ground. So no smoking rocks in small craters.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
IIRC, a weak Texas accent is when “well” is only 2 syllables instead of 3.
LOL! I grew up all over the place as a Navy brat, so whatever accent I have is very slight from having lived here most of my adult life.
I’m going to be a little scarce around these here parts for a couple days.
Headed out of town to honor and memorialize a much beloved boss.
My sincere condolences for your loss. I’ll send up a prayer.
Safe travels.
He passed last year, memorial was on a COVID delay...
I’m sorry for your loss Nully.
Safe travels.
I’ve been scarce because my interwebs has been down since shortly after noon yesterday, Friday. I have no idea when it will be back up. 😐
What a great little kitteh!
Good morning. How was your night?
I finally have interwebs this morning, but golly, it was a long dry spell! Even traveling, I was able to access the webs, but this was ridiculous. I had to go back to DVDs, which I haven’t done since Hurricane!
What’s on your agenda for today? Anything fun?
At least I’m still in the running, though how long this will last is anyone’s guess!
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I very lucky starter word will do that...
Oh, thanks for that... I was trying to think of that a few weeks ago... I couldn't come up with it...
I can sympathize with that... often only have the phone hotspot available lately....
Good Saturday Morning!
Hoping that everyone has a nice weekend lined up...
Starting here with a four spot:
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Happy Saturday! I’m back on the four-track.
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Condolences, and safe traveling...
Yay!
I hate using my phone for FR, because I have neuropathy in my fingertips. It’s hard to touch the right things on the screen to bring it to a readable size. So I’m grateful that it’s back up! It was out for close to 18 hours, as near as I can figure.
Congrats on your restoration of Webs!
We’re back from a church meeting followed by the Cub Scouts’ end-of-term do, and I’m feeling like naptime.
I hope your nap is restful!
Thanks! It was wicked being without it. But I do have plenty of DVDs and the phone worked so it was OK. I didn’t like it, because I’m pretty much confined to home, but some things can’t be avoided.
I don’t suppose we’ll ever know the cause of it, but that’s OK, too.
Mona was here for a bit today. One of the more obnoxious neighbors seems to be spending a few days as a guest of the county. He has no idea what a topic of conversation he is! I’ve gotten it from two people and an insinuation from a third.
And, we seem to have a new neighbor. He may not like it here once he finds out this place is a rumor mill.
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