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Pieces of ‘fireball’ meteor that exploded over Mississippi are being found, NASA says
NOLA.com ^ | 2 May 2022 | MARK PRICE

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 ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; meteor; meteorite; meteors; mississippi; science
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To: Tax-chick; Allegra; zzeeman; HKMk23; ArGee; null and void

I’m still in the running for words!

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1,441 posted on 06/11/2022 4:58:08 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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To: Monkey Face; zzeeman; ArGee

Good morning and happy Saturday!

I hope the Other Folks get back safely.

Got back to the four-track.

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1,442 posted on 06/11/2022 6:24:37 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Monkey Face

Also, sending up a prayer that you get feeling much better very quickly.


1,443 posted on 06/11/2022 6:26:03 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra

The Other Folks got in around 1700 last evening, after a 3-hour lay-over in Chicago. They spent the night at the TWA hotel at JFK, giving them time to charge their phones, then flew to Chicago and home.

I haven’t heard from them today, yet, but that doesn’t mean anything. I know they’re up because Favorite Son has already posted on Facebook. They probably went to Walmart, as they need food, after a 3-week absence.

Good job on the Wordle!


1,444 posted on 06/11/2022 6:53:28 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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To: Allegra

Thanks!

I’ll be happy if my mind acts like it belongs to me instead of some space alien.


1,445 posted on 06/11/2022 6:54:47 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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To: ArGee

Does the “I” in CIO stand for information? Maybe she takes it too seriously. However, “Lighten up, Francis” doesn’t always go over too well.


1,446 posted on 06/11/2022 7:57:02 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Tax-chick

Seems like yours have mellowed over the years. Our fifteen-year-old feral’s growl is still mistaken for one of the dogs’when heard from behind a closed door or when I’m on the phone.


1,447 posted on 06/11/2022 8:02:30 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Silentgypsy

Both Jake and Shannon have slowed down.


1,448 posted on 06/11/2022 9:08:33 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

400th Wordle
98% won
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4 - 155
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6 - 31


1,449 posted on 06/11/2022 11:42:33 AM PDT by null and void (We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Allegra; HKMk23; ArGee; null and void

Good Saturday Afternoon!

Four track again for me today...

Glad that the Other People got back safe and sound!

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1,450 posted on 06/11/2022 12:12:48 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: HKMk23

Good show!!

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1,451 posted on 06/11/2022 12:14:10 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: null and void

Nice stats!!

👍🏻


1,452 posted on 06/11/2022 12:17:28 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: null and void

Good for you!


1,453 posted on 06/11/2022 1:25:54 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: zzeeman

Good starting words help.


1,454 posted on 06/11/2022 3:06:38 PM PDT by null and void (We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
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To: null and void

Did I happen to mention I have a patent written in French?

I wonder how that happened?


1,455 posted on 06/11/2022 6:28:27 PM PDT by null and void (We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
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1,456 posted on 06/12/2022 3:04:06 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: null and void

Canada?


1,457 posted on 06/12/2022 3:04:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: null and void

Excellent job, Nully. Tyson helped, didn’t he?


1,458 posted on 06/12/2022 4:48:14 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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To: zzeeman

Thanks!

I still haven’t seen them, but they’ll show up today.


1,459 posted on 06/12/2022 4:48:59 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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To: Tax-chick

Yep that would be me.

Good morning. Did you have a good night?

I got sidetracked several times before actually getting here. Now I’m waiting for the water to get hot. The recovery time for it is longer than I’ve ever seen for a 40-gallon tank, and this one is about 20.

I’ve been trying to catch up on stuff that came in overnight. Sometimes, it’s nothing and sometimes it takes an hour to weed through stuff. I’ve been reading about our Founder. He’s improving, thank goodness.

The space heater in the bathroom died, and I figured it was about time, so I’m not disappointed. It’s three years old. It’s a good thing I have a second one.

I went outside yesterday to get the mail and I wanted to stay for a while. The heat from the sun felt so good. But the air was too thick.


1,460 posted on 06/12/2022 4:58:46 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow." TM)
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