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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: Monkey Face

-00!

Sunday went well. I’m glad your laundry was accomplished, and I hope you have a successful nap!


1,901 posted on 06/27/2022 3:13:49 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...

Good morning. Happy Monday!

We have rain. The warm temps are supposed to break after the rain is done, but they’ll be back at the end of the week. Not 3 digits, Zz, but warm for here.

I’m still noodling on the wordle (or wordling in the noodle?). I’ll be back.


1,902 posted on 06/27/2022 4:25:40 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: Monkey Face

w00t!


1,903 posted on 06/27/2022 4:26:16 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: ArGee

More four.

If that isn’t the strangest looking rhyme.

Wordle 373 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


1,904 posted on 06/27/2022 4:27:59 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: ArGee

Good morning. Congratulations on your Wordle success. I scrubbed the dryer filter. It was gunky.


1,905 posted on 06/27/2022 4:48:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Gunky filters are not welcome. Good job taking care of it.


1,906 posted on 06/27/2022 5:28:50 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: ArGee; Allegra; zzeeman; HKMk23; null and void; Tax-chick; Silentgypsy; fanfan

I wasn’t sure I could pull this together, but I did. My heart was in my mouth for a minute!

Wordle 373 5/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


1,907 posted on 06/27/2022 5:59:22 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
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To: Tax-chick

Thanks!

I still have to hang the dainties, but I’m not doing all that well today.

The nap wasn’t long enough but I can sleep in tomorrow, so it’s all good. Maybe I can sleep some of the symptoms off.

FD and TG are officially in their new home and enjoying every minute of it. I have a housewarming gift that was going in the donation pile until I asked her if she wanted it. It won’t fit any of the boxes I have so I’m not sure how to send it to them. I’m guessing I’ll take it to UPS on the 6th, on my way home from the pain clinic.

It’s overcast today, and quite a bit cooler, and I’m not sure I like it. There’s no place to warm up!


1,908 posted on 06/27/2022 6:17:45 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
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To: Tax-chick

Gunky dryer filters are hazardous to one’s health.


1,909 posted on 06/27/2022 6:18:24 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
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To: Tax-chick

Wow! Two cards from NC in today’s mail! Woo-hoo!


1,910 posted on 06/27/2022 6:19:52 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
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To: Monkey Face; ArGee; Allegra; HKMk23; null and void; Tax-chick; Silentgypsy

Good Monday Morning!

Well, the forecast rain overnight turned out to be a bust...which is a sore disappointment... but there are no triple digit highs in the 10 day outlook... so there’s that... (and maybe some rain at the end of the week! 🤞🏻)...

After what I thought was a good start, happy to be on the four train:

Wordle 373 4/6

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


1,911 posted on 06/27/2022 6:22:13 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

We have zero precipitation in all 14 days of the 10 day forecast.


1,912 posted on 06/27/2022 6:44:08 AM PDT by null and void (If I had a buck for every girl that found me unattractive, they would eventually find me attractive!)
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To: Monkey Face

Heart and mouth are two good wordle words.


1,913 posted on 06/27/2022 6:59:25 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: zzeeman

Start and happy are also good wordle words.


1,914 posted on 06/27/2022 7:00:59 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: Monkey Face; zzeeman; ArGee

Good morning! Water fell out of the sky late last night and a little more is forecast for late this afternoon or early evening. And the forecast for the next several days only shows highs in two digits. So yay!

And posting up my second three in a row. Yes, the words lately have been a little odd.

Wordle 373 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


1,915 posted on 06/27/2022 7:03:22 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: ArGee
Heart and mouth are two good wordle words.

My BFF uses “mouth” as one of her starter words.

1,916 posted on 06/27/2022 7:04:40 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: null and void

Well, we will see if the 0.26” late Friday into Saturday pans out... I’m not making book on it...


1,917 posted on 06/27/2022 7:08:33 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: ArGee

😂


1,918 posted on 06/27/2022 7:09:18 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Allegra

Ahh, so you were in one of the fortunate areas that actually saw some rain fall... we missed out...

😕

Good job on putting up consecutive three spots!

👍🏻


1,919 posted on 06/27/2022 7:14:06 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

Not much rain fell, but we’ll take what we can get. And it was a nice sound for a few minutes. 😃

I hope you’ll see some later today or later this week.


1,920 posted on 06/27/2022 7:30:05 AM PDT by Allegra
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