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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: ArGee; Monkey Face; Allegra; Tax-chick; null and void; HKMk23; Silentgypsy

Good Morning!

Yet another struggle session:

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1,961 posted on 06/29/2022 6:01:14 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman; Monkey Face

Good morning!

Wordle is getting weird. That’s the only reason I was able to get it in four. I went with the recent wackiness. LOL

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1,962 posted on 06/29/2022 6:45:40 AM PDT by Allegra
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For as bad as I’m feeling this turned out pretty well.

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1,963 posted on 06/29/2022 6:48:44 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: Allegra

I used a totally inane word for my second one, just to eliminate letters.

Some days, that’s the only way I can find the solution.


1,964 posted on 06/29/2022 6:50:57 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

I failed at Wordle today. I had 4 letters in the correct place and had 3 bites at the apple for the fifth letter. I needed one, maybe two more bites than I had.


1,965 posted on 06/29/2022 8:17:50 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

I do the same thing. If my starter word doesn’t yield much, I throw a completely different word in the second row to find or eliminate letters. (As I did today.)

Are you feeling any better today?


1,966 posted on 06/29/2022 8:58:20 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: null and void

I have days like that, too. Just one more line would have done it.


1,967 posted on 06/29/2022 9:23:20 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: Allegra

I’m feeling off and on today. Common with a relapse, but then, some days are worse than others. Thanks for asking, though! 💖


1,968 posted on 06/29/2022 9:24:48 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: Allegra
Wordle is getting weird.

I am finding that the strategy of trying to figure out which of the possible words is most common used is no longer working all that well... it seems that the less frequently used words are the right choice...

🤷🏽‍♂️

1,969 posted on 06/29/2022 9:30:02 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Monkey Face

Good Show!

👍🏻

I hope that you will be feeling better soon...


1,970 posted on 06/29/2022 9:31:05 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

Thanks!

Unfortunately, everything about the disease is unpredictable, so all I can do is just hang on and let it have its way with me! Fighting it only makes it worse.


1,971 posted on 06/29/2022 11:24:53 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

I came back then fell asleep. Nice time.


1,972 posted on 06/29/2022 1:29:39 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Good deal! A nap after an outing is always a win!


1,973 posted on 06/29/2022 1:53:29 PM 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: ArGee

I was ‘eluded’ yesterday, and ran out of tries before I ran out of possible correct answers.

TODAY, however...
[OK. I get that it’s already ‘tomorrow’ for you, but it’s still ‘today’ for me.]

I guessed this 5-letter word in 3/6 tries.

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Can you guess this word?
https://wordlegame.org?challenge=dG93ZXI


when I was in college I and my friends came up with a rule that it cannot be ‘tomorrow’ until one has slept 4hrs in a row. I had a few long ‘todays’ as a result. A corollary effect; one who never sleeps at least 4hrs can be said to “sleep like there’s no tomorrow.”


1,974 posted on 06/29/2022 10:42:53 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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1,975 posted on 06/30/2022 3:13:41 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 Friday Eve!

The reasonable temps will hold on for one more day, then heat. I guess we’ll just be glad for one more day.

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1,976 posted on 06/30/2022 4:30:45 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: Tax-chick

Kitteh doin’ a selfie!

Good morning. I hope you slept well.

Pill sorting day. Unngh.


1,977 posted on 06/30/2022 4:53:55 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

Not bad. No cat! I turned off my alarm and slept in until 5:45.


1,978 posted on 06/30/2022 4:55:19 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: ArGee; Allegra; Tax-chick; zzeeman; null and void; HKMk23; Silentgypsy

Wow. Friday Eve already?

I don’t know how I did it, but I did it.

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1,979 posted on 06/30/2022 5:12:53 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

Good!

I turned off my alarm but only “slept” 30 minutes longer. Unngh.


1,980 posted on 06/30/2022 5:44:51 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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