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 ...
Good show!!
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Good Morning!
Hopefully your FiL’s elbow heals up quickly...
Good to see everyone getting back into the Wordle swing... today I am happy to not face the stress of a sixth row guess:
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Not so great today, but at least it wasn’t X/6.
Still, if it had been, tomorrow is another day!
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Sweet little floof!
Just what I needed, for sure!
Good morning. I hope you slept well.
I have to sort pills today, but I need to call Kroger, first.
Then get rid of the corpses in the bathroom.
Good morning!
ArGee, I hope your F-I-L is better today. Is he putting ice on the elbow?
The forecasters say we *might* get a few drops of rain today. We’ll see. 🙏🙏
Pulled a five this morning.
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Toe beans! ♥️💖
Good job!
My brain said it was pretty rough, compared to yesterday’s.
His mom's face is a lot like Shannon's.
Back from a committee meeting. The next thing is taking James and Vlad back to camp staff. Sally phoned me to say Uptown Charlotte smells like rotten eggs, and the gas company is being cagey. I told her not to light a match!
Girls only weekend at the Cabin in the Woods. Four generations! Ok, we are allowing one boy. Niece is bringing her baby.
No electronics allowed through. If the world ends they will have to let us know in Morse code.
See y'all in a few days!
Rotten eggs is The Chemical! Most men don’t smell it, for some reason, and I had this on good authority when FS was barely three weeks old. Good thing we lived in navy housing, or who know how long it would have been before the leak was fixed.
I’ve had another busy morning and I’m sorry I did because it may make the difference come Sunday.
Mona took me to Kroger to get my prescription, and then I turned to on the field day.
The bathroom and kitchen floors have been swept clean of corpses of any kind and then were mopped, then a new layer of diatomaceous earth was put down to entice more things with more than four legs to become corpses.
Then I sorted my pills, and I’m thinking it must be time for me to take a break of some kind.
I’ll be glad when January comes so I can go to church at 0900 again instead of the current 1130. I’m already dead by then. The stamina is gone and pushing myself to continue it is how I got to where I am.
I think I will call the shelter while I’m sitting here doing nothing.
Enjoy your Cabin in the Woods!! I know you love it there, and it must be much more fun, now!
I’ll still ping you so you know where we are! ;o] (As if you didn’t know how to find us...)
Prayers for an uneventful time!
That DOES look like Shannon, doesn’t it?
They make Wordle swings?
Cool.
Have a wonderful time!
It sounds like you’ve been busy. I had a nap with Jake. The Spanish Volunteers are meeting tonight, and that goes very late.
Yes. Too busy. Once again, I didn’t allow myself to rest. I know better.
The Spanish Volunteers have a good time, don’t they? I hope your nap was a long one! ;o]
Over an hour, with some cat intervention. I like the Spanish Volunteers - just not staying up late!
They do... I sit in mine almost every morning...
That’s a beautiful kitteh-face. 😻
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