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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

Way to go!!


2,481 posted on 07/16/2022 9:29:58 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra; zzeeman

Thanks, guys! 💖💖


2,482 posted on 07/16/2022 9:42:18 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; zzeeman; null and void; HKMk23; Tax-chick; Harmless Teddy Bear; ArGee; Silentgypsy

This is no kitteh ping, but it’s the best I could do!

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2,483 posted on 07/17/2022 3:40:42 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; Allegra; null and void; HKMk23; Tax-chick; Harmless Teddy Bear; ArGee; Silentgypsy
Felix
2,484 posted on 07/17/2022 5:45:40 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

Back on the four train today...

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2,485 posted on 07/17/2022 5:47:15 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Monkey Face; zzeeman; ArGee

A blessed Lord’s Day to all!

Felix the cat…the wonderful, wonderful cat…

Back on the four-train as well. Letter elimination made that happen.

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2,486 posted on 07/17/2022 6:05:18 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra; zzeeman

Good job, the two of you!! Woo-hoo!


2,487 posted on 07/17/2022 6:50:46 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
We are back.

What did we learn this weekend?

Well... we learned to be very specific about what we tell the younger ones.

When telling them that red heads should put on the stronger sunscreen you should clarify that they should put it on their skin, not in their hair.

Their mom claims they did it in all innocence. I have my doubts. :)

I also learned that my squirmy little one will sit quietly for well over two hours in order to get a young bunny to come within grabbing distance.

She leaned that young cottontails, when grabbed, will scream. Loudly.

All in all it was a bunch of fun.

2,488 posted on 07/17/2022 3:34:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Welcome home!

That sounds like an absolutely terrific weekend!

It’s been a very long time since I’ve been around little ones, either alone or in groups of any size, but I think it would be extremely enjoyable to see all the learning take place.

I’m very happy that it turned out well for everyone!


2,489 posted on 07/18/2022 12:47:48 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: Monkey Face

It was in my post. Every number you say gets increased by one. So be-nine spiders become be-ten spiders.

He told about the time he was a Leuelevenant in the Army Air Fiveses.


2,490 posted on 07/18/2022 4:20:10 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: Allegra

His elbow is fine. Thanks for asking. But he tripped and fell yesterday so we’ll see how today goes.

Tylenol is amazing.


2,491 posted on 07/18/2022 4:21:55 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: ArGee

Ah. Well, see that would take some thinking on my part, since I’m not familiar with that particular Victor Borge stunt, so thank you very much for the explanation!


2,492 posted on 07/18/2022 4:24:05 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: dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...
Happy Monday, everyone. Let's see if I can help out here.

I hope everyone is enjoying summer.


2,493 posted on 07/18/2022 4:24:22 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: ArGee

I’ll give him a 10 for innovation!

Good morning!

I hope you had a good weekend. How does Princess Dog like her new food?


2,494 posted on 07/18/2022 4:32:47 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: ArGee; Allegra; zzeeman; null and void; HKMk23; Harmless Teddy Bear; Tax-chick; Silentgypsy

Here’s my laundry day effort.

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2,495 posted on 07/18/2022 4:35:04 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

She loves it. She can’t finish the transition to her new food fast enough. Since the bag is 22 lbs (we used to by 11 lb bags) it won’t fit in the container we have. She just stands by the bag of new food and sniffs it whenever we let her.


2,496 posted on 07/18/2022 4:40:50 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: Monkey Face

She loves it. She can’t finish the transition to her new food fast enough. Since the bag is 22 lbs (we used to by 11 lb bags) it won’t fit in the container we have. She just stands by the bag of new food and sniffs it whenever we let her.


2,497 posted on 07/18/2022 4:40:50 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: ArGee

Is that a echo?

Today’s effort was good.

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2,498 posted on 07/18/2022 4:41:27 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: Monkey Face; zzeeman; ArGee

Way to go!

It took me five.

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2,499 posted on 07/18/2022 5:13:08 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra

!


2,500 posted on 07/18/2022 5:24:35 AM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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