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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

Not bad, thanks. Jake has been ignoring me recently, which is nice.

We had rain last night. Enjoy the shower!


3,161 posted on 08/05/2022 4:38:07 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Thanks, yes, the last row was done with my holding my breath! :o])


3,162 posted on 08/05/2022 4:38:27 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Who keeps not his arms in times of peace, will have no arms in times of war. Scots-Gaelic proverb.)
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To: Monkey Face

Whatever it takes!


3,163 posted on 08/05/2022 5:51:54 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I’m pretty sure that everyone playing has at least one streak ender... some of them have been tricky lately...


3,164 posted on 08/05/2022 5:57:29 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Monkey Face; ArGee; Harmless Teddy Bear; Allegra; Tax-chick; null and void; HKMk23

Good Friday Morning!

As I said above: “I’m pretty sure that everyone playing has at least one streak ender... some of them have been tricky lately...”

Wordle 412 X/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩

This streak ended at 88 for me... new start tomorrow!


3,165 posted on 08/05/2022 6:11:02 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

Good try!

I wonder if we’ll get a break next week, since this week has been so horrendous!


3,166 posted on 08/05/2022 6:29:02 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Who keeps not his arms in times of peace, will have no arms in times of war. Scots-Gaelic proverb.)
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To: Tax-chick
Kitten will accept Little Friskies cat snacks or a spider.

What a cute little kitten. My Mićko will share some of his Temptations treats with him/her.

As long as it doesn’t cut in to his supply.

3,167 posted on 08/05/2022 7:00:09 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: NicknamedBob
I don’t mind it when it rains. It keeps my well full.

I don’t either. I like sun. I like rain. I hate droughts. (sigh…)

3,168 posted on 08/05/2022 7:02:13 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Monkey Face; zzeeman; ArGee; Harmless Teddy Bear

Happy Friday! I hope everybody has a nice weekend coming up.

They’ve been using one letter in particular a lot lately. So I went to it this morning and landed on the four-train.

Wordle 412 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


3,169 posted on 08/05/2022 7:06:40 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: zzeeman
This streak ended at 88 for me... new start tomorrow!

Aw, man…

88’s a great streak, though. I haven’t had one go that long. Way to go!

3,170 posted on 08/05/2022 7:09:04 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra
They’ve been using one letter in particular a lot lately.

Yes, I noticed... went with it on row one and got it confirmed... a lucky row two gave me two key letter positions... and I still managed to blow it!!

😂🤣😂

3,171 posted on 08/05/2022 7:18:54 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Allegra

Good job!

I’m not good at spotting patterns, these days, though at one time I was. I’m glad to know there are still people who can do it, and that it all hasn’t been turned over to AI.

My weekend will be quiet. But they usually are!


3,172 posted on 08/05/2022 7:20:49 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Who keeps not his arms in times of peace, will have no arms in times of war. Scots-Gaelic proverb.)
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To: Monkey Face

Under the assumption that the solution words are picked randomly from a list, then we should get some “easy” ones soon!


3,173 posted on 08/05/2022 7:53:30 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman; Allegra

I’m also guilty of that! LOL!


3,174 posted on 08/05/2022 8:33:30 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Who keeps not his arms in times of peace, will have no arms in times of war. Scots-Gaelic proverb.)
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To: ArGee; ColdOne; Conspiracy Guy; Cyber Liberty; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan; ...

Yeah, my 3’s lag my 5’s by 2%.
My 4’s are WAY out in the lead, aided by this latest.

I guessed this 5-letter word in 4/6 tries.

🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟨🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Can you guess this word?
https://wordlegame.org?challenge=c2hhbGU


3,175 posted on 08/05/2022 10:11:39 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: HKMk23

You GO, guy!! Woo-hoo! Good stats!


3,176 posted on 08/05/2022 10:27:48 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Who keeps not his arms in times of peace, will have no arms in times of war. Scots-Gaelic proverb.)
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To: zzeeman

Can you do that all the time?

Like, if you said, “I’m pretty sure ArGee is due to win the lottery,” would I win the lottery?

Because I’ll cut you in for a huge percent.


3,177 posted on 08/05/2022 12:38:38 PM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
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To: zzeeman

No, easy is only 4 letters.


3,178 posted on 08/05/2022 12:39:54 PM 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

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice! I am back with a 3 today.
A streak of 1. :)


3,179 posted on 08/05/2022 12:56:51 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Tax-chick
Such a cute kittah.

Looks like a kittah that would never lounge on a half finished quilt in the sewing center where he is not suppose to be leaving enough orange hair to knit another three cats.

Not that I am pointing fingers or anything.

3,180 posted on 08/05/2022 1:01:02 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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