Pieces of ‘fireball’ meteor that exploded over Mississippi are being found, NASA says

NOLA.com ^ | 2 May 2022 | MARK PRICE

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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.”

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Hopefully above the slosh when the Erf tips and the water tries to not move...

[Monkey Face]

Leftover pizza for breakfast is the best! Good for Frank! The Early Bird, and all that.

The shredding is DONE! Finished! Finally! Two bags of shred ready to go out.

Much to my chagrin, I need to use the A/C because otherwise, things “melt.” Looks like I’ll only get to wear my T-shirts if I have a long-sleeved shirt over them, and those are in short supply. (I miss the days when FS and I would head for thrift stores.)

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I’ve never been to New Zealand.

Me neither, but shaggy runs a B&B on the north island. It seems very nice (except for the government).

But then again so is California (except for the government)...

[Monkey Face]

SAD sucks, which is why I chose the desert for so many years. Perfect climate, great daylight hours, year-round. SAD doesn’t like me, either. Hang in there and invest in a good sun lamp specifically made for those of us with SAD.

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I have, and use, one.

That and chocolate take the edge off...

[Monkey Face]

You wouldn’t regret the Ozarks, at least once you got used to the humidity nine months of the year. But I suspect the north island of New Zealand would be humid as well. Just, take me with you, OK? (At least if you moved to the Ozarks, we could visit!)

[Monkey Face]

Good!

And chocolate takes the edge of a lot of things.

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I was raised in Hawai’i, South Carolina, and Florida.

[Tax-chick]

Warm.

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Humbug! Humidity and bugs!

[ArGee]

I understand the reason Hawaii doesn’t do the daylight savings time madness is their daylight is pretty consistent year round. It would probably be great for SAD.

Except for the government.

[Monkey Face]

Ah. Then you know.

I’ve lived in MO, SD IL and VA (as well as Coastal CA) but I was younger, then, and the humidity was easier to deal with. This is wreaking havoc on my lungs, but it will be easier to deal with next year. I hope!

[Monkey Face]

The government in most places is idiotic.

At least here, they don’t suffer fools for longer than one term.

[Tax-chick]

We vote our goofs out fairly often, but the new goofs aren’t that different.

[Monkey Face]

Most folks here aren’t into liberals, so if they do happen to get elected, they don’t necessarily last more than one term. There are exceptions, of course, but still....

[Monkey Face]

W00t! Good job!

I saw it earlier, but like so many things recently, I got side-tracked. My bad. :o]

[ArGee]

That’s not the case here, probably because the voters are also fools so they can’t tell the difference.

[HKMk23]

You just KNEW it would be a Siamese messing with the cables and wires.

[ArGee]

We get down on our knees and pray
We won’t be fooled again.

(But we are.)

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I was going to comment on half evil post # 333, but, you guessed it, I got sidetracked.