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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

I run out of rows.....

😯


3,521 posted on 08/15/2022 8:21:17 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Allegra

Yeah, this time I had 3 letters in the right place on the 2nd try and had only ruled out 6 letters.

So I was thinking of trying to guess from about 15 letters using 2 at a time and what my chances were of doing it in the 4 remaining tries.

I broke down and picked a letter elimination word.

I was able to rule out 4 more and pick up an additional letter (not in the right place) with that guess or who knows what might have happened.


3,522 posted on 08/15/2022 8:29:43 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: zzeeman

Man, that’s the pits! Tomorrow is another day, though. Hang in there. I don’t know about you, but when I do that, it only hurts when I laugh!


3,523 posted on 08/15/2022 9:52:37 AM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Dear Past: Thank you for all the lessons. Dear Future: I am ready for you. ~~ )
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To: ArGee; ColdOne; Conspiracy Guy; Cyber Liberty; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan; ...

Happy to kick off the week with a good Wordle.

I guessed this 5-letter word in 2/6 tries.

🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Can you guess this word?
https://wordlegame.org?challenge=cmFpc2U


3,524 posted on 08/15/2022 12:38:52 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: Monkey Face

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Got it in four today.
I am going to have to start paying closer attention to what the word does NOT end with.
How do you tell what number the Wordle puzzle is?


3,525 posted on 08/15/2022 1:16:11 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: Harmless Teddy Bear

I did the Wall Street Journal crossword puzzle.


3,526 posted on 08/15/2022 1:36:38 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick
You are a better woman then I Gunga Din!

If you did it in ink I will call you Ma'am.

3,527 posted on 08/15/2022 1:41:19 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: Harmless Teddy Bear

Nah, I did it on the website. Sometimes I do it in the paper, but I use a pencil!


3,528 posted on 08/15/2022 1:46:42 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

With the version I use, the puzzle number comes with the sharable boxes.


3,529 posted on 08/15/2022 2:07:20 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: Tax-chick

How many tries?

Oh, wait, it doesn’t work that way.

Nevermind.


3,530 posted on 08/15/2022 2:08:58 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: Harmless Teddy Bear

See post #3501.

When you click on the finished puzzle to copy it, it automatically has the data concerning that particular puzzle.

You can go back to today’s puzzle to click on the upper right corner — three little veritcal bars.

That has all the info for the puzzle.

When you’ve finished the day’s puzzle there should be a drop-down menu with your stats. The lower right-hand corner has the copy and paste feature. Otherwise, it’s the three bars in the upper right.


3,531 posted on 08/15/2022 2:14:47 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Dear Past: Thank you for all the lessons. Dear Future: I am ready for you. ~~ )
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To: ArGee

It has a timer, but I don’t try to do it non-stop: I wander around doing cleanup things and letting cats in and out.


3,532 posted on 08/15/2022 2:27:30 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee; Allegra; Harmless Teddy Bear; zzeeman; HKMk23; null and void; All

Well, I’m so far behind today, I’ll never catch up to anybody doing anything, so I’m going to take my silly self to bed and see if I can make sense of anything I read. Probably not, at this rate.


3,533 posted on 08/15/2022 2:35:04 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Dear Past: Thank you for all the lessons. Dear Future: I am ready for you. ~~ )
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To: Monkey Face

Yeah. I’ve had a couple of days where it’s like, “Where’s the ‘Reboot’ button?”


3,534 posted on 08/15/2022 2:43:32 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: Monkey Face

Take care of you and have a good rest!


3,535 posted on 08/15/2022 2:54:19 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: Monkey Face

I hope you have a good night. Frank is cleaning up from a leftovers meal.


3,536 posted on 08/15/2022 2:56:41 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Allegra; HKMk23; Monkey Face

Yay, it’s raining!


3,537 posted on 08/15/2022 3:09:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick; zzeeman

Yay! I’m jealous. We’re *hoping* to *maybe* get a little rain late this week or early next week.


3,538 posted on 08/15/2022 3:41:40 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra

Jake got wet. Serves him right: he insisted on going out as the clouds got darker.

It wasn’t a lot of rain, but a decent watering for the plants.


3,539 posted on 08/15/2022 4:00:56 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Oh, rain! Could SURE use summa that; gonna be over a hunner degrees tomarra. And DRY. Perilously dry.


3,540 posted on 08/15/2022 9:58:11 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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