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

NOLA.com ^ | 2 May 2022 | MARK PRICE

[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.”

[Monkey Face]

W00t!!

[Monkey Face]

Good job, all of you!

[zzeeman]

Thanks! I haven’t gotten one of those in quite some time... just stumbled into it today...

[Monkey Face]

It was probably your turn! ;o]

[ArGee]

Maybe GLK didn’t like it so dry.

Would that be incompatible differences?

[ArGee]

I put my phone into do-not-disturb mode between 10pm and 7am. Messages or calls from people in the favorites group get through. Nothing else does.

[ArGee]

w00t!

[Monkey Face]

Ah. OK. I’ll look for that and see if I can make it work. Thanks!

[Monkey Face]

I dunno, but GLK worked just fine until about six months before I got here. Then it quit. Now it’s working again. I like it!

[HKMk23]

My mid-morning match made me mull mightily a minute...

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

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

[Tax-chick]

We went to the library and then to buy a few vegetable plants: cabbage and broccoli. We’ll plant them later. Now it’s nap time!

[ArGee]

Brain seeds and plant seeds.

That’s a good combo.

[NicknamedBob]

"Brain seeds and plant seeds.

That’s a good combo."

Stay away from the body pod seeds. < / Voice of Experience >

[ArGee]

[Tax-chick]

The zombies will be confused when the arrive.

[Tax-chick]

Facebooooooood!

[Tax-chick]

James have been officially offered the job with the town parks! (Assuming they pass their drug and background checks, which they will.)

[Monkey Face]

I have the original movie AND the book!

Scared my little self in that movie, but then, B&W scary movies are the best!

[Monkey Face]

Congratulations to the James! I see no problem whatsoever with them passing the drug and background checks!

So happy for them! Will this be an all-year job or just seasonal?

[Monkey Face]

I’m going to think about considering something along the lines of a tiny garden, but not just yet. And not just here and now.

Right now, I’m going to take my silly self to bed because I’m beginning to feel a little on the dull side.

I hope you have a good night, with no pillow-cat.

Later! ;o]