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.”

[Tax-chick]

My casserole was a success, as well.

[Tax-chick]

[ArGee]

w00t!

[ArGee]

Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!

My beeber says we could get up to 86 fs today. Go figure.

How many words can you make from the same 2 letters?

Wordle 327 4/6

🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Tax-chick]

Good morning. Happy Thorsday to you! It might be warm here today as well. Speaking of which, it’s time to sing Rise and Shine to the youth members of the household.

[Monkey Face]

W00t!

Good job!

[Monkey Face]

I have a recipe for glop. I’m sure it’s not the same glop as what you made, and some people have said that the ingredients are those that “should not touch each other,” but it all does in the stomach so....

Anyway, I hope it was tasty!

[Monkey Face]

Fluffy kitteh!

Good morning. Did you sleep well?

I slept too good, I think. Eleven hours. *yawn* I think I needed it. The weeks will start to run together, now, I think, just because my schedule is so screwy.

[Tax-chick]

I had Jake on the pillow again. I must have slept, though, because DP told me this morning that there was a major law enforcement incident across the street last night, involving, among other frivolity, the lady’s trying to set the man’s gaming console on fire, which didn’t work. And I didn’t hear a thing.

[zzeeman]

Good Friday Morning!

Crazy start to the day, figured it would be a weird Wordle too:

Wordle 327 4/6

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[Monkey Face]

Well! There’s a thing to sleep through! It probably depended upon which stage of sleep you were in. Deep sleep, no, you wouldn’t have heard it.

Idunnobut, if a gaming console was that important to the guy, and I was the lady, I think I’d find another place to live. Jus’ sayin’.

[Monkey Face]

Good job, ArGee!

I’m not awake enough, yet...

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The recipe I gave you? Chili on the bottom, cheese in the middle, cornbread on top?

[null and void]

"In this economy, alien abduction is
the only vacation I can afford!"

[Monkey Face]

Maybe all that sleep did me some good!

Wordle 327 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Allegra]

Good morning! We’re getting July weather in May. Stop that!

Wordle 327 4/6

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[Allegra]

Good job!!

[Monkey Face]

Not the same glop!

But yours sounds suspiciously like the Tamale Pie my mother used to make. I finally ran across an old recipe that looks as if it may have been the one she used. I need to make it, because of the tomato/chili factor, it tastes better the second time! ;o]

[Monkey Face]

Great job! But then, you usually are very good at this! :o]

[Monkey Face]

We’re in the 90s here, and if it weren’t for the humidity, it would feel wonderful. I don’t know what July looks like here. MO, IL, SD and VA, yes — air you can drink and nothing stays dry. So I’ll be saving my “summer” comments for later. Wishing I still had the desert around me!