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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: Dead Corpse

Gir, I knew that was coming.


61 posted on 05/04/2022 12:42:40 PM PDT by null and void (Russia no longer looks like the #2 military power in the world. Maybe #2 military power in Ukraine)
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To: null and void; Dead Corpse

LOL!


62 posted on 05/04/2022 1:12:19 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: ArGee; ColdOne; Conspiracy Guy; Cyber Liberty; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan; ...

“...things burning up in the Earf’s atmosphere?”

Considering my own “graceful entries” feel more like falling through the ceiling from the attic onto the living room coffee table —


63 posted on 05/04/2022 3:41:26 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: HKMk23

That’s OK. You’re here, and that’s all that counts! <3


64 posted on 05/04/2022 4:38:23 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: ArGee
Lemme fix that for ya 😉







65 posted on 05/04/2022 4:41:31 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Monkey Face

Yep. It’s all that’s mortal of me ‘n’ yer stuck with it. LOL!


66 posted on 05/04/2022 4:49:49 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Oh NO !!! It’s a new species !


67 posted on 05/05/2022 4:20:02 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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To: no-to-illegals

At least this one isn’t alive with eight arms!!

Hiya, N-t-I! How ya doin’?


68 posted on 05/05/2022 4:22:28 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: null and void; dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

69 posted on 05/05/2022 4:22:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...

Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!

Happy Cinco de Mayo, a holiday that seems to have been mostly created by tequila manufacturers.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Tough one today.

Wordle 320 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


70 posted on 05/05/2022 4:35:05 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: Tax-chick

Kitteh sez, “Watchoolookinat?”

Good morning. Did you sleep well?

I remembered last night, when I was awake for nearly three hours, that I had ordered a queen sofa by mistake. It overwhelms the room, but I hope that gravity and backsides make it look somewhat smaller in the coming months.

Thunderstorms again today. Can we just have a week or two of sunshine?


71 posted on 05/05/2022 4:41:38 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: ArGee

Boy. You sure weren’t wrong about that! I hate when I bomb out.

Wordle 320 X/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩


72 posted on 05/05/2022 4:58:03 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: HKMk23
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73 posted on 05/05/2022 5:30:27 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Monkey Face

A bigger sofa will come in handy at some point.

And not bad. I stayed up too late reading.


74 posted on 05/05/2022 5:35:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tax-chick

Boy, do I know what that “stayed up too late reading” is like. Sometimes, I’ve read all night, just because the adrenaline was flowing and I couldn’t put the book down. Done it in the daytime, too.

Read “Deliverance,” “Day of the Jackal,” and “Jaws” in one day each. I don’t even remember stopping to eat.

Last night I woke up for whatever reason, then my mind began to try and solve today’s problems or maybe yesterday’s and put that talk together, and it was three hours before I finally went back to sleep.

Needless to say, nothing will be assembled, but its pill sorting day, so that and making my bed may be the only things to get done today. I still feel bad that FS had to assemble the frame in the heat. The ceiling fan helped, but he was sweaty when he got done. And tired. He had put together a trampoline (25’ across) then did my little job and still had a gate to repair when he left. I hope he decided to forego that.


75 posted on 05/05/2022 5:54:09 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: Monkey Face

25-foot trampoline? Wow! Was it one of those trampoline recreation centers like “Urban Air”?

I need to take some kids to Walmart. Frank wore out his shoes again.


76 posted on 05/05/2022 5:58:10 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: ArGee; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Allegra; null and void

Good Morning, and Happy Cinco de Mayo (to those that celebrate it)!

Finally, a move toward breaking out of the slump, maybe the new thread helped:

Wordle 320 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

(Saw Dinesh’s new movie last night, it was mind boggling...)


77 posted on 05/05/2022 6:14:25 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Tax-chick

No, it was a private home. Dogpatch is filled with stately old homes on several acres, and it was probably one of those. Although, when one of my nieces in Tucson bought their home, they wanted a trampoline for their kids.

Hubby dug a pit for it, and I’m sure she said it was 25’ across. But since it was level with the ground, there’s no danger of kids falling off. I don’t think the one FS installed was in-ground, though.

I’ll be puttering today, I think, just to clear out some mess. If it means donating the lot of it, then that’s what I’ll do. Space is at a premium, here! But at least I can now lie down to watch TV in the daytime, if I so choose, and my back dictates! LOL!


78 posted on 05/05/2022 6:34:00 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: zzeeman

Good morning. Cinco de Mayo doesn’t seem to be too much in evidence here, compared to other places I’ve lived. But I like Mexican (or Tex-Mex) food, so I’ll mark the occasion by having “no es auténtico” tamales for lunch.

Good job on the Wordle!

Which movie was that? He and Ben Carson are my heroes, mostly because they were little guys who just didn’t shut up!


79 posted on 05/05/2022 6:41:45 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Just because today is a terrible day it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. FB)
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To: Monkey Face

Yeah, not too many around here celebrate it...

It is a movie that Dinesh made with Catherine Englebrecht of True the Vote:

https://2000mules.com/


80 posted on 05/05/2022 6:51:30 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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