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Strange 'S'-shaped radar phenomenon appears off W[estern]A[ustralia] coast
ABC ^
| Thu 13 Feb 2014, 8:15pm AEDT
Posted on 02/14/2014 10:29:11 PM PST by BenLurkin
The shape was spotted on the weather bureau's radar map on Wednesday about 30 kilometres west of Rottnest.
After checking the satellite, the bureau's Neil Bennett ruled out the phenomenon being caused by cloud.
"There's no cloud, there's nothing to produce a rain echo, ... which we do see a lot, but not this particular shape," he said.
"They don't take on S shapes and things like that.
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Do any FR radar experts seen this kind of thing before?
A screenshot of a Bureau of Meteorology map showing a strange S-shaped formation off the coast of Western Australia on February 12, 2014. (ABC News)
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:29:11 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
That is real weird, it isn’t my fault, and I can only hazard a guess that checking local air currents, pressure, and particulate matter would give them any hints as to what they were seeing.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:34:13 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare; shibumi
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:35:05 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: BenLurkin
Well, Nessie went missing.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:36:02 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:36:19 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Salamander
SNEK!!!Big, big-big SNEK!!!
LOL!
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:40:11 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: Salamander
LOL Bet you just did a head count on the fambly.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:40:41 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Salamander; shibumi
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:41:53 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:43:06 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:44:10 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Kind of odd that there's a place called Serpentine just to the right of the cross hairs on the map.............Just saying.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:44:40 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
Friggin’ huge snek!
Maybe Titanoboa!
:-O
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:46:40 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: BenLurkin
To: The Cajun
I saw that too. We need to hack the NSA servers and cross-reference all smart asses living in Serpentine. That will narrow things down.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:47:26 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: TigersEye
I only checked to see if Bob T Boa was still here.
Everybody else is fairly “normal” sized.
:D
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:48:05 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Darksheare
Damn Chinese got their paws in everything.
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:48:52 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Salamander
I knew it. Automatic snek mommy reflecks. ;-)
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:49:36 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:49:37 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: The Cajun
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:50:06 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: TigersEye
After that 3 week wandering snekscapade, you betcha!
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posted on
02/14/2014 10:52:32 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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