Sorry I missed this one! Any SFBayAreans see this flash and boom on Wednesday evening?
1 posted on
10/18/2012 9:11:23 PM PDT by
thecodont
To: thecodont
Any SFBayAreans see this flash and boom on Wednesday evening? Nahh, not me, too busy FReeping...
2 posted on
10/18/2012 9:16:00 PM PDT by
null and void
(Day 1367 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: thecodont
Over SF it was probably mistaken as a giant gay disco ball.
To: thecodont
4 posted on
10/18/2012 9:17:11 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: thecodont
Till Sunday before Dawn you can watch.
To: thecodont
That may well have been a fragment of Halley's Comet. We are currently experiencing the Orionid Meteor Shower, because earth is passing though the debris field left by Halley's on its 1986 close approach.
You should be able to see a few "Orionid" meteors (which appear to originate in the "upraised club" of the constellation, Orion) tonight and all through the weekend.
The peak will be before dawn, Sunday morning, and rates are expected to approach ( and, possibly, exceed) twenty-five (25) meteors per hour. As a bonus, there will be no moon to interfere with viewing.
"Orionids" are relatively fast-moving, may be colorful and leave persistent, colorful "trails". This shower is definitely worth the effort of finding a dark, isolated spot (as far as possible from city lights) with an unobstructed view of the whole sky -- and spending a few pre-dawn hours looking in the general direction of Orion (generally eastward)...
6 posted on
10/18/2012 9:41:02 PM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: thecodont
To: thecodont
It’s still 76 degrees outside, so I’ve had the doors open all evening. I heard and unusual booming noise with a lot of energy about that time, but didn’t see anything.
To: thecodont
Felix Baumgartner re-entry?
Obama’s campaign cracking up in a fireball?
Financial cataclysm finally caught up with the CA Democrat legislature?
To: thecodont
We had an undocumented rock land up here last night or the night before.
11 posted on
10/18/2012 10:01:12 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
To: thecodont
Size of a small car? Who writes this garbage?
12 posted on
10/18/2012 11:34:40 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: thecodont
Orionid meteor shower. Peaking in a couple days. Reports from all over the U.S.
13 posted on
10/18/2012 11:45:12 PM PDT by
Myrddin
To: thecodont
15 posted on
10/19/2012 1:33:29 AM PDT by
goron
("Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately." --Joe Biden, 8/22/12)
To: thecodont
San Franciscans woke this morning to find these strange plants growing in their gardens.
16 posted on
10/19/2012 5:36:00 AM PDT by
Oratam
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