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Meteor Shower over North America a Dud (Camelopadalids)
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| 24MAY2014
| Staff Writer
Posted on 05/24/2014 10:56:17 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine
I fell for this and stayed up late last night and into the early morning. Didn’t see ONE meteor which is unusual for Arizona. LOL! These “scientists” need to stick to telling us about how bad “global warming” is going to be.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:00:02 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I was watching the video right up until the starting time.
I fell asleep about 30 minutes into the max, without seeing even one shooting star.
Granted that was via the internet view, but what a less than exciting event.
To: Jack Hydrazine
Camelopardalids meteors I dunno, but for some reason "cameltoe" comes to mind ...
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:01:46 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Jack Hydrazine
I was going to look, but it was too cloudy here.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:02:47 AM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I am glad that the skies were overcast in the Denver area. Every time they hype the biggest and best-est ever it’s always a bust.
To: Jack Hydrazine
My husband and I, (Phx, AZ) went out at about 10:20pm, they said we’d be able to see it about 10:30. I figure shooting stars show up fashionably early.
They touted this event in the news several times as going to be big big big...
Stayed out there on our lawn chairs till about midnight, drank champagne. That was the only event of the eve.
Not ONE sighting.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:07:28 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:07:46 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Jack Hydrazine
The only thing I got out of watching the sky last night is a sore neck.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:09:16 AM PDT
by
TrueKnightGalahad
(When you´re racing, it’s life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I sat out at 3AM for over an hour. Nice clear skies.
Saw 3.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:11:33 AM PDT
by
Zuse
(I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
To: BulletBobCo
Just like the way they hype movies!
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:12:33 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Was up until a little after 4AM...other than seeing the International Space Station around 3:30...it was lame.
Best ever display was(years ago)viewing the Perseid meteor shower out in the Mojave desert.
Last night was like waiting for The Great Pumpkin : )
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:13:25 AM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Maybe global warming scared the meteors away? LOL!
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:13:33 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: RckyRaCoCo
My favorites are the Perseids and the Leonids.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:14:17 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Ken522
That’s quite a leap of association, from the stratosphere to the bedroom!
To: Jack Hydrazine
It was kind of like
this.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:15:21 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Figured as much. I was going to try to stay up, but decided on bed instead. Looks like I made the right choice.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:16:49 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I counted about 10/hour from 1-3am, and went to sleep.
Listening to the meteor radar this morning about 1 hour after sunrise there were hundreds of pings per hour till about 11am.
So, the forecast was early. Might be worth a look tonight from sunset on.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:17:12 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:18:35 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
To be fair, it was reporters who ginned up the story, which is typical. All of the astronomy sites I looked at said it was very questionable.
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posted on
05/24/2014 11:18:41 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
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