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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Asteroid set to hit Earth's atmosphere in matter of HOURS [yesterday] | |
| 2024-09-05 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A newly discovered asteroid is set to hit Earth today when it strikes the atmosphere over the Philippines. The asteroid is currently will hit speeds of 39,000 miles per hour when it streaks through the sky at 12:45pm ET. However, the relatively small, three-foot asteroid is predicted to burn up in the atmosphere, with what remains crashing into the sea. Because of its immense speed, the asteroid is expected to shine bright, bursting into a bright fireball that can be seen by people in the Philippines at 12:46 a.m. local time.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 ^ Awesome. Also, dammit. Y'xll had me thinking Reich might've moved to an outlet the size of 1700 jposts. Random number. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-09-05 22:07 |
| #6 Did you know: In 1958 a litter of Armadillos was born in captivity. One random kit was picked out - a male, named him Spot - and was raised in captivity. At exactly his 2nd birthday, he was measured and weighed, and adhered to a stretch of road which would eventually be call I-10. An off the line, standard model 1960 Ford F-150 Regular Cab Long Bed, driven by Tom 'Pecos' Jamison weighing in at exactly 150lbs, driving at exactly 60mph, struck Spot using the front-passenger tire, and the sound was recorded on magnetic tape? That audio became the standard for a measure of sound called a Dillybel, or dBL, and is still in use today to measure the intensity of an armadillo vehicle strike? Everything used in standardizing this unit of measure can be found in The Lever Museum in Paris, Texas. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-09-05 14:02 |
| #5 ^ Remind us again, are armadillos sold by weight or volume? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-09-05 09:11 |
| #4 #2 three-foot asteroid The size of fourteen armadillos |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-09-05 08:10 |
| #3 Like they couldn't even be bothered to look it up on wiki. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-05 08:08 |
| #2 three-foot asteroid From the people who call 'personnel carriers' and 'self propelled artillery' tanks. 3 foot is a good size meteorite. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-05 08:05 |
| #1 NASA astronaut spots mysterious bright green flash while on the ISS |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-05 06:46 |