MAJOR FIREBALL EVENT: Two nights ago, a ~100 lb meteoroid traveling 53,000 mph hit the atmosphere over the southeastern USA and exploded, producing sonic booms and a fireball as bright as a full Moon. Researchers are now scouring the countryside for fragments that could reveal the nature and origin of the meteoroid. A movie, more information, and updates are available on http://spaceweather.com.
WEEKEND AURORA WATCH: A solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on August 30-31. The impact could produce minor geomagnetic storms and auroras at high latitudes.
This is huge — and it couldn't come at a more important time. Thousands of fast food and other low-wage workers are going on a national strike on August 29.
The more of us who go on strike, the louder our message will be that it's not right for some of the wealthiest companies in the world to pay us pennies.
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> SUNDIVING COMET AND CME: A small comet plunged into the sun this morning. Just before it arrived, the sun expelled a magnificent full-halo CME. Did the comet survive? Find out what happened at http://spaceweather.com.
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> GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A moderate (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm is in progress on June 28-29 as Earth passes through a region of south-pointing magnetism in the solar wind. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. In the northern hemisphere, solstice twilight will sharply reduce visibility; southern hemisphere observers may have better luck. Details and updates @ http://spaceweather.com >
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> GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A moderate (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm is in progress on June 28-29 as Earth passes through a region of south-pointing magnetism in the solar wind. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. In the northern hemisphere, solstice twilight will sharply reduce visibility; southern hemisphere observers may have better luck. Details and updates @ http://spaceweather.com >
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> GEOMAGNETIC STORM: An interplanetary shock wave (possibly a CME) hit Earth's magnetic field during the late hours of May 31st, sparking a polar geomagnetic storm. At the time of this alert, a G1-class storm is underway and solar wind conditions favor high-latitude auroras. Check http://spaceweather.com for details and updates.
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I confess to being a prepper, of sorts. It started when I was a Y2K consultant. So when hearing of the Doomsday Prepper show, it sounded interesting.
A Hatfield, of the Hatfield/McCoy blood feud, stars in this show where all manner of survival skills are on display. And it's great, as far as it goes. But it is also funny how preparing for their perceived threats dovetails with how they already want to live their lives.
They believe that you need to live in the country, which is where they are anyway. They believe you need your own chickens, which I can't really argue with, I love my Mom's chickens. They believe that people will kill to get at them and their supplies, which is what their family did to their neighbors for 80 years. They practice killing people with sharpened steel scrap metal. They develop weapons that don't require electricity.
Something tells me these Hatfields would be doing all this without the threat of terrorists overtaking the United States. It seems they are still preparing for their neighbors from the old blood feud to come over the hill and try to kill them again. They are just putting different labels on the threat. And, of course, immigrants. They are also afraid of immigrants. And they are afraid of martial law and that the government will take away their guns. As if their homemade throwing stars would stop a drone attack.
As an aside, have any of them ever been outside of their woods? This is one huge country. How is a terrorist group going to take over? How would they take over even one block in one small town? They couldn't. There's not a country in the world that could do that.
Can we just allow ourselves to be prepared without being insane? It is OK to want to invent a contraption that spins in water and charges a battery just for the fun of it. Why not? The emotional baggage is unnecessary, along with the hate.
Space Weather News for May 9, 2013
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> ANNULAR ECLIPSE: On May 10th, the South Pacific sun will turn into a ring of fire as the Moon passes directly in front of the solar disk, producing an annular solar eclipse. At maximum, more than 95% of the sun's diameter will be covered over parts of Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Please check http://spaceweather.com for more information, including a live webcast from Cape York, Australia, which begins on May 9th at approximately 5 PM EDT.
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"Sherlyn Popelka was driving on a suspended license on May 8 when she collided with a motorcyclist at North Campbell Avenue and East Speedway, records show. After spending the night in jail, Popelka was released May 9.
The case was initially reported as a hit-and-run because Popelka, 19, continued driving after hitting the motorcyclist, who was injured. But it was later determined that she stopped about a block away."
It seems that Sherlyn Popelka never showed up in court and skipped the country. Further, the injured motorcyclist has not received any compensation for his injuries. What a loser and coward Sherlyn Popelka is. And what a stupid name. Sherlyn? Right out of the trailer park. See the arrest report Sherlyn Popelka Arrest Report.
