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22lb Ice Blocks From the Sky
cavedwler writes "An article http://www.msnbc.com/news/814100.asp?0dm=-23ET over on MSNBC has an interesting writeup about large ice blocks forming in the upper atmosphere on CLEAR days. Pretty interesting read." The article talks about how this could be a harbinger of massive climactic change. Either way, I'd prefer to not have one of these things smack into my house.
build igloos of course!
Have one of these hit the ol' chevy on blocks and hey, ice for your beer.
I scream!
You scream!
We all scream for ice-- SPLAT!
If you post it, they will read.
"But geologist Roger Buick of the University of Washington in Seattle told the same publication ..."
Somehow I think that the guy from Colorado should back off, seeing as someone from Washington would be much more familiar with rain.
got standards? --- http://www.w3.org/
I was swirling it above Spain trying to look down Xui Xuis top.
Sincerely,
--Galacticus
riding round the world on an old motorcycle
The ice in Spain falls mainly on your windshield.
Anybody contacted Taco Bell yet?
Hey hey, put that chunk of ice away *ducks*
A quick look on mathsci.net shows other papers that they have published:
"Lake Superior: Gosh it sure is a lot of water," Journal of Hydrologic modeling.
Jesus [...] has spent the last two and a half years investigating so-called megacryometeors
Cut the guy some slack, you think it's easy being the son of God?
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
Don't they get sick of using the same template? To wit:
"An article over at [some news site] has an article about [some subject]. Pretty interesting read. They talk about [cut n paste something from article]. Either way, [say something stupidly obvious]."
Sorry. It's monday.
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
I'm not a religious man, but you ever get nailed by a 30kg block of ice falling from a clear sky, you can be pretty sure God was trying to tell you something.
What happens if one of these lands in a pool of hot substance like lava?
Just get everyone to run dual proccie Itanium2's. The things will melt before they get within a 1000ft of any suitably equipped home.
Food for thought: "Acts of God" clauses for athiests. Hmmmmm....
-- derby
i will be outside holding up a large bucket of cointreau
:wq
MicroVax.
Ice blocks keep falling on my head ...
And that prob'ly means concussion soon will make me dead
Ted? Is that you Ted? Damn, I haven't seen you in ages, since what, them days up at the cabin, you fashioning little bombs in wooden boxes and me brewin up some mash and watchin out for them black choppers.
Damn man, how you been?
And almost all lighting comes from, you guessed it,thunderstorms.
Y'know, I always thought that lighting came from computer monitors and the sun
And lo, the lord decreed that 22 is now in between 50 and 60. And all those whose salary is $22K rejoiced. And all those who are 22 years old suddenly went all baggy in all the wrong places and there was much wailing and gnashing of false teeth.
But if one hits your property, you should immediately note the time and location, put the biggest chunk in a baggie, and stick it in your freezer for proof.
My wife would absolutely kill me if I put frozen passenger turd in our freezer, regardless of container. Big no no. Whoever wrote that must be single.
Table-ized A.I.
> You wanted to say: Most people out there are not using ancient medievel units based on body parts, plant semen and the like anymore
;-P
True, but it's always better to put these things delicately. We wouldn't want the Americans to believe there is something (or someone living) outside their vast continent?