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Huge Storms Converge on Jupiter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night dept.

tpoker writes to tell us NASA is reporting that the two biggest storms in the solar system are about to collide on Jupiter. From the article: "Storm #1 is the Great Red Spot, twice as wide as Earth itself, with winds blowing 350 mph. The behemoth has been spinning around Jupiter for hundreds of years. Storm #2 is Oval BA, also known as 'Red Jr.,' a youngster of a storm only six years old. Compared to the Great Red Spot, Red Jr. is half-sized, able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin."

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  1. Nice job, editors! by grogdamighty · · Score: 5, Funny
    The summary is spot on! (Ba-dum, chink!)

    But seriously, did anyone else think that Hollywood is going to use this as the background for The Perfect Storm II?

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    1. Re:Nice job, editors! by Kagura · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin."

      Mmm... incestulicious!

  2. Blows as hard as the older cousin... by eric_ste · · Score: 5, Funny

    And she could swallow earth.

    At 350Mph, that's what I call a massive blow job...

  3. The Environmentalists Are Right. by bombadier_beetle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, this is evidence of Jovial warming.

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    1. Re:The Environmentalists Are Right. by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jovial warming

      What, is that supposed to fill us with conviviality and good cheer? ;)

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  4. Oh, great. by HisMother · · Score: 5, Funny
    the two biggest storms in the solar system are about to collide on Jupiter.

    Crap. There go my weekend plans.

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  5. looting martians by legomad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Martian looters will be shot on sight.

  6. ahh by ezwip · · Score: 5, Funny

    Red Jr. is half-sized, able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin. Ahh yes, I dated them in highschool.

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  7. What I want to know... by wtansill · · Score: 4, Funny

    is what FEMA intends to do about this?

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  8. Wise Man Say by isecore · · Score: 5, Funny

    When it blows on Jupiter, better cover Uranus.

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  9. I think we'll be sure to hear... by darkrowan · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that our local news source will be running around the clock coverage of 'Jupiter Storewatch 2006'

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  10. Umm... by Davus · · Score: 5, Funny

    a youngster of a storm only six years old. Compared to the Great Red Spot, Red Jr. is half-sized, able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin."
    I'm not sure what intergalactic law is, but over here, we call that "statutory rape".

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    1. Re:Umm... by alienmole · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, you're on Slashdot. If you were some bimbo news anchor on MSNBC you could get away with saying intergalactic. But this isn't even interstellar! It's in our own solar system, for crying out loud. The word you want is "interplanetary". Hey, and don't thank me - I kill jokes for free.

  11. Discrimination, I tell you by patio11 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why does Slashdot always accuse Martians of looting but when Earthlings do it its merely "copyright infringement"? Discrimination, that's why. Why the prejudice against the Martians? If you prick them, do they not ooze?

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  12. Obligatory Futurama by lbmouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
    Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
    Professor: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."