Hemel Hempstead Plume Search, Man made objects visible from space |
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Hemel Hempstead Plume Search, Man made objects visible from space |
 Dec 15 2005, 08:21 AM
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I have a cousin who lives in England. After the explosion and fire, my mother forwarded to me some e-mails he had sent his own parents.
It seems that, every morning, my cousin would take a morning jog to the end of the local road and back -- and the end of the local road was the outer boundary of the fuel farm. From jogging it hundreds of times, he knows it's exactly 1.4 miles from his back door. They had a little greenhouse attached to their main house. The frame still stands, but most of the glass shattered out. Many of the windows in the back of the house (facing the explosion) were also shattered, and one door frame was bent a bit. Other than that, my cousin and his wife are fine. But it surely brought the thing home to me when I read his descriptions. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Nov 12 2007, 07:31 PM
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Today a fire broke out at the Olympic site in East London...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm I said to my colleage Josh "Oo - 1230, Terra and Aqua might get a picture - when are their passes...AHH...Aqua will get it at 1300 ish" By 1530 - bingo - the image was on the Modis website at 500m/pixel and the fire was indeed visible!!! The 250m image just popped up as well http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtim...131000.250m.jpg
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Nov 12 2007, 07:57 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Wow...that's a big one! Heard about it on the news, unreal that we have publicly available overhead imagery so quickly...
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Nov 13 2007, 11:41 AM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
What happened...did some poor soul not make sure their cigarette was out?
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Nov 13 2007, 11:43 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I think the ego of the guy who kicked off our Olympic bid, Seb Coe, exploded.
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Nov 13 2007, 12:17 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oooo...burn!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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