Re: Deep Impact Kicks Off Fourth of July with Deep Space Fireworks

spinoza1111@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

: Alan Anderson wrote:
: > spinoza1111@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
: >
: > > Eric Chomko wrote:
: > > > Lightning is ALWAYS happening on earth someplace all the time. It is a
: > > > never ending event. Get it? Objects from outer space don't nearly hit the
: > > > earth at a rate even close to constant.
: >
: > Yes, they do, Eric. They are generally small, but their "constancy" is
: > quite comparable to lightning. (And remember that I've got your posts
: > filtered, so I won't see them unless someone quotes them.)
: >
: > > No, violent storms and hence lightning are on the increase as a result
: > > of human impact on climate change, a human impact which resulted from
: > > Newtonian beliefs that until proven otherwise, a natural phenomenon was
: > > not an interlinked system.
: > >
: > > Connect the dots. During the SAME WEEK when several scout leaders were
: > > killed in a violent storm that downed a power line on their tent, Hong
: > > Kong police had to improvise a special drill for crossing an open field
: > > to avoid lightning in a storm that would be considered quite unusual in
: > > the past.
: >
: > The Jamboree incident was not a storm. They were merely putting up the
: > tent and accidentally touched an overhead wire with the pole.

: My mistake, you're right. Instead, take a look at the observance of the
: Scout master's memory...at which owing to unprecedented heat several
: Scouts collapsed.

....waiting for President Bush.

: And anecdote is a poor guide to the facts; at best it only illustrates
: a trend. The facts are that temperatures and the violence of storms
: have increased.

Which is a meteorlogical event unrelated to anything in astronomy.

Eric
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