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uppityperson

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2. It is amazing, watching things happen live or almost live and I had nuke nightmares last night from

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 04:09 PM

Feb 2013

seeing the vids late. Thought they had passed yrs ago, but there they were again.

Watching how people reacted was instructive.

Look! a really weird contrail. Then flash blam crash.

The first Adult book I read when I managed to get into the Adult section of our library as a child was Hiroshima. Probably not a great first pick but I thought if I understood, I might be able to deal better with my fears. Must've been 1967 or so.

It is all amazing, we are riding around on bits of land on this water covered volcanic ridden mass through space. And yet to us it seems like here we are and all is about us.

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"Duck and cover" ETA link to many videos of the meteorite [View all] uppityperson Feb 2013 OP

If there's a chance it hit the ocean and I'm near the shore I might also seek high ground... hunter Feb 2013 #1

It is amazing, watching things happen live or almost live and I had nuke nightmares last night from uppityperson Feb 2013 #2