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(meteorobs) Re: Lyrid Memories

Kim,

I can tell the Lyrids conjure up fond memories for you! I cannot say I have
ever fallen out of my pickup. That must have hurt! Hopefully the 2004 Lyrids
will provide more pleasant memories.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Youmans" <ksyo@bellsouthdot net>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Lyrid Memories


> 1999 -- seeing a monster Lyrid fireball that ended in a terminal burst
> unlike any other I've seen before or since, just lit up the sky *almost*
> like a lightning bolt.
>
> 2000 -- watching clouds whiz by the bright moon and seeing little if
> anything.
>
> 2001 -- seeing an (apparent) earth-skipper that went out and flared back
up
> three times, loooong path length.
>
> 2003  -- falling out of the back of the pickup and landing on my back with
> an audible THUD.  My "apprentice," my best friend's eight-year-old son,
> exclaimed he'd never seen anyone fall like that!
>
> Kim Y.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Gliba" <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov>
> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) LYRIDS 2003
>
>
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:59:07PM -0400, Lewis J. Gramer wrote:
> >
> > [....lots of good stuff deleted]
> >
> > > As with most things in life, it depends on the observer's state of
mind.
> > > ;-)
> >
> > Yes, that is the point. It allows reflection time, which helps one
develop
> > patience and tolerence, virtues sorely lacking in today's world.
> >
> > I've always liked the April Lyrids because the maximum occurs on Earth
Day
> > morning, plus the added bonus that the radiant is near the apex of the
> Sun's
> > way amoung the neighboring stars of the the galaxy.
> >
> >
> > *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
> >
> > April Lyrids - by GWG
> >
> > Earth Day Morning
> > Moving with the Sun
> > Together in Space
> > Towards the Place
> > Amoung the Stars
> > Where Meteors Come
> >
> >
> > Happy Earth Day!
> > GWG
> >
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