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# Meteors to shower Earth. (BBC) The annual Perseid meteor shower on
Thursday should be particularly good this year. Satellites zapped?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_416000/416163.stm
@ Links: The Leonids: http://www.leonidslive.com/
@ Wally Pacholka's astropics: http://www.astropics.com/
@ Perseids: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast09aug99_1.htm
@ Int'l Meteor Org - Perseids: http://imo.net/articles/shower/per97.html
# Also: Sound of shooting stars: <bang!> <bang!> <bang!> <bang!> <bang!>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_321000/321596.stm
: Now that the eclipse is over, can we focus on meteors for a few hours? Do
you watch meteor storms? Will they wipe out satellites? Is humanity doomed?
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Eclipse-O-Rama:
# Iranians pray for solar eclipse. TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) - As foreign tourists
and astronomers poured into the Persian state to catch a sight of the
century's last solar eclipse, thousands of Iranians crammed the country's
mosques to pray for God's forgiveness and mercy.
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/10/tech-science-iran
# Moroccans frustrated over eclipse:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/10/tech-science-morocco
# Eclipse chasers gather in Turkey:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560656336-980
# Car-obsessed Germans mull eclipse:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560654892-0e5
# Romania prepares for eclipse:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560657254-d7c
# Eclipse darkens Cairo, cooled the oven-hot air downtown briefly:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/10/tech-science-egypt
# Mir Defies Eclipse Doom-Sayer, Gets Unique View:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990811/09/science-eclipse-russia
# Eclipse Sweeps Across Europe, Middle East:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990811/09/science-eclipse-russia
# Eclipse passes over Israel:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/09/tech-science-israel
# Eclipse in Belgrade disappointed many:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/08/tech-science-yugoslavia
# Gaza streets empty because of eclipse:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/08/tech-science-palestinians
# Syrians enjoy holiday on eclipse day:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/08/tech-science-syria
# Lebanese huddle at homes for eclipse:
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990811/06/tech-science-lebanon
# First reports of eclipse eye damage. (BBC) Helplines at two specialist eye
centres are already taking calls from people fearing they've damaged their
sight by looking at the Sun. Do not look into laser with remaining eye:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_417000/417528.stm
: Will the eclipse news items never end? Do morons who stared into the Sun
deserve blindness? Did voices in your head tell you to eyeball the eclipse?
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@ PHOENIX EVACUATION? News from White Mountain area in Arizona: 2 weeks ago
approx 1500 residents rec'd mailing from gov't agencies giving NOTICE that
they were subject to possible future "20 minute notice of evacuation".
Instructions were brief: they are to take only identifying documents
(passports, licenses, birth records, etc), any cash on hand, no mention of
personal items or clothing. They are to proceed to a specific rendezvous
point in their area, whereupon white vans would transport them to "holding
areas" (and subsequently to temporary housing?). They are also to "mark"
their house with a white flag or towel or sheet - hung somewhere near
their front door to indicate they have been evacuated when troops move
into the area. The feds apparently answered some of their questions:
1. The reason for them getting the notices is because of their proximity
to an underground government facility.
2. The feds expect some kind of emergency situation in the near future.
3. Their homes may be needed to house a large number of "flatlanders" (the
feds' term) from Phoenix. Approx. 100,000 people will be evacuated from
Phoenix after which "the bridges will be blown" - apparently to prevent
any further escape by residents of that city.
Additionally: according to a message on the APFN, the 101st Airborne in
(NC?) has been on alert status for a few weeks now - ostensibly to support
operations against American Militia groups slated for August 4th. Other
info at http://http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb77532 indicates that
Cheyenne Mtn is also at defcon 3 status and has been for some time.
The weird side to this: White Mtn is ALSO reputed to be an underground
ALIEN base (reptilian) acccording to many UFO fringe researchers. Also
discussed in some of these circles is the oft-repeated idea that the
reptilian compadres of the government will not be able to maintain their
illusion of human form much longer and that THIS is what will possibly
cause panic among the population (and the requisite institution of martial
law). See http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/1219/PhoenixEvac.html
Notice: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/1219/PhoenixEvac3.html
: Is the White Mountain community near Show Low & Ft. Apache [34.35N, 110W]
big enough to handle 100,000 flatlanders? Are reptilioids being moved into
your home? Do they smell bad? Did the anti-Militia operations go smoothly,
quietly? When? Are Phoenix and San Diego being evacuated now, while we're
distracted by the eclipse and the resurgence of the Browns? Did you escape?
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# Beijing Agents Spreading Invasion Rumors. Ottawa (CNA) Agents from Beijing
operating in Taiwan are spreading rumors that an invasion is imminent,
intensifying China's psychological warfare against the island. But much
as China would like to invade Taiwan, it clearly lacks the military
capability to do so. http://sightings.com/politics4/invasionrumors.htm
: What territory d'ya want to invade? Is rumormongering cheaper, easier? How
would you destabilize/demoralize a population? Would you burrow from within?
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# India passes population landmark. (BBC) The birth on 15 August of India's
billionth citizen will underline the scarcity of the country's resources
and its high military spending. Soon to have world's largest population:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_416000/416458.stm
: When will Reptilioids harvest India and China? How many people are enough?
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