Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Charlie Bell
It did. It rained. We had a couple of mils. It helped with the containment of the fires. We've spent much of the day wondering whether the fire at Daylesford will skip containment lines, and burn down Claire's folks' cottage. But, you know. Money. Jobs. So on. Real stuff like economics

Re: Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
economics really comes into focus when you're worried about ephemeral stuff like a family home that's been built over years being destroyed in minutes... Glad to hear you've had a little rain Charlie, hope its enough to keep your family's cottage (and many others) safe. Doug

Re: Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/02/2009, at 5:00 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Glad to hear you've had a little rain Charlie, hope its enough to keep your family's cottage (and many others) safe. Actually, no. *sigh* Another 40 degree day tomorrow, and strong winds. Many schools have been closed. Charlie

Red rain result of meteor explosion?

2004-05-08 Thread Gary Nunn
Document. I have no idea of the scientific accuracy, but the only implausible part (the me at least) is why didn't the debris disperse in the atmosphere over the two month period? Gary Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala Godfrey Louis A. Santhosh Kumar School of Pure and Applied

Re: Red rain result of meteor explosion?

2004-05-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala Godfrey Louis A. Santhosh Kumar School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: October 5, 2003 Red coloured rain occurred in many places of Kerala in India during

Re: Red rain result of meteor explosion?

2004-05-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: Red rain result of meteor explosion? Fred Hoyle is dead, but it seems Chandra Wickramisinghe has some followers . . Sure

RE: Red rain result of meteor explosion?

2004-05-08 Thread Nick Lidster
as a Word Document. I have no idea of the scientific accuracy, but the only implausible part (the me at least) is why didn't the debris disperse in the atmosphere over the two month period? Gary Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala Godfrey

Re: Red rain result of meteor explosion?

2004-05-08 Thread Gary Denton
the two month period? Gary Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

rain

2002-12-05 Thread The Fool
Suppose you wanted to calculate the time it would take an even consistent rainfall over the entire surface of the earth to raise the sea level above the level of Mt. Everest (+5 miles or so), what would you need to know about rainfall, volume of the earth, topography of the earth, etc. to make a

Re: rain

2002-12-05 Thread Trent Shipley
rainfall, not adujsted for the increasing size of the sphere as the ocean gets deeper. Say, 1 inch per hour, that's a nice hard rain so 2 feet a day. It'll take a while to reach 5 miles. However, if you say wanted to know if it would fit into, say 40 days and 40 nights, you would just assume

Re: rain

2002-12-05 Thread The Fool
sea level as diameter. Assume a constant rainfall, not adujsted for the increasing size of the sphere as the ocean gets deeper. Say, 1 inch per hour, that's a nice hard rain so 2 feet a day. It'll take a while to reach 5 miles. However, if you say wanted to know if it would fit into, say

Re: rain

2002-12-05 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:01 AM 12/5/02 -0600, The Fool wrote: Suppose you wanted to calculate the time it would take an even consistent rainfall over the entire surface of the earth to raise the sea level above the level of Mt. Everest (+5 miles or so), what would you need to know about rainfall, volume of the

Re: rain

2002-12-05 Thread Reggie Bautista
as a proper sphere using distance from the center of the sphere to mean sea level as diameter. Assume a constant rainfall, not adujsted for the increasing size of the sphere as the ocean gets deeper. Say, 1 inch per hour, that's a nice hard rain so 2 feet a day. It'll take a while to reach 5 miles