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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:02 AM Original message |
Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type |
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aquamarina (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's quite a photo |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah I like the wide angle. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. George Carlin, "The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas." ---> |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That reply headline had me in stitches! |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. thanks for that post, onehandle |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Thanks for posting. I have a friend |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. wow, i've never felt so small, meaningless, and irrelevant |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Saw the same clouds in NE CT just before a tornado hit: Looked like grey snakes writhing |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Darn glad you're still with us! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thanks. It was scary - stuff was flying sideways - and there was a stalk of straw of |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yes as a tornado watcher I have seen similar clouds - green skies |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I have seen them once in Texas too. They are awesome! |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. i think i saw it in West Texas too |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yeah! It was like looking up and seeing the equivalent of rough seas!nt |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. photo of a canary in the sky |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. i`ve seen a similar cloud formation but this one is well defined |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, the article says she is an amateur photographer. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. i guess my eye is untuned, because i just see a really big stormcloud? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. Oh good grief |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Some more dramatic ones (albeit with some colour retouching, I think) here |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Whoah whatta pic! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. good Lord...I would head for the nearest basement if I saw that. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I doubt they've had to retouch the colour |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Well, if you compare the 1st picture in the BBC sequence with the one in the OP |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. WOW |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. incredible!!! nt |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. And over Tahlequah 30 minutes later. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. I hope she really winds up and gives it to us. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. She's clearing her throat, preparing to cough out the phlegm. |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. There was a really unusual cloud formation shown |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Great article. NG has always been a favorite of mine. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. HD version on the same pic |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Oh wow. Thanks for posting. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That's just your typical "unsettled weather" pic up here |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. Why does this not surprise me that its Iowa? |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. To answer your question - Florida |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. Eek! I'm headed under my bed. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Mother Earth isn't saying anything... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Maybe she's saying people need to learn what mammatus clouds look like? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. The earth is alive. No "Benevolent Being" aka Yahweh, required. You are part of that life. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The Earth has life on it... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The universe is alive, no "strict biological sense" or spirituality required |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R Thanks to you and everyone else for the pics and interesting input n/t |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. nothing like the midwest for clouds |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I think I'd have nightmares if I saw that overhead. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. They would scare the crap out of me, if I looked up & saw those in person. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I remember taking pictures of something like that when I was a kid. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Those don't even look real. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I love those for how completely "wrong" they look (nt) |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. awesome! |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. Altocumulus mammatus with embedded lenticulars. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That's what I was thinking too. n/t |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yeah, the mammatus wouldn't be common in CA but lenticulars are easy to find |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
55. Pfffttt..guess she doesn't visit Texas |
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