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Meteor Shower! Ted and Sirgawain reportedly vow to drink lots of coffee tonight for the show!
Free Republic.com ^ | 18 NOV 01 | dcbryan1

Posted on 11/17/2001 5:53:42 PM PST by DCBryan1

BSN-Texas: Rocker Ted Nugent, and members of an online conservative website, Free Republic.com will have their coffee machines going tonight. Like thousands of Americans, Ted will be up tonight watching the historic meteror shower expected to peak at 4 AM EST. Ted will have his pick up truck filled with lawn chairs at the home of his good friend, and Free Republic friend, Sirgawain in Texas.

Ted says that he doesn't have time to visit Free Republic.com much, but will let Sirgawain do all the talking for him. The website which is home to many patriotic Americans communicate with each other through the internet and alert the goings on around the nation on particular events. "Tonight, I bought out the entire supply of tin foil at our local market," said Sirgawain, "and after that Ted and I sighted in the rifles just in case the meteor shower is a diversion of something more sinister".

Sirgawain is the commander of a faction within Free Republic.com called the Tin Foil Hat Brigade which watch the skies of the world for events such as the reported chem trail sprayings and UFO abductions. Sirgawain admits that he has never seen a UFO, but knows a local resident who said that aliens had implanted a huge satellite inside his friend that communicated with aliens. "A famous South Park episode was made to emulate the incident!" reports Sirgawain.

Ted reportedly bought all the beer and coffee, alarming the small town in Texas where everyone knows when Ted comes to visit his online buddy. When asked what Ted thought about staying up all night watching the celestial event in this small Texas town, Ted said, "It's not like there is anything else going on in this town. Everyone is up already because of deer season".

Ted and Sirgawain will have their cell phones connected to their modems and laptops tonight and early Sunday morning in order to communicate with their Free Republic.com friends and hope that all their friends are online at 4A.M. when the meteor shower peaks with its most numerous strikes. Hundreds of local residents will join them Sunday morning for this once in a life-time event. It is unknown at this time how many Free Republic.com members will be joining the all night online event. "I haven't had this much fun since Ted denied he knew me," Sirgawain added, "and I hope to see you all online at 4am EST sharp!"


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Good luck Freepers! Get the coffee pots going! Sirgawain, get an autograph for me!
1 posted on 11/17/2001 5:53:43 PM PST by DCBryan1 (dcbryan1)
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To: sirgawain; *bang_list
Bang!
2 posted on 11/17/2001 5:54:20 PM PST by DCBryan1
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I heard Sirgawain wrote something about Ted being a bad American who likes cheese...?
3 posted on 11/17/2001 5:56:15 PM PST by Cleburne
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To: DCBryan1
I was gonna crack open a 12 pack around midnight.
4 posted on 11/17/2001 5:59:20 PM PST by Nitro
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It's sooooooo foggy here you can't see across the street long enuff the sky
5 posted on 11/17/2001 6:00:00 PM PST by classygreeneyedblonde
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To: Nitro
Are you a conehead?
6 posted on 11/17/2001 6:01:09 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: DCBryan1
Gawain lives in TEx?
7 posted on 11/17/2001 6:02:01 PM PST by Texaggie79
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To: DCBryan1
From EFE News Agency (Spain) - via Babelfish -

THE LEÓNIDAS

The astronomers predict tonight for the greater fleeting star storm of last the 30 years

The meteorite rain will be contemplated mainly in its fullness in North America and in Asia and Australia

Efe | Madrid

Thousands of Leónidas will cross the terrestrial atmosphere tonight, in which it will be the greater meteorite rain of last the 30 years. Of 2,000 to 15,000 fleeting stars per hour they will hurry on the sky in a unique spectacle that will be only contemplated in its fullness in North America and mainly in Asia and Australia.

Europe will not be the best place to watch the luminous plans of meteorites (fleeting stars), because their two " tips " of greater activity agree with the diurnal schedule, in the Spanish case to 11,00 in the morning and 19,00 of afternoon (peninsular) of day 18.

In this occasion, a moon in phase of first quarter - therefore little shining and its putting near the one of the Sun will favor the observation.

The first " maximum tip " of predicted activity east year for the Leónidas, - that will not by day be seen in Spain be -, will reach 2,000 stars to the hour, whereas the second goes up to around the 15.000.

These maximums will not last beyond half an hour and still in the best visibility conditionses in general only usually they are seen from thousands 3.000.

The previous star more intense rain of the decade took place in 1999, with more than 3,500 meteorites to the hour, whereas in year 2000 the number reached the 500 per hour.

For his observation it is essential to choose the possible darkest place, - for it he is better to move away about to 150 kilometers of the great cities or other light sources -, and to locate themselves in a high site from where it is watched through smaller amount of atmosphere.

The Leónidas comes from the Temple-Tuttle comet, that completes its orbit every 33 years, and is in these dates when the Earth crosses the veil of matter left to back by its long tail, but sometimes it runs into with great nubarrones, producing true fleeting star storms.

This year, the inhabitants of China, Australia and the coast of the Pacific will be able to have gusts of wind of up to 15,000 meteors per hour, perhaps and those of the coast the west of North America and Hawaii appreciate gusts of wind in mayores amounts that the rest of the continent.

Leónidas because they seem to them to arise from the constellation of Leo and their fragments are very small, in its majority is called nonmayores that a rice grain.


8 posted on 11/17/2001 6:04:18 PM PST by HAL9000
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Osama will be killed ten minutes prior to the meteor shower. If th' sonofabitch IS NOT KILLED the scheduled show will be canceled.

IF THE SHOWER OCCURS YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK THAT GOD IS SENDING HIM OFF TO HELL WITH CELESTIAL FIRE WORKS.

that is all

9 posted on 11/17/2001 6:05:30 PM PST by Phil V.
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Have fun!

Just watch out for those 'gusts of wind', senor!

10 posted on 11/17/2001 6:07:04 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
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To: Nitro
Take pictures. Post them. The central valley of California is going to be shrouded in fog by 10pm PST.
11 posted on 11/17/2001 6:08:28 PM PST by Amerigomag
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To: Phil V.
Talk about Tin Foil....
12 posted on 11/17/2001 6:09:11 PM PST by DCBryan1
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Tell Ted Derick St. Holmes says hi from Hotlanta.Asks if Ted has written any good songs lately??
13 posted on 11/17/2001 6:09:51 PM PST by Vigilantcitizen
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I hope to see you all online at 4am EST sharp!"

I don't want to miss this event. Since we just went back on Standard time here in Washington State
What time will we see it here in the Pacific Northwest?
Are we still three hours behind EST? Will I see it peak at 1:00 a.m. PT?

14 posted on 11/17/2001 6:12:09 PM PST by Spunky
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"Ted reportedly bought all the beer"

I don't think so,Tim...

15 posted on 11/17/2001 6:12:14 PM PST by hammerdown
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To: DCBryan1
If you want to see an really incredible shot of the USA and the rest of the world from space, take a look at these three NASA shots taken from the Space Platform at night!

NASA - CLICK 7-8-9 FROM THE TOP!

ENJOY THE SHOW!

16 posted on 11/17/2001 6:16:37 PM PST by stlrocket
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To: DCBryan1
I'm in the Florida Panhandle, and it's crystal clear. I can't wait! I just hope it's all they say it will be.
17 posted on 11/17/2001 6:17:37 PM PST by Giddyupgo
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To: DCBryan1; Victoria Delsoul; dead; TomServo; nunya bidness; geaux; glock rocks
Ted denies his previous denial.


18 posted on 11/17/2001 6:18:40 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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My advice to you is make sure he knows which critters are your pets.
19 posted on 11/17/2001 6:22:30 PM PST by nunya bidness
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I'm already checking my video camera to record this...and trying to think of a place to record it besides Nashville.
20 posted on 11/17/2001 6:22:59 PM PST by TomServo
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