"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776
anyone else just see that huge shooting star? Or meteor? Or whatever?
Western sky - largest one I've ever seen
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"Lookin' back in front of me in the mirror's a grin,
through eyes of love I see I'm really lookin' at a friend
We've all had our problems that's the way life is,
my heart goes out to others who are there to make amends".
I was kicking back after a hunt and it lit the RV up like daylight. I happened to catch it out the little kitchen window. Pretty amazing. Sure enough it pops up all over twitter and the news. It was south-southwest of where I was (Gatesville).
According to The American Meteor Society, November is the Andromedids' #meteor shower peak.
DALLAS — Reports of a green light streaking across the sky came pouring in Saturday night from Rockwall down south to Corpus Christi.
What exactly that green light was hasn't been confirmed. In North Texas, the reports of the light started at about 8:45 p.m.
News of the sightings quickly set off a firestorm of tweets and Facebook posts. It also spurred a rash of fake photo postings that were shared across media sites as fast as the fireball flew across the sky.
"I believe it happened so fast that no one was able to get a picture!" wrote Ramona Velazquez on WFAA's Facebook page. "I saw it and went to grab my phone and it was gone within five secs by Hulen Mall area in Fort Worth."
The American Meteor Society reported on its website that it had received more than 200 reports about a bright fireball over San Antonio at 8:45 p.m. Saturday.
According to the meteor society, witnesses reported an extremely bright green light that rivaled the brightness of the sun.
On their Facebook page Friday, The American Meteor Society wrote that the "estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 3 meteors as seen from the northern hemisphere."
According to their calendar, the Andromedids was expected to bring maximum activity Saturday night.
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