[extropy-chat] FWD [UASR] Are falling ice balls a product of global warming?

[Mike Lorrey]

--- "Terry W. Colvin" <fortean1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Are falling ice balls a product of global warming?
> 
> The ice balls, for instance, were not frozen water from toilets
> flushed on 
> jetliners. The ice contained no human waste and none of the blue 
> disinfectant used in airplane toilets. Air traffic control records
> showed 
> that no planes flew over the areas near the ice falls, so the ice had
> not been shed from aircraft wings.
> 
> Chunks of debris from a comet? Again, lab tests showed that ice in 
> megacryometeors had the distinctive chemical signature of ice in
> ordinary terrestrial hailstones.

The size of these ice balls is not unusual. Any perusal of a Guiness
Book of World Records will show that large hailstones have been
reported on a regular basis for many years dating back to the 19th
century and earlier. Forte also reported similar events.

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Mike Lorrey
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