HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 19 VOL 13
TUESDAY; AUGUST 19TH 2008
WEATHER; T/STORMS, HIGH HUMIDITY, 64/80 DEGREES
WHEN YOU READ THIS WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY TO MUSKOGEE, OK. FOR THE HEARING ON MY DISABILITY! START RIGHT COULDN’T GET TO THE ACCLAIM TILL TOMORROW SO WE BORROWED SHANNONS CAR FOR THE TRIP! IF IT WASN’T IMPORTANT THAT I BE THERE FOR THE MEETING I’D TAKE THE INTREPID AND SEE IF IT STILL RUNS GOOD AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR A 165 MILE TRIP ONE WAY!
THIS GEORGIA THING IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND! THE PROBLEM IS WITH RUSSIA, THEY’RE LIKE THE JAPANESE, CHINESE, NORTH KOREANS, MONGOLIANS WHO ARE ALL DECENDENTS OF GHENGIS KAHN! THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS TO “GIVE YOUR WORD” TO HONOR A COMMITMENT! OR HOW TO “COMPROMISE!” ON A SITUATION!
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU HANDLE A COUNTRY LIKE RUSSIA WHO THINKS THEY CAN GO INTO A FREE, DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND KILL ITS CIVILIANS AND DESTROY WHOLE SETTLEMENTS! NOW IF THEY DECIDE TO PULL BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY DO YOU THINK THEY’RE GOING TO PAY FOR EVEN A SMALL PART OF THE DAMAGE THEY DID? HELL NO, THEY’LL LET THE GOOD OLD U.S.of A. FOOT THE BILL TO REBUILD AND TAKE CARE OF THE SURVIVORS!
A NUKE DROPPED ON MOSCOW WITHOUT WARNING WOULD SOLVE A WHOLE LOT OF THE WORLDS PROBLEMS! THEN LOW YEILD NUKES DROPPED ON THEIR MISSILE SILOS, AND THEN THEIR TANKS AND GROUND TROOPS WOULD DO THE SAMETHING! IF YOU HAVE A CANCEROUS GROWTH THAT DOESN’T RESPOND TO TREATMENT YOU CUT IT OUT OR USE CEMO ON IT! NUCLEAR BOMB WOULD BE THE SAME AS CUTTING IT OUT OR USING CEMO! WE’RE THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH AND WE CAN’T HANDLE THE LIKES OF UPSTARTS LIKE RUSSIA! ITJUST DON’T COMPUTE!
KELLY LIFTED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE TO LET THE COMPUTER RE-SET IT SELF! RIGHT AFTER THAT SHANNON BROUGHT HER CAR, A 2004 TOYOTA AVALON, TO US AND PICKED UP THE INTREPID! I ASKED HER TO WATCH THE TRIP METER AND HER WATCH AND LET ME KNOW AT WHAT MILAGE OR TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON! IF ITS TIME WE CAN START THE CAR AND LET IT IDLE TILL THE LIGHT COMES ON THEN START WITH IT LIT AND SEE IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
SHE MADE IT HOME AND CALLED TO TELL US THE LIGHT DIDN’T COME ON BETWEEN OUR PLACE AND HERS WHICH IS ABOUT 8 MILES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO SOME PLACE AND GOT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT CAME ON! SHE DIDN’T SAY HOW IT RAN AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON!
BET YOU NEVER KNEW THIS
HOW IS SNOW MADE?
SNOWFLAKES ARE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS AND IT IS AMAZING THAT SUCH PATTERNS FORM RANDOMLY. HOWEVER, THAT IS JUST HOW THEY FORM. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, A CLOUD IS JUST WATER VAPOR (STEAM, IF YOU LIKE), AND IS COMPOSED OF VERY TINY WATER DROPS. NOW, BECAUSE THE CLOUD IS HIGH IN THE SKY, WHERE THE AIR IS THIN, THESE WATER DROPLETS GET COLD, BELOW THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER. IT TURNS OUT THAT ABSOLUTELY PURE WATER WON'T FREEZE BY ITSELF, EVEN IF YOU GET BELOW 32 DEGREES F, OR 0 DEGREES C (THOUGH IT WILL FREEZE ON ITS OWN IF YOU GET IT EXTREMELY COLD). INSTEAD, THE WATER DROPS NEED TO STICK TO SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE A PARTICLE OF DUST. THIS IS CALLED A "SEED". ONLY THEN DOES THE WATER DROPLET FREEZE. ONCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, OTHER WATER DROPLETS WILL STICK TO THE NEWLY MADE ICE-CRYSTAL, AND ALSO FREEZE, MAKING IT LARGER. DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS, DIFFERENT SHAPED CRYSTALS WILL GROW. IN GENERAL, WE SEE THAT SNOWFLAKES HAVE A SIX-SIDED SYMMETRY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF A WATER MOLECULE (TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS AND ONE OXYGEN ATOM STUCK TOGETHER), THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS IS ABOUT 120 DEGREES. THIS IS ALSO THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO SIDES OF A REGULAR HEXAGON (SIX-SIDED FIGURE WHERE ALL THE SIDES ARE THE SAME LENGTH). SO IN A SENSE, WATER MOLECULES LIKE TO "FIT TOGETHER" IN SIX-SIDED SHAPES. HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE SNOWFLAKE'S SHAPE IS DETERMINED BY THE "GROWING" CONDITIONS AND THE SHAPE OF THE SEED. SO EVERY SNOWFLAKE IS DIFFERENT, AND BEAUTIFUL!
“I DIDN’T KNOW THAT!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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