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Thermit
Tech
Houston, TX
2621 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-17-2002 07:32 PM
    
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Posted on Fri, May. 17, 2002
Harmless halo around the sun causes a buzz in South Florida
BY MARTIN MERZER
mmerzer@herald.com
WINSTON TOWNSEND/Miami Herald
Concentric rings appear around the sun in this view made in downtown Miami at 2:15 p.m. Friday.
Hey, look up. What the heck is that? A wide, shadowy halo materialized around the sun this afternoon, transforming many South Floridians into instant astronomers, arousing a flood of calls to weather forecasters and inspiring more than a few dark thoughts. 'One guy said, `It's Armageddon,' '' said Sydelle Engel, a customer at the Flashback Diner in Hallandale Beach, a place that suddenly emptied as word spread and people flocked outside. ``Another guy said, `Good, I don't have to pay my bills.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/3284810.htm 
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Bonehead9
Senior Member
suburb of Chicago, IL US
176 posts, May 2002
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posted 05-17-2002 08:13 PM
Cool, Isn't mother nature neat sometimes?I saw a moon halo once as a kid. Does anyone remember in the movie "The Deer Hunter" when Robert DiNero looks up at the sky and sees a sun dog? It was a good luck sign for a hunter.
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FLKook
Chemspiracy Realist
East Central Florida
1388 posts, Apr 2001
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posted 05-17-2002 09:23 PM
Yes, I remember when sundogs were an odd occurrance. They happen here now regularly...coincidentally only on spray days. Duh.
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Bonehead9
Senior Member
suburb of Chicago, IL US
176 posts, May 2002
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posted 05-17-2002 09:46 PM
Were they all that rare in the past? or are you just noticing them more now that you are looking?Also, don't discount the impact of a media/ internet obsessed culture. whereby these things are being widely reported out of simple curiosity. Would a report like that have been in a paper twenty years ago when they did not have to fill so much empty space (ie bandwidth to borrow a phrase from the internet world)
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WiseQuakker
Senior Member
Mt. Vernon, WA, USA
141 posts, Aug 2000
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posted 05-18-2002 05:29 AM
To be perfectly honest, I don’t see what the big deal is. Here in the Pacific Northwest, these 22° halos are a dime a dozen. Sure, the one pictured in the Miami article is quite vivid, but I am more concerned with all the publicity surrounding this non-event than I am the halo, itself. For cryin’ out loud, a photo with a neat caption would have been more than adequate. Either it was a slow news day or someone wanted to make damned certain that it took center stage. As for the forecasters who “rushed out” to have a look, they must have been bored shirtless with whatever they were doing, to even get out of their nice comfy chairs indoors.Furthermore, the caption is just another good example of the sloppy research and reporting that is churned out by today’s crop of mainstream news services. Unless there is a 46° halo lurking about somewhere beyond the frame, the term “concentric rings” is totally inaccurate. The spectrum produced by light refracted through crystals happens to be continuous, the same as it is when brought about by the internal reflections from within liquid droplets. A look at the IR satellite image for 14:00 EDT, shows that there is indeed a sufficient layer of high clouds that would be responsible for the halo. http://www.atmos.washington.edu/images/ir-e_enhanced/2002051718.gif
(This image is overwritten by 5/24/2002)
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FLKook
Chemspiracy Realist
East Central Florida
1388 posts, Apr 2001
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posted 05-18-2002 11:00 AM
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Were they all that rare in the past? or are you just noticing them more now that you are looking?
I've been looking up my whole life. An avid sky watcher for childhood. Have lived in FL for over 25 yrs. I stand by my last post. Internet has nothing to do with it.
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IZAKOVIC
Senior Member
Rijeka, Croatia (Europe)
128 posts, Jan 2001
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posted 05-18-2002 12:28 PM
FLKookYou are right.
http://www.chemtrailcentral.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000224.html Best regards. IZAKOVIC http://www.deepspace4.com
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Dan Rockwell
Hoka hey! - heyokas!
Stamford, CT, USA
1750 posts, Dec 2001
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posted 05-18-2002 01:29 PM
Thanks IZAKOVIC.I as well as a few other people here in Stamford saw a massive halo around the sun a few months ago and it was something that we had never seen before. In my particular fields of research, I have been spending a lot of time outside since 1992 and that was the first time I had ever seen such a phenomenon.
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