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Originally posted by AllSeeingI
At low doses, barium acts as a muscle stimulant, while higher doses affect the nervous system, causing cardiac irregularities, tremors, weakness, anxiety, dyspnea and paralysis. This may be due to its ability to block potassium ion channels which are critical to the proper function of the nervous system.
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Originally posted by Alexander the o.k.
10's of the same white, unmarked jets, with a unique 'exhaust' signature, flying routes not used by normal commercial air traffic, separated by a few minutes, separated by a few degrees of arc, laying down a clear pattern, leaving a once clear blue sky completely overcast after several hours of operation, which same white, unmarked jets cease operations once the sky is covered, to be seen no more.
Til next time.
At random intervals.
As opposed to the normal continuous commercial air traffic which we see every day flying normal commercial routes leaving no contrails on the same day as the 'operations'.
Originally posted by Sri Oracle
Originally posted by Alexander the o.k.
10's of the same white, unmarked jets, with a unique 'exhaust' signature, flying routes not used by normal commercial air traffic, separated by a few minutes, separated by a few degrees of arc, laying down a clear pattern, leaving a once clear blue sky completely overcast after several hours of operation, which same white, unmarked jets cease operations once the sky is covered, to be seen no more.
Til next time.
At random intervals.
As opposed to the normal continuous commercial air traffic which we see every day flying normal commercial routes leaving no contrails on the same day as the 'operations'.
That would be the sky over my downtown home to a T
Clear sky 8 am.
Stripes of contrails arcing east to west.
Drifting North and fanning out so the whole northern sky became hazy by 10 am.
Very high in the atmosphere. I have a great shot of a prop plane flying beneath one this morning... The "cloud" is about 15 prop plane wingspans wide and much higher.
Definately military, high in atmosphere, fast moving, leaving spray that is about twice as wide as the wingspan of the original craft... but expanding to maybe 30 times as wide as the original craft.
But what is it?
Barium? Silver Iodide? Jet fuel reacted nanotubes?
And why?
Weather manipulation? Protect cities from incoming radiation? Create disease so they can cure it?
And who? At what level?
Has anyone here ever tracked one of these craft with a telescope? What type of craft are they? They're always so high in the sky you cannot distinguish with bare eyes.
Sri Oracle
Originally posted by Alexander the o.k.
How often do you see these operations carried out?
Where are you located?
Originally posted by Alexander the o.k.
Why has no one gone up in a cessna into the trail and taken samples?
Or have they?
Originally posted by neformore
If something is sprayed as a particulate at 20,000ft, the chances of it falling directly below are so close to zero that they aren't worth bothering with, because of drift, windshear and dispersal.
20,000ft is 3.78 miles up.
Think about it. Theres a reason that crop dusting takes place at low level.
Chaff is frequently released by military aircraft in the desert area west of the Great Salt Lake (GSL). The chaff is seen on the radar display usually as narrow bands of high reflectivity that travel with the winds after emanating from a point source. Sometimes these chaff echoes can stretch for hundreds of miles. The bands are also very shallow and are usually seen on only one tilt of the radar, though this depends on the range from the radar and the amount of diffusion time. As chaff drifts closer to the radar site, it may be seen on several tilts making it more difficult to distinguish from actual weather.
Chaff events on two days are examined. On 7 May 1996, chaff mixed with real weather echoes increasing the echo intensity causing them to become indistinguishable from actual higher-reflectivity echoes. It is hypothesized that chaff entered the convective cells creating hybrid echoes through turbulent dissipation throughout the cloud. These echoes were detected by NSSL experimental algorithms. During one volume, a 60 percent probability of hail was indicated by the NSSL hail detection algorithm (now in Build 9).
On 9 May 1996, isolated chaff had structure much like that of actual weather echoes: the chaff had more-rounded shapes and was seen on multiple tilts of the radar. This situation required the use of a visible satellite image to distinguish chaff from the weather. In addition, the vertical tilt of the chaff was much greater compared to genuine echoes.
Chaff typically has a shallow vertical structure and an elongated worm-like horizontal appearance with maximum reflectivities 45-50 dBZ. In convective situations, these discerning attributes may not be readily apparent as turbulent diffusion spreads the chaff throughout the convective cloud. In these situations, chaff-infected weather echoes can be interpreted as storm cells by WSR-88D algorithms. In one instance, a 60 percent probability of hail was indicated by NSSL's hail detection algorithm. Chaff was also interpreted as storm cells even when no clouds were present.
Several ways to identify chaff echoes were illustrated: 1) watch for the narrow banded structure of the echoes which are usually seen on one or two elevation angles; 2) continuously monitor the radar in time lapse sequences (composite reflectivity seems to work best) to follow chaff from its initial release; 3) examine visible satellite imagery (rapid-scan imagery now available will offer the forecaster quick access of near real-time imagery every 6-8 min.); and 4) examine the vertical tilt of the echo--if the tilt is excessive or much different from most other echoes, the echo is probably chaff.