Immanent Chinese bombardment of Northern California.

[Alex The G and T]

Alert! Debris From Chinese Rocket Expected To Fall on Northern California This Morning

Current estimation is that this debris would not be enough to destroy a community, but would be enough to destroy or damage multiple buildings if it lands in a populated area…

kymkemp.com

In the next couple of hours, I'm expecting Rockets to begin raining from the heavens.

The Space Force has the errant Chinese rocket modeled to crash in my area, in just a ? hours.

I like how they have a footprint calculated down to about 300 miles square; yet have named a potential 5 hour Time Error. Isn't 5 hours enough to do several earth orbits? Which would make a rather larger target footprint, sez me.

So, maybe a tinfoil hat will be adequate protection?

 

[Foxbat]

Let's hope it doesn't cause any more wildfires. You guys have had more than your fair share of those.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Yeah, Shasta County, especial is ripe for conflagrations...again. Sacramento county is more Urban; but does include some tinder dry forests.
Hoping for an Ocean landing. Not going fishing today.

 

[Alex The G and T]

This just in:
Update: according to the Office of Emergency Services in Humboldt County, “Northern California is no longer within the predicted impact area for orbital debris.

Here is the most recent prediction map, available at: CZ-5B R/B (ID 53240) | The Aerospace Corporation

Which it looks like the path has drifted South.

Oh, well, no sonic booms or fireballs for me. I guess I can crinkle-up my tin foil hat.

 

[Boaz]

I guess I can crinkle-up my tin foil hat.

The hat's imminent destruction is something you are both immanently and eminently qualified to do.

 

[Montero]

Only on SFF would someone correctly use imminent, immanent and eminent in one sentence.

 

[KGeo777]

There was a Star Wars game cut scene I saw recently showing the wreckage from the second Death Star floating around space and it occurred to me--wouldn't the moon of Endor be bombarded by that wreckage?

 

[BAYLOR]

There was a Star Wars game cut scene I saw recently showing the wreckage from the second Death Star floating around space and it occurred to me--wouldn't the moon of Endor be bombarded by that wreckage?

That would have been a great way to end that Return of the Jedi . Everyone in the Ewok village dancing and happy and celebrating when all of the suddenly debris from the Death Star starts to rain down.

 

[Boaz]

Only on SFF would someone correctly use imminent, immanent and eminent in one sentence.

So... I beat you to the punch?

 

[Montero]

@Boaz are you asking was I going to say the same thing? (No I wasn't )

 

[Alex The G and T]

Not even close.

Debris From Uncontrolled Chinese Rocket Falls Over Southeast Asian Seas

Space watchers had tracked the 23-ton rocket stage’s path in Earth orbit this week because of the slight possibility that it could come down over a populated area.

www.nytimes.com

NASA blames the error on the Chinese being inscrutable. (Not his word. Which, how old do you have to be to remember the Chinese being described as "Inscrutable.")

 

[Montero]

Wasn't that Hollywood tat movies about Fu Manchu?

 

[Alex The G and T]

Either that, or banned bugs bunny cartoons about "the Yellow Peril," or both. (Can I even say that, nowadays?)

 

[KGeo777]

Wasn't that Hollywood tat movies about Fu Manchu?

"The world shall hear from me again."

Fu Manchu

 

[Harpo]

 

[Brian G Turner]

So much fake news - as happened last time. Hysteria claiming a Chinese rocket would impact the USA. Also, that video shows the same thing copy/pasted to fill the screen - every vapor trail is exactly the same.

 

[THX1138]

So much fake news - as happened last time. Hysteria claiming a Chinese rocket would impact the USA. Also, that video shows the same thing copy/pasted to fill the screen - every vapor trail is exactly the same.

And all at the same time too!
And the smallest one in the distant has a very short contrail!

And they all happen from single star like points in the sky...

 

[THX1138]

I found many reports on it, but this one is closeted to the re-entry point. In all, every report says pretty much the same.
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth