February 06, 2023
It was NOT a Weather Balloon
Dr. Roy Spencer is a meteorologist who headed up NASA's sateliite data department (which used to be at odds with the land-based Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and it's head James Hanson, the guru of Global Warming. He moved on to the University of Alabama Huntsville and runs one of the few satellite data centers studying climate in the world.
Dr. Spencer would know if the Chinese balloon was for studying the weather or not.
Roy W. Spencer:
The Chinese reconnaissance balloon: Obviously not for weather, way too big (expensive) and of little to no practical use for meteorology.
It's in the lower stratosphere, where the steering currents can be quite different than in the jet stream (much slower windspeed, although the direction this time of year might be generally the same).
The fact it crossed through Alaska, Montana, and now into the Ohio Valley toward the East Coast suggests its launch and altitude placement was carefully planned.
My first guess is that this is a "trial balloon" to (1) see how America reacts, and to (2) test their skill at being able to carry a payload in a desired direction. I have no idea what kind of future payload they are considering.
Dr. Spencer would know if the Chinese balloon was for studying the weather or not.
Roy W. Spencer:
The Chinese reconnaissance balloon: Obviously not for weather, way too big (expensive) and of little to no practical use for meteorology.
It's in the lower stratosphere, where the steering currents can be quite different than in the jet stream (much slower windspeed, although the direction this time of year might be generally the same).
The fact it crossed through Alaska, Montana, and now into the Ohio Valley toward the East Coast suggests its launch and altitude placement was carefully planned.
My first guess is that this is a "trial balloon" to (1) see how America reacts, and to (2) test their skill at being able to carry a payload in a desired direction. I have no idea what kind of future payload they are considering.
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"Up, up and away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon......" (for all of you Fifth Dimension fans of days of yore...)
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at February 06, 2023 11:32 PM (1KBQw)
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I am utterly freaked out and in a state of disarray at the thought that China may be spying on us and may have seen pictures of the covers of our nuclear missile silos. I cannot sleep at night. I live now in a constant state of panic. I nearly have car accidents because I cannot stop looking up in fear that there might be a Chinese balloon overhead. They might even see my vegetable garden, which might make me a target. The fear of Chinese spy balloons is ruining my life.
Posted by: Bill H at February 07, 2023 12:03 AM (Q7br2)
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Well, Bill, I'm not going THAT far, but I might consider tossing out some of my Chinese spices. Or maybe not; my wife and I really like them, and there are no domestic versions that can compare with them.
Now, if you asked me to toss out our current president, I'd say "Yep, Boy howdy! In a New York Minute!"
Now, if you asked me to toss out our current president, I'd say "Yep, Boy howdy! In a New York Minute!"
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at February 07, 2023 12:12 AM (1KBQw)
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Dont you people know a drug shipment when you see one. To Hunter from China with love, besides if you had been paying attention when Trump was prez there were so many Chinese balloons floating around they blotted out the sun. Look up once in a while. Those people who have bugs for brains from eating them do.
Posted by: Mike at February 07, 2023 01:13 AM (vFzm9)
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It's not the spying Bill, but the brazenness of the spying. And really it's about the lack of action on the part of the Biden Administration.
Bear in mind we don't know what those balloons were doing. They could get basic spy information from satellites. These balloons were perhaps doing something else - maybe something very serious. If nothing else they could be platforms for launching drones. And maybe they contain biological weapons?
Any way you slice it this was a provocation and intended to test American resolve. We failed.
Bear in mind we don't know what those balloons were doing. They could get basic spy information from satellites. These balloons were perhaps doing something else - maybe something very serious. If nothing else they could be platforms for launching drones. And maybe they contain biological weapons?
Any way you slice it this was a provocation and intended to test American resolve. We failed.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 07, 2023 09:17 AM (NpDLy)
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Well, I'm getting rid of my Chinese tea and fortune cookies Dana! That'll show 'em!
They are welcome to Biden. I'd send him gift-wrapped if they asked.
They are welcome to Biden. I'd send him gift-wrapped if they asked.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 07, 2023 09:18 AM (NpDLy)
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Yeah; how else can they get them to Hunter Mike!
As you say, they blotted out the sun during the Trump years.
As you say, they blotted out the sun during the Trump years.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 07, 2023 09:19 AM (NpDLy)
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