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Beyond Helotes
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Far out NW of San Antonio. Internet since 1986. Seismometer owner, Weather, ex Astro tech, rockets, atoms, noncurrent pilot, lawyer, etc.

Co-owner of two cats.
Leeward Islands quake, 27 OCT 25 at 12:38 Z. As recorded in South Central Texas. @raspishake.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
24 Sep 2025 earthquake in Venezuela as recorded in South Central Texas.
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Kamchatka 18 Sep 2025 quake as recorded in South Central Texas.
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Kamchatka quake as recorded in South Central Texas. @raspishake.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#spacex #ship36 explosion at Brownsville on #radar. #txwx
June 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Bats flying out at twilight in SW Texas as seen on the Bracketville NOAA RADAR. . #txwx #bats #wxradar #radar
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A new record with the @raspishake.bsky.social on the “regional“ filter as detected in south central #Texas

That’s about 5.3246004e-10 parsecs.

#earthquakes
June 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Big #texasquake as recorded near San Antonio. @raspishake.bsky.social #txwx
May 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
17,444 kms, I think this is my most distant as recorded in South Central Texas. Shown in two different filters.
#quake #earthquake @raspishake.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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#OTD 16 years ago 4 little Apollo 11 Moon rocks were delivered to my house thanks to Bob Jacobs. I took them to Nepal.
Scott Parazynski took them to the summit of Mt. Everest. They now reside above the sky with a piece of Everest inside the
ISS (Exploration)^2 #AdAstra #AdLunam
April 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Tonga quake as registered in South Central Texas on @raspishake.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@raspishake.bsky.social Myanmar quake near San Antonio Texas. 14066 kms.
March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Myanmar Quake as registered near San Antonio Texas. 14,066 kms. #raspishake
March 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here in S Central Texas we had some mediocre air quality prior to the front coming through around 1100 CST, then good air. Then, we got invaded by West Texas dust. Yuck.

#txwx #purpleair #sanantonio #bexar
March 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A student and I studied the sound power produced by (still) the world's most powerful *orbital* rocket, NASA's Space Launch System. We then compared its 202+ dB to the Saturn V. Despite the Saturn V having lesser thrust, it produced greater sound power.

#openaccess

doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Sound power of NASA's lunar rockets: Space Launch System versus Saturn V
To improve acoustical models of super heavy-lift launch vehicles, this Letter reports Space Launch System's (SLS's) overall sound power level (OAPWL) and compar
doi.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Cold front passed, wind out of the north, but kinda cruddy air quality. #txwx #satx

#ayediosfrio
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
West Texas #txquake, as recorded near San Antonio. #tx
February 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Four years ago: the South Texas Cold Snap. #txwx #ayediosfrio

www.ksat.com/weather/2025...
4 YEARS AGO: When the historic February 2021 winter storm hit San Antonio
A look back at the big february 2021 freeze.
www.ksat.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day, you crazy Texans!
February 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Six hands on one piano, in our @texaspublicradio.bsky.social KPAC 88.3 FM studios. Enjoy!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qQw...
Six hands on one piano! The 2024 Gurwitz Laureates in-studio
YouTube video by Texas Public Radio
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#txwx Looks like the Texas cold front brings some better air with it. #purpleair
February 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
#Honduras #quake as seen on #raspishake in South Central Texas
February 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Xizang earthquake as recorded in South Central Texas, 13,507 kms away. #raspishake #raspberryshake #citizenscience
January 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
10,000 km to South Texas. Triple spikes.

#raspishake #quakes #raspberryshake #citizenscience
December 15, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Nice little ka-boom in SW Texas

#raspberryshake #raspishake
#txquakes #txwx
December 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM