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Officers say there is no hot water in thelocker room shower facility, that no one has usedit in years, and that it is so filthy that it isunlikely anyone will ever use it again...
...wouldn't wash my dog in the shower," saysKotowski. "It's disgusting, nasty. They refuse tofix that...
...shower had become an awesome storm, visible over large parts of the U.S. Southwest, brightening the sky like the grand finale of a fireworks display and causing many startled spectators instinctively to shield their face. Interspersed with occasional fireballs, the meteors reached an incredible peak rate of at least 40 per sec. before the bombardment began to wane. Some shooting stars continued to fall until their trails were obscured by the glare of the rising...
While more modest meteor showers, usually consisting of no more than a scattering of shooting stars, take place as often as 15 to 20 times each year over various parts of the globe, dramatic displays like the 1966 Leonids occur rarely, only a few times each century. But the next great meteor storm of the 20th century could occur this week -- if astronomers' hunches are right. Conditions seem ideal, they say, for the annual Perseid meteor shower to develop into a vivid display that should be visible in many parts of the northern hemisphere on the night...
...radiate from a point in Leo. While most of the cometary debris consists of small particles, each tiny piece traveling at such high speed packs a mighty wallop capable of inflicting severe damage on anything it encounters. Consequently, satellites orbiting above the protective atmosphere during a heavy meteor shower are vulnerable. With this danger in mind, NASA prudently postponed last week's scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery, which otherwise would have been in orbit during the height of the meteor bombardment. Explained a NASA spokesman: "It's too uncertain to proceed." Astronomers, too, felt concern; they could do nothing...