Posted on 02/24/2011 2:08:50 PM PST by JoeProBono
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., Experts identified a metal plate that fell onto the second-floor roof of a Washington state fourplex as a dishwasher part, but its origins are a mystery.
Mark Kauffmann, who heard the object land on the roof of his Mountlake Terrace building about 7 p.m. Feb. 9, said he called officials at nearby Paine Field, who took the panel and determined it did not drop from an airplane, The (Everett) Herald reported Thursday.
Kauffmann said the mystery only deepened when workers at the Appliance Recycling Outlet in Snohomish recognized the object as the reversible front panel from a dishwasher.
"Dishwashers don't fly. At least I'm pretty sure of that," he said.
Kauffmann said he does not believe the panel was simply thrown onto the roof due to the volume of the sound from the impact.
"It sounded like it was coming straight down," he said. "I'll bet we heard it coming from at least 100 yards."
Your masochistic side is oozing out.
I think I read that. Four-foot-eleven, redhead, really cute college drop out.
I wondered how he would launder the cash.
Funny. What’s that on the ground by the Brits? Looks like hub caps.
Yeh, wind.
Once on the docks, before we could batten down, a full gale wind peeled 3/4” plywood sheets off an open unit. They went spinning off, one by one, like a deck of cards in front of a fan, a good 100 yards, and into the drink. It was amazing how much altitude they could gain before dropping.
Fortunately, nobody was injured.
These are flat metal panels, so should sail even better than my roofing tin off the barn...that only ‘flew’ about 1/4 mile.
Christchurch? Haiti? The land fill at the next town over but two?
Rofl. But with a good catapult, one can make it a *whole* dishwasher.
That should suck up the investigative resources of the state for the next year or so.
Trout, I think....
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