Posted on 03/07/2021 1:20:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Huge Fireball Burns over the London Sky, Creates Shock Wave
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Thanks for introducing him to me, I’d never heard of him before, of course, I’ll probably not be going back for more, but I did enjoy it. :^)
One time years ago when my kids were visiting I cranked Frankie at full volume for the morning wake up call.
♫ Musical Bump For Thread ♫
"Great Balls Of Fire" - Tiny Tim
"Great Balls Of Fire" - Tilman
How a Meteorite Ruined an Alabama Woman’s Afternoon 65 Years Ago [1954]
By Chelsea Gohd
November 30, 2019
https://www.space.com/meteorite-hit-alabama-woman-65-years-ago.html
Hodges was struck by the meteorite while on her couch on Nov. 30, 1954. She donated it to the University of Alabama's Museum of Natural History in 1956. (Image credit: University of Alabama)
I hope if Ms. Hodges didn't receive any compensation for handing over the meteorite, perhaps some of her family may have, at $7,500 for a 10.3-gram piece in 2017.
I remember the 1957 meteorite which hit off the Louisiana coast. My dad was working as pipe-fitter in a South Louisiana refinery. It lasted long enough for him to come get me inside the house to go see it. It was like day at night.
He guessed correctly that it had landed in the Gulf.
What a good dad!
There was a big atmospheric kaboom over Lake Michigan sometime just before world war one -- people as far inland as Battle Creek ran out of their homes that night, saw the sky lit up almost like daylight, and thought it was the Apocalypse. A big surge of water came up the channel of the Grand River in Grand Haven, and the EMP knocked out at least six power plants (mostly small municipal generators back then) I think in three states.
I hate it when that happens. ;^)
A big surge of water came up the channel of the Grand River in Grand Haven...
I recently had a very vivid dream about a 9.8 earthquake, which created a tsunami that traveled up rivers and overflowed levees far inland, causing great destruction. My wife was caught in the path but survived, and I found her after a traumatic search. When the water had retreated, someone standing next to me asked, "did I know how big it was?" I said, "no." They said, "it was a 9.8."
It was so vivid and real, I awoke and sent myself an email describing it, as I've begun to do recently, but not lately.
And it will pass within 1.25 million miles. I guess we should all be worried because the moon is only 200,000 miles away.
Yeah, I’m white-knucklin’ and sweatin’ my way through the whole dangerous encounter. /rimshot
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