Posted on 01/06/2022 11:12:21 AM PST by BenLurkin
[T]he meteor that exploded Saturday morning in the skies above Western Pennsylvania produced a blast that was equal to 30 tons of TNT.
On New Year’s Day, a loud boom was heard and felt throughout the region, with some people reporting rumbles in their homes and rattling windows.
NASA told The Post that the meteor was a yard in diameter, weighed 1,000 pounds, and hit the atmosphere at a staggering 45,000 mph.
A meteor of that size travels through Earth’s atmosphere every three or four days, but because most of the planet is water-covered, the majority of those meteors fall where no one sees or hears them, said Bill Cooke, who leads NASA’s meteoroid environments office, to The Post. ... Were it not for Saturday’s cloudiness, he said, the meteor might have created an impressive light show.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Take heed all you Joe Paterno groupies!
I am worried about Ben Rothlisberger.
What?...Do you think he’ll replace Maker Bayfield?
Sounds less impressive if you call it 0.03 kilotons.
What?...Do you think he’ll replace Maker Bayfield?
the Browns and the Steelers do not like each other, so YES! :)
Well I did not hear it, AFAIK. I hear so many loud noises nowadays I ignore most of them.
If this had happened over Chicago nobody would have heard it over the gunfire.
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