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Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington
Seatle Post Int ^
| 6/3/2004
| AP
Posted on 06/03/2004 5:38:41 AM PDT by Selene
SEATTLE -- Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies over the Puget Sound area early Thursday, and aviation officials said a meteor may have been the source.
An early report that a meteor might have hit near Chehalis, about 90 miles south of the city, turned out to be false, a University of Washington scientist who specializes in meteorites said.
Toby Smith, a lecturer in astronomy, told The Associated Press scientists were looking into the cause of the skybursts reported over a wide area about 2:40 a.m.
Witnesses along a 60-mile swath of the sound from near Tacoma to Whidbey Island and as far as 100 miles to the east near Ellensburg said the sky lit up brightly, and many also reported booming sounds as if from one or more explosions.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: meteor
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To: Selene
Something woke me up at that time; I heard a loud boom and felt a shudder, as if someone had slammed the garage door. I got up and looked out the window to the south, but didn't see anything. I live just north of Seattle, in Shoreline.
To: blam
I was just being a smart Alec this morning. And I was just being one this early evening.
But we really do have flashes and booms here regularly.
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:00:35 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(I Can Spell....My Typing Just Sucks)
To: oceanperch
Be safe. Hurry Home. Thanks.
I do miss the kitties a lot. Their "Aunt and Uncle" send me pictures of them and stories about them regularly. I'll see them at the end of the year.
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:04:04 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(I Can Spell....My Typing Just Sucks)
To: Steve_Seattle
Same thing here steve. See my post, about 38 or so, I live on the Shoreline/Edmonds border. I can pee on K.C. over my back fence.
To: Selene
"Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies"
Don't Cry, Its Only Thunder...cir 1982
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:05:36 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: HairOfTheDog
Huh? I missed it too. What time did it happen?
To: Selene; Art Bell
Paging Art Bell...
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:12:25 AM PDT
by
mhking
("Enterprise" finale: Yeah, we saved Earth, but I hate Illinois Nazis...)
To: Scott from the Left Coast
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:13:26 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(The Democratic Party has jumped the shark.)
To: GalaxieFiveHundred
ROFLMAO! Who in their right ming would want a model like that?
To: big ern
A meteor seems the most likely explanation, despite the earlier disclaimer about one coming down near Chehalis. It seemed too clear for it to be thunder and lightning, but that can't be ruled out, either.
To: Grampa Dave
Whidbey is an air force base is it not? Isn't that where our team from the surveillance plane the chinese downed originated?
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:16:07 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(LOSERS quit when they are tired/WINNERS quit when they have won)
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh, that explains it...it's hard to wake me up -- I sleep through the trains that run all night along the shore of the Sound. No little ol' meteor would do it.
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:17:57 AM PDT
by
oceanperch
(Did you see the PNW Meteor?)
To: OldFriend
Whidbey is a Navy Air Base, but yes.
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:18:23 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(The Democratic Party has jumped the shark.)
To: Selene
Ralph Gaume, head of astronometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., said he knew of no likely source from outer space, such as a passing comet or meteor cluster or shower, but added that meteors commonly appear at random. Another possibility, he said, would be "space junk" such as spent rocket engines or satellites falling from Earth orbit. If we start reading about these daily, I'll start worrying more about Aussie Bloke and his debris cloud.
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:19:22 AM PDT
by
Sender
(SNOWBALL this is BURROW. You are not secure...repeat not secure...go green...go green...)
To: oceanperch
AH! - the video ~is~ up now at Komo 4 website I posted above.
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:19:32 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(The Democratic Party has jumped the shark.)
To: steplock
"We will never know..."
Woke us up, fast. Dogs barking "alert".
Bright flashes followed by 3 or 4 very loud booms in rapid succession.
Resembling more closely to the sound of serious ordnance rather than a sonic boom, I've heard both on several occasions in the Military.
To: moehoward
Bright flashes followed by 3 or 4 very loud booms in rapid succession. The DeLaurean hitting 88 MPH?
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:24:48 AM PDT
by
mhking
("Enterprise" finale: Yeah, we saved Earth, but I hate Illinois Nazis...)
To: bored at work
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posted on
06/03/2004 7:26:46 AM PDT
by
TBall
To: mhking
DeLorean, there's a joke on wheels.
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