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Geminid Meteor Showers Alarm Area Residents
NBC ^ | Dec. 12, 2004 | NBC

Posted on 12/12/2004 11:21:07 PM PST by FairOpinion

A meteor shower that had some startled motorists calling police is expected to continue over the next few days.

Saturday night's light show was part of the Geminids meteor shower, News4 reported.

Montgomery and Fairfax county police, along with Dulles Airport and the space agency, NASA, received calls about the spectacle.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc4.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; geminid; meteor; meteors
It will continue Monday, best time to look is around midnight.
1 posted on 12/12/2004 11:21:08 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

Its all fun and games until everybody goes blind and triffids start killing everyone.


2 posted on 12/13/2004 2:57:49 AM PST by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

LOL. Good one.


3 posted on 12/13/2004 3:00:20 AM PST by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
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