If you want to check my bonafides, review my FR posting history. You'll see I don't have a history of pranks or responding to myself to foment discussion, especially about wacky stuff like this! I really did see this thing coming into the atmosphere, my husband really did see it for quite a lot longer and more than me because I was down here trying to post to FR (had to turn on computer, wait for the cable hookup, virus checks, etc., takes about eight minutes from the minute of turing on my computer to actually being able to post online). By the time I got the first post done, it had been more like 20 minutes (husband says half hour, but I think he's off) since he first spotted it (he was on the phone talking to his daughter and gazing out at the sunset), and by the time I was posting "to myself" to add more info, it was over Sacramento. Going very, very fast, and very, very high.
"...but I think he's off..."
My wife says that about me, too.
relax finny. it's a slow night, and we're just having a little fun with ya.
I believe you. People are just having fun on a slow night.
Very very fast, huh? Right...
It also sounds vaguely familiar... did you just move from Maine?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1414870/posts
It really sounds like it was quite a sight. Did the contrail stay intact for a long time?
Free Republic....Proving once again that when and if the end of the world comes, it will be escorted in with bad jokes, humorous (or humorless) puns, and many fishing lines in the water trolling for trolls. LOL
There seems to be an overload of assholes on this thread. Sifting thru their crap sure is annoying.