[phoenix0468]

I have witnessed three seperate meteor events. Two were quite a ways west of me. One went right over my head. Now, when a meteor goes over your head, and lights up the sky like daylight, you take notice. The other two were equally as eventful as both were quite incredible explosions. One, off the coast of California, that I could see from Oklahoma, the other happened over New Mexico. All three were in the late 90's while I delivered newspapers at night. I heard on the news after the California meteor that it apparently woke people from sound sleep, and may have caused some electical disturbances as well.

[ForGod'sSake]

While I've witnessed any number of metoer showers, I've never seen a big one up close and personal.

I heard on the news after the California meteor that it apparently woke people from sound sleep, and may have caused some electical disturbances as well.

Now that's interesting. One would suspect some sort of electrical disturbances from one of these things, particularly a big one, but I've not read enough about 'em to know if there's been any research. The static discharge as these things pass through the atmosphere must be tremendous, but what about when they get near the surface??? Lightning bolts??? There may be some interesting stuff out there; I just haven't taken the time to look for it.

Thanks for stopping by and the input.