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Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits village
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=296907 ^
Posted on 09/18/2007 3:44:37 AM PDT by chessplayer
Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said today.
Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.
Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.
Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.
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KEYWORDS: catastrophism
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To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/18/2007 6:16:27 AM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
To: Uncle Ike
42
posted on
09/18/2007 6:37:54 AM PDT
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
09/18/2007 6:54:02 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: chessplayer
Let me guess
The dead rose and started feasting on the living? Any bite from the infected would turn the victim into a zombie in just minutes?
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posted on
09/18/2007 6:56:10 AM PDT
by
Armedanddangerous
(Chuin, Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
To: agere_contra
Upon your arrival, proceed to Level One for your briefing.
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posted on
09/18/2007 6:57:23 AM PDT
by
afnamvet
(31st TFW Tuy Hoa AFB RVN 68 - 69 "Return with Honor")
To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/18/2007 7:00:18 AM PDT
by
ulm1
(“There are scandals that need to be addressed. Republicans address them, Democrats re-elect them.”)
To: doodad; chessplayer
Yup. We’re still puzzling over whether or not the Viking probes found life on Mars, only to eventually find out in 2851 that most of the virii and bacterial life on earth is widely scattered throughout space and rained down here millions of years ago.
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posted on
09/18/2007 7:03:17 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: nicmarlo; processing please hold
Invasion of the Pod People, er I mean, the Body Snatchers So this is how they arrive... lol!
To: Borax Queen; CholeraJoe; Mother Abigail
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posted on
09/18/2007 8:45:40 AM PDT
by
null and void
(<---- Awake and filled with a terrible resolve...)
To: citizenmike
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posted on
09/18/2007 8:51:28 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(and just think how clean the cities would become again.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Thanks for posting the pic.
The story from Down Under also indicated local rescue crews on site.
Big hole for sure, I would have said a Mk 82, tops.
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posted on
09/18/2007 8:58:49 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(Yeah, well, maybe - but can you *prove* it?)
To: ASOC
An Mk 82? That is a 500lb. bomb! What made the hole might have been a chunk of ice from a toilet of an aircraft. Or a shovel or two!
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:09:16 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:13:35 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: chessplayer
H.P. Lovecraft did it
best.
54
posted on
09/18/2007 9:19:22 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Looks like bomb craters that I have worked around....(wink, wink)
A Mk 84 would not have left that much debris on the rim.
30 M across? Don’t think so, I wonder if they checked for radioactive or toxic residue?
Also, the rim of the crater is nearly symmetrical - tho there appears to be debris thrown out to the “right” of the image. If this were a result of a kinetic event, I would expect to see much more ejecta and a non-symmetrical rim on the crater.
Lots of foot traffic is evident as well.
Maybe they will find something if they get the crater pumped out......
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:27:36 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(Yeah, well, maybe - but can you *prove* it?)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe one for your Catastrophism ping list?
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:54:46 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
To: chessplayer
Anyone bother to check them for radiation sickness?
To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/18/2007 10:25:24 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Kevmo; 75thOVI; AFPhys; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; ...
Thanks Kevmo for the ping and suggestion. Maybe radioactive dust is at work here?
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posted on
09/18/2007 11:26:11 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Wednesday, September 12, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Heh, Andromeda Strain was my first thought, too!
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posted on
09/18/2007 11:28:34 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
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