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Meteorite hits outside Chicago
CBS,NBC,ABC,FOX local Chicago ^ | 3-27-03 | N/A

Posted on 03/27/2003 3:49:45 AM PST by JustPiper

A meteroite has hit outside of Chicago, chitting an apartment complex and causing an explosion and fire...looking on the web fo followup


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chit; explosion; falldowngoboom; fire; meatyyourright; meteorite; meteroite
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1 posted on 03/27/2003 3:49:45 AM PST by JustPiper
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To: JustPiper
Id say that would qualify as an "act of god" on my insurance policy.
2 posted on 03/27/2003 3:51:31 AM PST by chigung
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To: JustPiper
What?!
3 posted on 03/27/2003 3:51:42 AM PST by Timesink (If you use the word "embedded" in a conversation, you'd better be carrying an x-ray to show me.)
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To: Timesink
None of the networks are reporting this. BS
4 posted on 03/27/2003 3:52:22 AM PST by Peach
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To: Timesink
Its rare for a really big one to flatten a house.
5 posted on 03/27/2003 3:52:29 AM PST by goldstategop
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To: Peach
None of the networks are reporting this. BS

Neither is WGN.

6 posted on 03/27/2003 3:53:01 AM PST by Timesink (If you use the word "embedded" in a conversation, you'd better be carrying an x-ray to show me.)
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To: JustPiper
Well there's something else to worry about now. I thought the Patriot would shoot these down.
7 posted on 03/27/2003 3:53:50 AM PST by Sunnyvale CA Eng.
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To: JustPiper
No chit?
8 posted on 03/27/2003 3:54:33 AM PST by error99 ("I believe stupidity should hurt."...used by permission from null and void all copyrights apply...)
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To: Timesink
It is not BS it is on local Chicago channels! They are reporting witness reports and said one the size of a grapefruit started a fire etc, still not on the net!
9 posted on 03/27/2003 3:54:37 AM PST by JustPiper (Anti-War Protestors Are The Terrorist's Bodyguard!!!)
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To: goldstategop
flatten a house.

Didn't flatten the apartment complex, it hit the roof...going to listen to more and brb

10 posted on 03/27/2003 3:55:15 AM PST by JustPiper (Anti-War Protestors Are The Terrorist's Bodyguard!!!)
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To: JustPiper
Okay - keep the reports coming and we'll see what develops.
11 posted on 03/27/2003 3:57:27 AM PST by Peach
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To: JustPiper
chit ...
12 posted on 03/27/2003 3:59:31 AM PST by Z-28
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To: JustPiper
What is chitting??
13 posted on 03/27/2003 3:59:50 AM PST by Dog
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To: JustPiper
Maybe it was an Iraqi Scud? I understand those things are not very accurate.
14 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:02 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: JustPiper
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=13&ID=91586&r=0
15 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:47 AM PST by A. Morgan
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To: JustPiper
Park forest was the location. No kidding last night I was laying on my couch and I happened to glance out the backyard window and I saw what I thought was maybe lightning. Flash in the sky. The window faces south, as per I live in Elmhurst.
16 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:49 AM PST by Brasky (Guns dont kill people...the gov't does.)
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To: JustPiper
Well, I found this...

Possible meteorite seen streaking across night skyThursday, March 27, 2003

By The Associated Press

People throughout the Midwest called police after seeing a flash of bright blue light in the midnight sky.

The National Weather Service said it was likely that either a meteorite or piece of space debris broke up.

People in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio called police agencies about 1 a.m. EST Thursday to report seeing a bright blue light in the sky. Sgt. Jeff Mangiaracina with the Sheriff's Department in Will County, Ill., said he received calls from as far away as Wisconsin.

National Weather Service offices in Indianapolis, Chicago and Wilmington, Ohio, reported receiving calls about the object.

Jim Kaplan with the Romeoville, Ill., office of the Weather Service said he was outside checking a rain gauge when he saw a flash of light in the sky.

"First, it got very bright and the sky lit up," Kaplan said. "You could see something streaking across the sky and breaking up into glowing chunks as it went from west to east."

"We've got no official classification as to what it was," Weather Service meteorologist Casey Sullivan said.

In a suburb south of Chicago several homes were struck by what appeared to be chunks of meteorite. The falling objects pierced the roofs of two homes and the Park Forest fire station, but no one was injured, said Park Forest Police Capt. Francis DioGuardi.

"We have recovered several fallen objects," he said. "They look like rocks. One of them is the size of a shot put."

He said one chunk slightly damaged a home after landing on a residential street and breaking apart.

Meteorologist Greg Tipton in the Wilmington, Ohio, weather service office, said he had heard reports that some debris hit the ground north of Cincinnati.

"But we haven't nailed that down," he said.

17 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:52 AM PST by Timesink (If you use the word "embedded" in a conversation, you'd better be carrying an x-ray to show me.)
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To: Dog

It's the end of the World as we know it!

18 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:53 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (Im just asking)
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To: Non-Sequitur
if you goto www.wlsam.com you can listen for more info.
19 posted on 03/27/2003 4:01:57 AM PST by BIOMAN
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To: Peach
Canada probably fired a scud at Chicago.
20 posted on 03/27/2003 4:02:21 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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