Yes, something was wrong over California.
Freepers see all sorts of thing and hear voices, as well.
Columbia broke over Dallas, on a hard slow down turn. End of story.
Sensors in the wing detected nonconformancies over California. You don't think that there is any way tiles could've been coming off over California only to increase during maximum heat over Texas to the point of burn through?
And some Freepers just post rumors trying to make something out of nothing.
The guy himself said he had never seen one before, but that's not good enough for the "experts" around here, is it?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..