TigerNut writes "The Calgary Herald this morning reported on a meteor that was seen over three provinces last night, and is assumed to have impacted in Saskatchewan. It is estimated to have been "the size of a kitchen sink", as reported here"
You know, sometimes I type a comment, click preview, reread it, and then decide that it's really not worth posting. You got to treat that "submit" button with respect, dude.
Re:Kitchen sink?
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Rick+the+Red
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How do the estimate that? I saw a meteor once. Left a beautiful blue-green streak in the sky. It looked like about the size of a car, and I swear it was just over the next hill. Turned out to be about the size of a baseball, and it was a couple hundred miles away.
-- If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
"We wish it was 10 tonnes instead of 100 kilograms," said Hildebrand, who is the co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre.
Maybe I'm just a bit old-fashioned, but I prefer that the rocks that fall from the sky are as small as possible. Science is great and all, but c'mon I just bought my townhouse, I really don't want a skylight *that* badly.
Meteor hits endangered species
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A55M0NKEY
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· Score: 4, Funny
Landing in Sasquatchewan was unfortunate because that Canadian province is home to the last remaining breeding pair of Bigfootses. Science will never know how that species of primate lived now that the meteor has sqatched them.
Hodges meteorite. November 30, 1954, Sylacauga, Alabama. Annie Hodges was napping on her couch when an eight-pound stony meteorite crashed through her roof. It bounced off a large console radio and hit her in the arm and then the leg, leaving her badly bruised.
How's *that* for a fun one to explain to your insurance agent?
Re:Breaking Out the Old Size Comparison Jokes
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FroMan
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I believe it is about 17 centivbs (hundredths of a volkwagen bug). Granted my metric is not as good as it could be since I am an American.
-- Norris/Palin 2012
Fact: We deserve leaders who can kick your ass and field dress your carcass.
A Matter of Probability
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brownpau
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It's a matter of probability; it's the the large, boring expanses of Earth that are more likely to get meteor strikes: e.g.: Pacific Ocean, Siberia, Canada...
It just shows you don't know your cryptozoology. The simple fact is that Sasquatch are thriving in many areas and are politically active in Cascadia. If you have any questions, contact the Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs. On a related note, if you are a Cascadian Sasquatch and want to serve your country, note that the Sasquatch Militia is recruiting.
Of course, you may have been refering to the Canadian Sasquatch instead of the Cascadian Sasquatch. If so, please accept my apologies, as we all know they can indeed carry coconuts through the air.
In my home town when I was little the house up the street got hit my a meteorite. Ten years eariler another house on the same street (but almost a mile away) was hit by a similarly sized meteorite. There are pictures of the second one online, and you can go see them at the Yale Peabody museum.
I wouldn't be surprised if insurance agencies specifically added meteorite clauses to their policies around there after that.
A google search for "wethersfield meteorite" turns up lots of interesting articles about them.
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Nice thing they estimated the size to about:kitchensink, keeping in mind this news goes out to nerds like us.
Maybe I'm just a bit old-fashioned, but I prefer that the rocks that fall from the sky are as small as possible. Science is great and all, but c'mon I just bought my townhouse, I really don't want a skylight *that* badly.
Paul Lenhart writes words!
Landing in Sasquatchewan was unfortunate because that Canadian province is home to the last remaining breeding pair of Bigfootses. Science will never know how that species of primate lived now that the meteor has sqatched them.
Eat at Joe's.
Not always.
Note the bit on the Hodges meteorite:
Hodges meteorite. November 30, 1954, Sylacauga, Alabama. Annie Hodges was napping on her couch when an eight-pound stony meteorite crashed through her roof. It bounced off a large console radio and hit her in the arm and then the leg, leaving her badly bruised.
How's *that* for a fun one to explain to your insurance agent?
May we never see th
I believe it is about 17 centivbs (hundredths of a volkwagen bug). Granted my metric is not as good as it could be since I am an American.
Norris/Palin 2012
Fact: We deserve leaders who can kick your ass and field dress your carcass.
It's a matter of probability; it's the the large, boring expanses of Earth that are more likely to get meteor strikes: e.g.: Pacific Ocean, Siberia, Canada...
;)
(Earth, after all, is "mostly harmless."
Not so! A meteorite landed in my Auntie Edna's pool back in 1972!
Are you sure it wasn't the neighbor kids throwing a rock over the fence?
[NO CARRIER]
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
Of course, you may have been refering to the Canadian Sasquatch instead of the Cascadian Sasquatch. If so, please accept my apologies, as we all know they can indeed carry coconuts through the air.
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
In my home town when I was little the house up the street got hit my a meteorite. Ten years eariler another house on the same street (but almost a mile away) was hit by a similarly sized meteorite. There are pictures of the second one online, and you can go see them at the Yale Peabody museum.
I wouldn't be surprised if insurance agencies specifically added meteorite clauses to their policies around there after that.
A google search for "wethersfield meteorite" turns up lots of interesting articles about them.