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Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru
eldavojohn writes "A meteorite struck in Peru on Saturday leaving cinders, rock & water boiling out of the ground. Villagers nearby reported headaches & vomiting and attributed it to the event. From the article, 'Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said. Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.' It's not yet clear whether this is from the meteorite, gas trapped underground that was released or a chemical reaction between the two."
If I got hit with a metorite, I'd have a headache too
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There's no other rational explanation. Especially if the meteorite was green. Though there's different kinds of kryptonite out there. For instance Superman is very allergic to red, although it doesn't kill him. ... This is not off topic! :-(
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Meeeteyer sheeit!
Oh COOL!
When do we get the zombies?
And are they slow or fast?
(rubs hands together conspiratorily)
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
They're going to want to be on the lookout for androids carrying suspiciously labeled bags.
... turning to the 3-D map, we see an unmistakable con
You're as cold as ice, create a 30 M. wide hole
Just a block of ice, hot as a meteorite is cold
I've seen it before, it happens a lot
Crash on some villagers, trash all they've got
They look out the door to see a rock in the sky
A big stinky mess, makes the poor suckers die
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
now that Britney has made her way on TV in S. America, there have been waves of vomiting and sickness.
Here's a picture of what it looked like as SCO streaked across the sky and made that big, noxious, radioactive hole in the ground! ;-)
"Shit breaks" is an excellent analysis of one hitting the Earth at a high percentage of orbital velocity.
Anyone else think it's odd that this article calls it a 10meter crater (30ft) but the Physorg article calls it a 30 meter crater? Was JPL involved in some metric conversions?
Anthrax? It's a good thing it didn't hit the US, otherwise we'd blame Al Qaeda for the attack and launch an invasion of space.
Goerge Bush: "This aggression will not be tolerated. Space terrorists hate us for our freedom. We're fighting them up there so we don't have to fight them down here."
Um, okay, but you're going to need to give us an e-mail address or something.
I'm not saying they've shown up yet, I just want to be prepared. Because when they do show up, and everyone is going to be running around and freaking out and trying to shoot space spore zombies with hastily loaded rifles and everything, they're going to be thinking, "Aw, crap, that one guy on Slashdot asked us to let us know when this happens, and we totally are letting him down!" But not me, man. When those zombies start clawing on my door, first thing I'm gonna do: I am going to LET YOU KNOW.
Sam! If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.
And none that emit nymphomaniacal, life draining, magenta tinted, gaseous aliens when you accidentally throw a large chisel at them on your first day on the job.
Who is John Cabal?