Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @05:05AM from the i've-read-a-book-about-this dept.

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."

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Re:nonsense by Anonymous Coward · 2007-09-18 05:41 · Score: -1, Troll

Congratulations! You've won today's "Pedantic Weenie" award. Visit your local Der Wienerschnitzel to claim your prize. In addition, you can take great comfort that you and you alone, in your mother's basement, know what really caused the Challenger to go bye-bye.