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A meteorite hit a home in New Zealand. Nobody hurt.
Posted by Andrew Case at June 13, 2004 07:47 AM
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A more pessimistic person would have posted "Nobody hurt this time".
Posted by Brian at June 13, 2004 09:54 AM
The NYT would have headlined "Women and children hardest hit." :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut at June 13, 2004 11:14 AM
Women, children, minorities hardest hit...
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 13, 2004 11:37 AM
Absolutely right, Rand. I sit corrected.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut at June 13, 2004 04:18 PM
Well, the poor (currently) couple whose house it hit are being 'inundated with phone calls from overseas and people at the house.' The metropolitan paper managed to put a negative spin on it.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3572368
Posted by Errol at June 13, 2004 10:37 PM
Hey, at least the poor, women, and minorities would have some cool space rocks to sell on eBay.
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at June 14, 2004 01:56 AM
When I read
hitting a couch and bouncing off the ceiling before coming to rest under a computer
I assumed this was a fake. Wouldn't it have had enough velocity to at least put a crater in the floor? Any verification that it actually was a meteorite?
Posted by Sean at June 14, 2004 10:20 AM
It lost some velocity tearing through their roof - remember it was only a couple of pounds.
Posted by Duncan Young at June 14, 2004 11:41 AM
I don't think a roof would have much effect in reducing the velocity of a 'couple of pounds' travelling > 10 km/sec
Posted by Sean at June 15, 2004 06:54 AM
poker Have a nice day! :)
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