Yet another meteor? Fireballs over Florida

And if there's another one on Wednesday, duck!

I'm not sure how the term "woo" applies to this natural occurrence

Is that the "woo" theory referenced in the OP?

and that there was a whole bunch of space junk around it with the same composition. The rest of it is smaller and seems to be blowing apart a lot farther up.

It's either that or this stuff happens all the time and nobody bothers to notice it until after something dramatic happens.

It's just fortunate that the big one blew itself apart so far up and that most injuries were minor.

I watch the north star... a lot. It's my only view, is why. All these trees.

Anyway, the night in question i saw at least three meteors flying just to the west of where Polaris resides. Thought, wow, that's unusual.

The span of time was over 5 or 6 hours with the median time being the time that Russia was hit. There was a gaggle of them that night going over the north pole.

Most all break up and burn up before anything hits the ground. There are occasional exceptions, and the one in Russia was a rare large one.

Are you sad that your secret has been revealed?

Read any good chemtrail threads lately?

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How many broken windows were there in Florida?

Sorry, I've seen fireball meteors here in Conn. But were they THE size of the one in Russia? Nope!

Nobody is saying that the other ones are "WOO WOO". They are simply smaller and more common.

When I was on vacation in Puerto Rico one night. It was pretty cool.

They typically go unnoticed, according to the American Meteor Society, because they frequently occur during the day, over the ocean or in less populated areas. What's uncommon are fireballs of this size plus the additional sonic boom.

This website has a lot of information about the frequency of fireballs.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/faqf/

Edit: I know there have been folks on DU who have said they've seen them. You can report your sightings to the American Meteor Society. They like to log sightings. http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event

'course, they're a bunch of "scientific materialists", so you're free to ignore them

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/overview/fastfacts.html



Sid

I kid you not. Stay outside for about 3 hours and I PROMISE you'll see at least one per hour.

Crazy? Nope. True.

What's the strangest thing is that they seem to come from all directions! Personally, I think that means other civilizations have been shooting spitballs at us for tens of thousands of years and they're finally getting here.

When I was a kid about 9 or 10, saw one over the farms out west of Cleveland. It was cool. Probably wouldn't see it today, too many street lights.

and are panicking about it. FFS, even those of us out in the sticks know what meteors, meteorites and meteor showers are. Look up at the sky sometime and quit being so superstitious. There is a whole universe "happening" above your head at all times. No need to panic.

Meteor showers happen a lot. They are especially prolific in certain months. The most popular are the Perseids and the Leonids. The Perseids will be most visable on the nights of August 11th and 12th of this year. The Leonids will be most visable in November 16th. If you can find some way to get out of the city and go look at them, in a place where there is less light pollution in the night sky, it might calm your fears some. They are actually quite beautiful.

The one in Russia was rare, because of its size. Most aren't that big.

You'd be better off worrying about lightning hitting you. You actually have more of a chance of lightning hitting that being struck by a meteor. Just chill out.

It look like it streaked from west to east, and my first thought was a meteorite.

But I didn't get a good look at it. Might just have been a reflection of a street light.

I did see a fireball once in Maryland over my house. It was the craziest thing.