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Elspode · 09-29-2003, 12:22 PM

September 28

Space Rock Hits Indian Village, Injures One

BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) _ Hundreds of people fled their homes when a meteor struck their village in eastern India, injuring three people and destroying two houses, a state minister said Sunday.

The fireball hit the village of Sudusudia in Orissa state on Saturday evening, said B. B. Harichandan, the state revenue minister. "One person has sustained burn injuries and two houses have been burned down. The injured has been hospitalized,'' the minister said.

Another two were hospitalized after falling unconscious, apparently from shock, local newspaper Dharitri reported.

"The light was so bright that for a few seconds it appeared to be daylight,'' said Sanatan Sahu, a villager.

Meteors, pulled by gravity toward earth, usually burn out in the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate before making an impact. "Though incidents of this kind are a rare phenomenon in this region, such celestial occurrences are common in space,'' said J. Kar of the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in the state capital Bhubaneshwar.

-- Associated Press

September 26

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2003, 08:25 PM

Didn't a fist size one hit a car around Chicago this summer?

OnyxCougar · 10-02-2003, 01:55 PM

President: We didn't see this thing coming?

Dan Truman: Well, our object collision budget allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and begging your pardon, but that's a big-ass sky.

~~~Armageddon

09-29-2003, 12:22 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Would You Like a Squishee With That Rock? September 28 Space Rock Hits Indian Village, Injures One BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) _ Hundreds of people fled their homes when a meteor struck their village in eastern India, injuring three people and destroying two houses, a state minister said Sunday. The fireball hit the village of Sudusudia in Orissa state on Saturday evening, said B. B. Harichandan, the state revenue minister. "One person has sustained burn injuries and two houses have been burned down. The injured has been hospitalized,'' the minister said. Another two were hospitalized after falling unconscious, apparently from shock, local newspaper Dharitri reported. "The light was so bright that for a few seconds it appeared to be daylight,'' said Sanatan Sahu, a villager. Meteors, pulled by gravity toward earth, usually burn out in the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate before making an impact. "Though incidents of this kind are a rare phenomenon in this region, such celestial occurrences are common in space,'' said J. Kar of the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in the state capital Bhubaneshwar. -- Associated Press September 26 __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-30-2003, 08:25 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Didn't a fist size one hit a car around Chicago this summer? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-02-2003, 01:55 PM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	President: We didn't see this thing coming? Dan Truman: Well, our object collision budget allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and begging your pardon, but that's a big-ass sky. ~~~Armageddon __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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