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- From: b12958@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (peter.f.schultz)
- Subject: Re: Killer-meteorite ?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:26:14 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.172614.17381@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- References: <1jnqjhINNjpc@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- From article <1jnqjhINNjpc@shelley.u.washington.edu>, by hammer1@carson.u.washington.edu (The Ghost of Elvis):
- > L629159@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- > .......
- >
- >> I recall the story of the woman struck by the meteorite. The local
- >>newspapers ran a photo. It was a nasty bruise. Good thing the meteor
- >>didn't get a straight shot at her... My recollection puts the site
- >>in Tennessee, but it's a long time ago. ........
- >
- >>Al Moore
- >
- > The woman was Mrs. Annie (E. Hewlett) Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama.
- > She was struck by a nine-pound stony meteorite that crashed through her
- > roof on Nov. 30, 1954... It's a good thing it took a couple bounces around
- > the inside of her living room first, judging by the size of the bruise it
- > left on her...
- >
- > Mark Hammergren,
- > Dept. of Astronomy
- > University of Washington
- >
-
-
- I recall reading about this in LIFE magazine about that time.
- Probably within a couple of weeks of the above date. Black and
- white photos, I think.
-
- Pete Schultz
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Naperville, IL
-