[meteorite-list] Re: New British fall?

From: Stuart Forbes <stuart.forbes_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:35 2004
Message-ID: <001001c0a2b7$55d967c0$361abc3e_at_oemcomputer>

It gets worse, the BBC is now reporting it as a short circuit in an
underground electrical cable, one of the more unusual meteorwrongs we've
heard!

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland
stuart.forbes_at_dial.pipex.com
-----Original Message-----
From: geoking_at_notkin.net <geoking@notkin.net>
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
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Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: New British fall?


>Dear Rob and List:
>
>Rob, thanks for posting that news article! I had to laugh, and it
>made me miss home as the tone is so wonderfully English. Too bad it's
>not April 1, instead of March 1. This does read like an April Fool's
>story.
>
>Local English papers have a need to ground their stories close to
>home, by including lots of detailed personal information such as the
>names of the lady's dogs:
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>>Mrs Mercer was walking her two dogs, Chubby and Annie,
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>(As if that has any bearing on the story) . . . where she works, and
>how many children she has:
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>> . . . mother-of-two Mrs Mercer, who works at a local Tesco store.
>
>(It would *have* to be Tesco, of course) . . . and then to add some
>drama, i.e. the local Army bomb disposal squad being called in, to
>check for radiation.
>
>>. . . the object started making "weird" noises . . . popping and
>>cracking noises, which are not usual."
>
>You mean . . . not unusual for a meteorite? I see the Army squad has
>a lot of experience dealing with this type of thing. What a relief
>for Yorkshire residents!
>
>My favorite part is when Mrs. Mercer says she went to have a look at
>the crater but "could not see to the bottom of the hole. It was quite
>deep." You can imagine her remaining perfectly calm, and describing
>all of this to the local journalist (including the "smoke bellowing
>[sic] out of it") over tea.
>
>The only item missing is the ubiquitous statement from the local
>university expert (as Mike Farmer has noted) saying that, "Meteorites
>usually range in size from a grain of sand to a teacup."
>
>Very entertaining, thanks. Please keep us posted on developments. I
>guess this story will have ousted the Royal Family from the front
>page for at least one day.
>
>: )
>
>Cheers,
>
>Geoff N.
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