[meteorite-list] Today's meteorite "fall" anniversary
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:31 2004 Message-ID: <63.23b933a7.2cc1ddb3_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1066435507 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/candlestickrock.jpg >From time to time listees acknowledge meteorite fall anniversaries, and today is such a date, the 14th anniversary of a California fall which is largely unknown by most collectors. I narrowly missed being struck by this falling "concrete chondrite", which "fell" in San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989 at 5:03p (earthquake, 7.0 on the Richter Scale), at Game Three of the World Series. I hastily stuck this piece in my pocket (as I ran like hell out from under the stepped-concrete stadium overhang, like everyone around me). Note the specimen's "Certificate of Authenticity" on the right. And no, it wasn't red-hot when I picked it up. ;-) Gregory P.S. At the moment the earthquake struck, I honestly DO remember thinking, "Well, if you have to die, it may as well be at the World Series." But while I underwent nothing more serious than a few minutes of terror and a subsequent bizarre few days "trapped" in a crippled major American city, of course many people lost their lives at that moment, so I don't wish this list-post to seem TOO light-hearted. -------------------------------1066435507 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV><A title=3Dhttp://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/candlestickrock.jpg href=3D"= http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/candlestickrock.jpg">http://members.aol.com/= sharkkb8/candlestickrock.jpg</A></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From time to time listees acknowledge meteorite fall anniversaries, and= today is such a date, the 14th anniversary of a California f= all which is largely unknown by most collectors. I narrowly miss= ed being struck by this falling "concrete chondrite", which "fell" in San Fr= ancisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989 at 5:03p (earthquake, 7.0 on=20= the Richter Scale), at Game Three of the World Series. I hastily= stuck this piece in my pocket (as I ran like hell out from under the steppe= d-concrete stadium overhang, like everyone around me). Note= the specimen's "Certificate of Authenticity" on the right. And n= o, it wasn't red-hot when I picked it up. ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3D3><FONT color=3D#ff0000><FONT= lang=3D0 FAMILY=3D"SCRIPT" PTSIZE=3D"12"> Gregory</FONT><= FONT lang=3D0 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"> </FONT></FONT></FONT></FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#ff0000 size=3D3></FONT> </DI= V> <DIV>P.S. At the moment the earthquake struck, I honestly DO reme= mber thinking, "Well, if you have to die, it may as well be at the World Ser= ies." But while I underwent nothing more serious than a few minut= es of terror and a subsequent bizarre few days "trapped" in a= crippled major American city, of course many people lost their lives at tha= t moment, so I don't wish this list-post to seem TOO light-hearted= . </DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1066435507-- Received on Fri 17 Oct 2003 08:05:07 PM PDT |
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