[meteorite-list] Hole in Red Rock Lounge Roof Still a Mystery

From: Michael Groetz <mpg4444_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 07:46:21 -0500
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http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11755241

Hole in Red Rock Lounge Roof Still a Mystery

By: Stacey Kaiser
s.kaiser at krdotv.com
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COLORADO SPRINGS - Was it lightning, some sort of space rock, or ice
from a plane? Fire investigators cannot rule anything out as the
cause of a hole in the roof of Red Rock Lounge at 31st and Colorado
Avenue in Colorado Springs.

"I saw some insulation sitting on the table and I looked up and
there's a hole in my ceiling," said Red Rock Lounge owner Karol
Sandvig. Sandvig noticed the hole when she first walked into her bar,
then she saw a note from her bartender. "Karol, I had to call the
cops because something came through the roof and there was a loud
boom," said a note from Bartender Tammy Newland.

Firefighters got the call at 11:30pm Wednesday. They told Newland the
boom was heard from their station a few streets away. "It scared
everybody. Everybody was off their seats pretty quick. I don't think
I've seen some of the people in here move that quick," said Newland.

But the big question is, what caused this massive boom and 3-inch hole
in the ceiling? "We tried to rule out things such as lightning,
something falling from the sky like a piece of space rock like a small
meteorite and we weren't able to rule out anything," said Colorado
Springs Fire Department Battalion Chief Steven Dubay.

STORMTRACKER 13 Chief Meteorologist Matt Meister says he was at the
station until about 1:00AM and did not see any lightning. It could be
a space rock, but investigators have seen no sign of a rock. And the
hole is too big to be from a bullet.

Sandvig says the hole in her ceiling will not ruin their New Year's
Eve celebration. The landlord said he will be out to fix the hole.
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