[meteorite-list] Stars Fell on Alabama

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jun 7 13:46:54 2004
Message-ID: <40C4AA01.6040401_at_mhmeteorites.com>

I heard that the product "COMET" (cleaning abrasive) was named after
the Halley's Comet return of 1910, when the earth passsed through its
tail. People "freaked" when this occurred!
Matt Morgan

Anita Westlake wrote:
> Very cool! I didn't know there was a song about a meteor shower. Any poems?
> Other slogans? Canned food labels?
>
> Anita
>
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> Anita Westlake wrote
> Mon Jun 7 13:29:09 EDT 2004
>
> "Can anyone tell me what this license plate
> slogan refers to from Alabama:
>
> "Stars Fell on Alabama"
>
> Is it in reference to the Wetumpka impact?"
>
> It might come from a popular song written by Mitchell
> Parrish and Frank Perkins in 1934 and recorded by
> Frank Sinatra in 1953 and recorded by Jimmy Buffett
> in 1981. The song itself refers to a meteor shower
> that was seen across Alabama on November 12-13,
> 1833.
>
> yours,
>
> keith
> St. Tammany Parish, LA
>
>
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