[meteorite-list] Mystery Ice Chunk Falls From Sky in California

From: moni waiblinger-seabridge <moni2555_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 16 11:22:27 2005
Message-ID: <BAY103-F17A922074D68C9651F885CDB00_at_phx.gbl>

Good Morning All,

Get your cup of coffee and read on.
More to read on megacryometeors!
Quite interesting!
Moni

http://tierra.rediris.es/megacryometeors/index2.html


>From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Mystery Ice Chunk Falls From Sky in California
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:00:22 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4855338/detail.html
>
>Mystery Ice Chunk Falls From Sky, Makes Big Hole
>FAA Investigates Ice Ball Origins
>NBC 4 TV News
>August 15, 2005
>
>FONTANA, Calif. -- A huge chunk of ice that crashed through the roof of
>a home in Fontana is at the center of a Federal Aviation Administration
>investigation Monday.
>
>The ice does not appear to be of the "blue ice" variety that usually
>falls from airplane toilets, NBC4 reported.
>
>The origin of the ice appeared to be a bit of a mystery.
>
>It's a mystery that homeowner Johnny Worthy would like to solve -- if
>only so he can get some sleep.
>
>Worthy keeps the ice ball that nearly killed him Saturday night in a big
>plastic jug next to the TV dinners in his freezer.
>
>It scared the daylights out of Worthy when it slammed into his house
>while he was doing dishes.
>
>"There was a loud explosion and a concussion of the house, and it like
>scared me to death," Worthy said.
>
>When he peeked around the corner, Worthy saw the ice, slowly melting
>into his living room carpet.
>
>"It made a loud explosion," he said. "It was like nothing I'd heard in
>my life."
>
>All the neighbors came out in their yards, Worthy said.
>
>Worthy's daughter thinks the ice hunk is a weather anomaly called
>"megacryometeors," with mega standing for "big" and "cryo' for ice.
>Megacryometeors are unexplained ice balls that fall from the sky and
>usually weigh between 25 to 30 pounds.
>
>Worthy still wants more concrete answers.
>
>"Every time I lay down in the bed, and I look up at the ceiling, I'm
>afraid something's going to hit me," Worthy said.
>
>
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