[meteorite-list] Refrigerator-Sized Chunk of Ice Crushes Car in Florida

From: RYAN PAWELSKI <yellowengine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:54:55 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Message-ID: <31495790.1170057295742.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

"Hillsborough deputies do not believe it was a criminal activity." geeee.. ya think!?!?!

"Neighbors have pieces of the ice chunk in their refrigerators. The owner of the car is in possession of the major chunk of ice." ... I wonder if "main mass" is what they meant to say. haha

I'm sorry, but this reporting is terrible.. 50lbs (refrigerator-sized!) ..100lbs.. "the major chunk". Dear gaaad.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
>Sent: Jan 29, 2007 1:26 AM
>To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Refrigerator-Sized Chunk of Ice Crushes Car in Florida
>
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,247938,00.html
>
>Refrigerator-Sized Chunk of Ice Crushes Car in Florida
>Fox News
>January 28, 2007
>
>A Hillsborough County resident's Ford Mustang was destroyed
>by just that Sunday, when a large slab of ice fell from the
>clear Florida sky directly onto the automobile, WTVT reports.
>
>A neighbor of the resident who's now down a car told the
>local FOX affiliate that there was whooshing sound around
>9 a.m. EST. Just moments later, he saw the car get crushed by
>ice.
>
>Neighbors speculated the block of ice weighed at least 50 pounds.
>
>No injuries were reported, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's
>Office said it is investigating.
>
>Federal Aviation Administration and local airport officials told
>WTVT they are unsure if a plane could be faulted for the incident.
>
>This latest incident comes less than two weeks ago something
>similar happened in Philadelphia.
>
>A chunk of ice believed to have come from a passing airliner fell
>through the roof of home in the Pennsylvania suburb. No one was
>injured, but a mother and her 4-year-old daughter were home at the
>time. The FAA is currently investigating that incident.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Aliens, Atmosphere, or Airplane?
>By Valerie Boey
>Tampa Bay's 10 News
>January 28, 2007
>
>Tampa, Florida -- Neighbors heard a whistling sound is what they
>described before noticing that a neighbor's car was severly
>damaged.
>
>The Ford Mustang had a 100 pound block of ice sitting in the
>backseat. The back end of the car was caved in. The only
>explanation from neighbors is the ice fell from the sky.
>Hillsborough deputies do not believe it was a criminal
>activity.
>
>The 20-year-old owner of the car is upset and did not want to
>talk to Tampa Bay's 10 News. His father says he has not seen
>anything like it before.
>
>Neighbors have pieces of the ice chunk in their refrigerators.
>The owner of the car is in possession of the major chunk of ice.
>
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Received on Mon 29 Jan 2007 02:54:55 AM PST