[meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction, house orientation for Bloomington, IL iron

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:07:37 -0600
Message-ID: <00f201c7605d$60fa4d30$4043e146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, Rob, List,


The "industrial" facility is:

Sic: 204898
PURINA MILLS INC
113 S EUCLID AVE
BLOOMINGTON IL 61701
309/829-1261

You will note that under that vast roof is,
not a building, but an array of metal silos
for grain storage. (I'm assuming you're
looking at the same Google Earth view
I am.) The industrial activity carried on
there is the grinding of grain into flour, a
nicely neolithic task which is frankly unlikely
to flang pseudometeorites about in vertical
arcs.

The SIC code indicates that it processes
soybeans for oil. The facility is operated
by Cargill, Inc. If you want to call them,
contact Ray A. Dostal, 309/827-7131, and
explain that you're NOT from the EPA who
monitor the plant by photo reconnaissance!

I've got just such a large facility right in the
heart of the downtown of my town, on the
edge of the Mississippi River, operated by
Con-Agra, antique and built of stone, not
sheet metal. It's surrounded by the downtown
business district on two sides, and has never
flang a pseudometeorite in a vertical arc, to
my knowledge. (Occasional dust explosion
is fun, though, but not enough to flang.)


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:11 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction,house orientation for
Bloomington, IL iron



Hi All,

Looked up weather information for Bloomington, IL, for the day/time
of the window-crasher:

Monday, March 5th, ~9:30am
Wind speed: 13.8 mph
Wind direction: NNW

Link:

<http://www.weatherunderground.com/history/airport/KBMI/2007/3/5/DailyHi
story.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA>

The broken window on the back of the house does face NW. About
600 meters to the northwest of that window is an industrial plant
of some sort, just northwest of the intersection of W. Olive St.
and S. Euclid Ave. Haven't determined what sort of plant this
is yet.

--Rob

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