[meteorite-list] What's the chances of a meteorite hitting you car hood?

From: AL Mitterling <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:43:52 -0500
Message-ID: <47D3DB88.7020605_at_kconline.com>

Hi Sonny and all,

Your very lucky it hit the hood and not the windshield as it could have
come right through and struck you, possibly seriously injuring you or
worst. While all kids do things from time to time that they really
shouldn't, some things are just down right dangerous and people have
been killed by that sort of thing before. I try never to drive directly
under a pass when someone is just standing there. Of course you don't
know if they might try to drop something on you from the other side. In
any case glad you were not injured and I hope the kids learned a very
big lesson. Looks like they need a constructive hobby but I am thinking
in this case that maybe meteorites might be a bad idea until they grow
up a bit :-) Best!

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites



wahlperry at aol.com wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Have you ever thought of a meteorite hitting your car? Better yet,
> while you were in it? Well that's not what happened today! I was
> driving home after buying some paint for the house when out of nowhere
> a rock the size of a baseball hits my hood and then smashes into my
> windshield causing it to break and crack . I was driving around 70
> mph. At first I thought it might have come from a truck in front of
> me or one going the other direction on the highway. The only problem
> was there were no other vehicles in front or going the other
> directions. So what just happened ? The only thing I could think of
> was someone threw the rock from the walkway under the freeway or
> something. I slammed on my brakes and turned the truck around . I was
> lucky there was a turn around at the location. Georgia gave me a look
> like the one you see just before you get in a crash! I drove just
> above the walkway and parked my truck and told Georgia to call 911 and
> tell them what happened. I could see to the west, no one in sight but
> not to the east. I ran down the hill and into the tunnel. Not a good
> move, not knowing what to expect. At this point I was pissed off and
> not really thinking right. I ran under the freeway to the other side
> and on top of a dirt embankment. There they were, running into another
> tunnel only 500 ' in front of me! Damn it! I never new kids could run
> like cheetahs! The only thing I could do was jump back into the ditch
> and try to cut them off. As I got closer to the opening of the other
> drainage ditch I could see these kids coming back out of the opening.
> The only problem , I was out of breath from when I ran down the hill
> to get onto the walkway . You have to remember I was still trying to
> get out of doing the painting before this happened. Let alone run at
> high speed at any time! When I finally got over to the kids you should
> have seen the look on their faces. Like deer in the headlights! At
> this moment I knew I could take the 7 yr old but the two 13 yr olds
> might be tough! Just teasing! I said which one of you threw the rock.
> The first kid said the other kid that ran the other direction did
> it.The second kid said he ran the opposite direction. Ok let me get
> this straight the kid that threw the rock ran two different
> directions? Well yes and no they said. By this time I had regained
> some of my breath and decided to question the tougher 7 yr old. When I
> asked the kid who threw the rock, he started crying and said "I don't
> want to go to jail" and would not look at his two other friends. I
> almost started crying after seeing this, but I was still out of breath
> and I'd seen this technique used in the movies before! About this time
> two police cars pulled up. The police started asking the kids what
> happened and the one kid told on his friend that he threw the rock. I
> forgot to say while I was chasing the kids I was trying to give
> Georgia the direction and location on the cell phone. I was happy to
> see the kids father pull up and then the look on the kids faces. I
> felt bad for the little one, he was still crying lying on the
> sidewalk. The good part is no one got hurt and I got a little
> exercise! If this ever happens again I hope it is a meteorite.
>
> Sonny
Received on Sun 09 Mar 2008 08:43:52 AM PDT