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

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:06:48 -0500
Message-ID: <01c301c8825b$c7ee09c0$585de146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, Mike,

Great story. Two observations come to mind:

    1.) Was having learned the hard way not to throw
    rocks a motivation to CATCHING them so well?

    2.) Did anybody think that the teenagers that thought
    suckering a 7 year old into doing their dirty work for
    them deserved a little fanny-warming as well?


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: <wahlperry at aol.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's the chances of a meteorite hitting
youcar hood?


Funny story Sonny, I have one to tell as well.
When I was 7 years old, my brother (13) and aunt (15)
took me to a bridge and told me to throw a rock. I did
and hit a nice new car. The car stopped, the man ran
up the bridge and my brother and aunt took off, I
stood there, petrafied, and the guy caught me and took
me home. My grandfather paid for the broken window,
then whupped me with an elm switch until I learned my
lesson, DONT THROW ROCKS! I will never forget that
whuppin!
Michael Farmer
--- 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
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