[meteorite-list] Possible New Bolide Reported today

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 14:33:35 -0700
Message-ID: <C62B44BF.367E%mlblood_at_cox.net>

My friend, Eddie Garza reported this to me and said it was OK
To pass on to the list:

Hi Michael,
Location: Corpus Christi Tx (flour bluff)?

I was at my house sitting on the balcony looking north at the city. The time
was approximately 11:42pm when I observed a bright greenish blue flash
coming from the southeast night turned to day for a couple seconds. From my
balcony I cannot not see behind and above me. I think possibly this was a
Bolide. However, i did not hear any detonations or sonic booms that would
accompany such an event. Immediately after the 1-2 second pulse of light,
half the horizon's lights went out spid lights ect including one radio
tower. The lights were still on here at my house yet the cable froze for 20
minutes.?

my friend Jason who is a few miles north of my location reports" "Yeah I saw
the flash in the air threw my windows then my power went out. I am near
Cimarron and Saratoga." also "The flash was so bright it lit up my room. I
have 3 huge windows facing the freeway. So I ran to the window and saw it
get really bright and then bam all the lights went out after it went away.?

Another car buddy Abel reports: "the flash i can say that i saw?
my fiancee and my team member said they heard 2 loud bangs
i was on my way to work,...i was on staples when i saw the flash it looked
like it came from the bluff area and when it started then the flash sorta
expanded"

the news reported:KIIITV News


Story Created: May 9, 2009 at 5:58 AM CDT?
Story Updated: May 9, 2009 at 8:32 AM CDT?

May 9, 2009

"From Padre Island, to the southside, S.P.I.D., and some parts of Ocean
Drive, a large power outage early Saturday morning left much of the city in
the dark.
Police officials tell 3 News the outage was caused by a blown transformer on
the cities southside. Workers were able to restore power within an hour.
The power outage, however, caused a major fire.?
The fire happened at a home on Glenmore, near Ocean Drive, a little after
12:30 Saturday morning. When fire crews arrived, they found heavy flames
pouring from the attic and the front side of the home.
Fire officials say the residents had lit a candle in a bedroom, due to the
power outage and somehow that candle, caught the room on fire.?
The fire was contained within 30 minutes, only one side of the home was
damaged, and fortunately, no one was injured."

Best Regards,
-Eddie Garza
Received on Sat 09 May 2009 05:33:35 PM PDT