[meteorite-list] Light and sound event over North Eastern Pennsylvania 20...

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:48:09 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=Mpfp2CKxGu7=sped2+qyOR5Ekgg_at_mail.gmail.com>

I witnessed this too. There was a massive storm that rolled through
the north east last night. It was most likely lighting from the storm.


On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:38 AM, <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:
>>>The light was so intense I saw it ?through my closed eyelids indirectly
> reflected
> off the walls inside ?walls. ?4-5 ?seconds later "(flash-to-bang) was a
> huge
> rumbling, ?echoing, and persisting ?report-- very unlike a normal
> lightening and
> thunder event. ?Given we ?were in the midst of an intense rain ?storm which
> otherwise had no ?thunder and lightening, I held off on ?making a report .
>
> However in a ?conversation with a friend ?who was 25-30 miles away, he
> mentioned
> a huge ?flash and loud sound ?also. I am therefore mentioning it should a
> fireball ?have fallen ?during a rainstorm and might other-wise go
> unnoticed.>>
>
> It seems to ?me that to hear loud sonics ?within about 5 seconds after the
> bright lite ?appearance, is rather too short of a period to be meteorite
> related. It could be ?I guess, but it just seems too short.
> GeoZay
>
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Received on Sun 17 Apr 2011 09:48:09 AM PDT