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Article #3403Re: Killer-meteorite ?
From: The Ghost of Elvis
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:44
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:44
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L629159@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes: ....... > I recall the story of the woman struck by the meteorite. The local >newspapers ran a photo. It was a nasty bruise. Good thing the meteor >didn't get a straight shot at her... My recollection puts the site >in Tennessee, but it's a long time ago. ........ >Al Moore The woman was Mrs. Annie (E. Hewlett) Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama. She was struck by a nine-pound stony meteorite that crashed through her roof on Nov. 30, 1954... It's a good thing it took a couple bounces around the inside of her living room first, judging by the size of the bruise it left on her... Mark Hammergren, Dept. of Astronomy University of Washington
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